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Los Angeles City Data

Indicator Figure Source and Notes
Admissions: Main film festival (Per year) 75,000 AFI Fest information at Withoutabox
Admissions: Theatre (Per year) 10,778,741 Nonprofit (CPD dataset) + Pantages (personal communication) — Nonprofit data includes free attendees / adults and children
Art Galleries 230 IMLS + Visual Art Source + CDP data
Arts & dance rehearsal space 659 SpacefinderLA — This includes all spaces in the SpacefinderLA database where performances are permitted
Attendance (Estimated): Carnival/festival 1,251,209 LA County Fair 2019 Media Guide — Los Angeles County Fair
Attendance (Estimated): Carnival/festival (Percentage of city population) 12.50% LA County Fair 2019 Media Guide — LA County Fair
Average daily visits: Top five art exhibitions 2,916 The Art Newspaper, April 2020
Bars 1,644 Citysearch/Yelp
Bars (Per 100,000 population) 16 Citysearch/Yelp
Book loans by public libraries (Per year) (Million) 46 Public Libraries Survey Institute for Museum and Library Services
Book titles published (Per year) 309,957 Bowker
Bookshops 177 Yelp
Bookshops (Per 100,000 population) 1.77 Yelp
Cinema screens 1,019 Cinema Treasures
Cinema screens (Per 100,000 population) 10.19 calculation
Cinemas 161 Cinema Treasures
Community centres 459 LACAC
Creative industries employment (Percentage) 10.00% 2021 Otis Report on the Creative Economy
Dance performances (Per year) 3,144 LACAC
Education: Degree level & higher (Percentage) 32.50% US Census
Festivals & celebrations 183 Timeout /Fairplex.com / Everfest
Film festivals 69 California Film Commission / LA Film Festivals / Timeout / Everfest
Foreign born population (Percentage) 34.00% US Census
Geographical area (Square kilometre) 10,510 US Census
Heritage & historical sites 581 California Office of Historical Preservation California Historical Resources
Households 3,316,795 US Census
International students 49,662 NAFSA: Association of International Educators
International tourists (Per year as percentage of population) 75.00%
International tourists (Per year) 7,500,000 Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board — Estimate; based on figures reported to LA Times
Libraries (Per 100,000 Population) 2.5 Public Libraries Survey Institute for Museum and Library Services
Live music venues 409 LA Weekly/OhMyRockness/ Restless Nites & Songkick
Major concert halls 6
Markets 156 California.com / Google map / LA Almanac / SoCalPulse / Timeout / Uncover LA / Yelp — Includes flea markets /swap meets /craft markets /holiday markets /and farmers markets
Michelin star restaurants 25 Michelin Guide
Museums 219 Institute of Museum & Library Services
Music performances (Per year) 9,348 LA Weekly/OhMyRockness/ Restless Nites & Songkick
National museums 2 Institute for Museum and Library Services
Nightclubs, discos & dance halls 770 Citysearch/Yelp
Non professional dance schools 154 DanceMap LA
Other museums 266 Institute for Museum and Library Services
Percentage of national population living in the city 3.02% US Census
Percentage of public green space: Parks & gardens 34.70% LA County Parks and Recreation Needs Assessment
Population 10,004,019 US Census
Public libraries 250 Public Libraries Survey Institute for Museum and Library Services
Restaurants 30,800 LA County Department of Public Health Environmental Health Inspections & City of Pasadena Food Facility Inspections
Restaurants (Per 100,000 population) 307.9 LA County Department of Public Health Environmental Health Inspections & City of Pasadena Food Facility Inspections
Specialist Higher Education Institutes: Private 17 LACAC
Students Enrolled at art & design institutions 17,013 IPEDS/National Center for Education Statistics & Petersons.com
Theatres 387 Onstage 411 and Theatre in LA
Theatrical performances in theatres (Per year) 6,366 Nonprofit (CPD dataset) + Pantages
UNESCO World Heritage Sites 1 UNESCO World Heritage list — "20th Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright" added in 2019. Includes Hollyhock House in LA County
Video game arcades 41 Yelp/Citysearch
Visits to top five most visited museums & galleries 4,141,210 The Art Newspaper + Getty
Working Age Popluation 6,475,224 US Census

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