section_path: Component counties, subregions, and cities/Los Angeles County/Cities in Los Angeles County
section_name: Cities in Los Angeles County
paragraph_text: Cities in Los Angeles County
  
  With a population of nearly 3.9 million people at the 2020 census, the City of Los Angeles is the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, and is the focal point of the Greater Los Angeles Area. As an international center for finance, entertainment, media, culture, education, tourism, and science, Los Angeles is considered one of the world's most powerful and influential global cities.
  
  List of the 88 cities of Los Angeles County and six large CDPs by population at the 2020 U.S. census: