section_path: Demographics/Total population, age and sex
section_name: Total population, age and sex
paragraph_text: Total population, age and sex
  
  The 2020 U.S. census reported Los Angeles had a population of 3,898,747. The population density was 8,304.2 people per square mile (3,168 people per square kilometer). 5.2% of the total population is under 5 years old, 19.5% under 18 and 13.8% 65 years old and over. Females make up 50.2% of the total population.