Southern California
Southern California | |
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Images top to bottom, left to right: Hermosa Beach Pier, Disneyland Resort, Village of La Jolla, Santa Monica Pier, Surfer at Black's Beach, Hollywood Sign, Downtown Los Angeles, San Diego Skyline | |
Red: The ten counties of Southern California | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Counties | Imperial Kern Los Angeles Orange Riverside San Bernardino San Diego San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara Ventura |
| Largest city | Los Angeles |
| Area (10-county)[1] | |
• Total | 56,505 sq mi (146,350 km2) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 23,762,904 |
| GDP | |
| • Total | $1.95 trillion (2022) |
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its densely populated coastal region includes Greater Los Angeles (the second-most populous urban agglomeration in the United States)[4][5] and San Diego County (the second-most populous county in California). The region generally contains ten of California's 58 counties: Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Kern, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Imperial counties.
Although geographically smaller than Northern California in land area, Southern California has a higher population, with 23.76 million residents as of the 2020 census. The sparsely populated desert region of California occupies a significant portion of the area: the Colorado Desert, along with the Colorado River, is located on Southern California's eastern border with Arizona, and the Mojave Desert shares a border with Nevada to the northeast. Southern California's southern border with Baja California is part of the Mexico–United States border.
- ^ "Square Mileage by County". California State Association of Counties. Archived from the original on February 27, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ "State Population Totals and Components of Change: 2010-2019". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ Gross Domestic Product by County and Metropolitan Area, archived from the original on March 13, 2024, retrieved May 20, 2024
- ^ "Figures Show California's Motoring Supremacy". Touring Topics. 8 (2). Los Angeles, California: Automobile Club of Southern California: 38–39. March 1916. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ Cooley, Timothy J. (2014). Surfing about Music. University of California Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-52095-721-3. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2021.