CA County Profiles - LA (cont'd)

				LOS ANGELES COUNTY (cont'd)
HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION		4-1-90	1-1-95					Valuation
							Units	($ mill.)
Housing stock		3,163,343	3,236,269		Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California		28.3	27.5		Total		7,603	$2,140.8
Single family		1,745,663	1,777,597		Percent of California		7.9	14.4
Multiple family		1,325,270	1,402,997		Single family		4,577	847.0
Mobile homes, trailers, etc.		92,410	55,675		Multi-family		3,026	259.0
Vacancy rate (percent):		5.5	6.4
					Nonresidential permits		--	$2,263.0
					Percent of California			29.1
INDUSTRY			1982		1987				($ mill.)
Value added by manufacture, ($ mill.)			40,260.4		50,905.6		Capital expenditures:
Percent of California			42.7		38.4			1982	3,108.7
								1987	2,995.5
Leading industries:
Transportation equipment					12,281.5		Payroll in manufacturing:
Instruments and related products					4,716.6			1987	23,114.7
Food and kindred products					4,099.3			1990***	26,264.2
Electronic and other electric equipment					3,922.9
Industrial machinery and equipment					3,891.0		Number of mfg. establishments:
Printing and publishing					3,764.5			1987	19,753
Fabricated metal products					3,762.2			1990***	19,649
Apparel and other textile products					2,963.6
Chemicals and allied products					2,166.7		* Includes San Bernardino county.
							** Less than 5/100th of a percent.
Timber production, 1994 (Thous. of board ft.) *			22.0				*** Not comparable with 1987 due to
Percent of California			**				source difference.
AGRICULTURE
Number of farms, 1992		1,446			Leading commodities with
Acreage in farms, 1992		183,569			value of production, 1994			$ mill.
% of land area		7.1
					Ornamental trees and shrubs			99.1
Agricultural employment, 1994		9,000			Bedding plants			29.7
					Onions, dry			12.7
Value of production, 1994 ($ mill.)		215.9			Indoor plants and foliage			12.1
Percent of California		0.9			Peaches			10.7
County Rank		26			Hay, alfalfa			6.7
Livestock and livestock products		11.5			Dairy cattle			4.3
Poultry and poultry products		1.6			Milk			4.3
Field crops		9.1			Ground covers			3.8
Vegetables		18.8			Strawberries			2.7
Fruits and nuts		17.9
Nursery products		153.6
Seed crops		0.0
Apiary products		3.3
TRANSPORTATION
Vehicle registrations, 1994
Total		6,099,418			Miles of streets, roads and
Automobiles		4,712,314			highways, 1994		20,782.4
Per capita (7-1-94 pop.)		0.51
Trucks		1,005,059
Motorcycles		110,560
Trailers		271,485
PUBLIC FINANCE
			Per		Per
1993-94		$ mill.	capita*		$1,000 income**		1993-94		$ mill.
County government tax collections, total		1,412.9	153.67		7.14		Expenditures:
Property tax		1,293.4	140.66		6.54		Federal		43,473.4
Sales tax		35.9	3.91		0.18		Defense		11,392.8
							County		11,570.9
Total receipts, local government		36,004.7					City		11,499.5
							School districts		7,944.5
* 7-1-93 population							Special districts		2,316.0
** 1993 personal income							Redevelopment agencies		2,851.0
California Department of Finance
Economic Research
(916) 322-2263								February, 1996