Westside (Los Angeles County)

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Geography

LA Weekly

According to LA Weekly, there are different perspectives on where the Westside ends and the Eastside begins.[1] Generally, the Westside is considered the area south of the Santa Monica Mountains and Sepulveda Pass, and west of either:

  • Downtown Los Angeles – a historic definition supported by UCLA urban and cultural historian Eric Avila. Most of the numbered streets and big boulevards get a “west” before their names west of Main Street and an east if they are “east” of Main Street.
  • The 110 Freeway
  • La Cienega Boulevard
  • The 405 Freeway

Mapping L.A. boundaries

Los Angeles Times readers submitted more than 300 maps, with borders ranging from Lincoln to La Brea and beyond. The most common east/west dividing lines were: Downtown, La Cienega Boulevard (the most common street cited), and the 405 freeway (the most common answer).

The Times analyzed the results and no single definition approached a majority. Ultimately, the Los Angeles Times Mapping Project settled on a definition comprising Template:Convert, encompassing not only districts in the city of Los Angeles but also two unincorporated neighborhoods, plus the cities of Beverly Hills, Culver City, and Santa Monica — while excluding all of the city of West Hollywood, even areas west of La Cienega Boulevard.[2]

Neighborhoods and districts

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The Westside.
Map by the Los Angeles Times.[2]

According to the Mapping L.A. survey of the Los Angeles Times the Westside includes all of the below neighborhoods that are part of the city of Los Angeles:

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Other cities

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The Westside as seen by aircraft departing Los Angeles International Airport

Unincorporated areas

Population

In the 2000 census, the Westside (as defined by the Los Angeles Times Mapping Project) had a population of 529,427. At that time, non-Hispanic whites made up 63% of the population.[2] The areas within the city of Los Angeles that the Los Angeles Almanac recognized as part of the Westside had a population of 413,351.[3]

Education

According to Census Bureau figures quoted by the Los Angeles Times, fifty-three percent of West Los Angeles residents aged 25 and older had earned a 4-year degree (or higher) by 2000. This included 89,620 people with master's degrees or higher and 117,695 with bachelor's degrees. In addition, 95,187 people in that age range had some college experience, 46,823 held high school diplomas and 40,451 had dropped out before graduating.[2] As of 2019, the median income of the neighborhood was approximately $96,300.

The Westside is home to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood. It is the second-oldest of the ten campuses of the University of California system.[4] UCLA is considered a flagship campus of the University of California system, along with UC Berkeley.[5][6][7][8] It offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs across a wide range of disciplines.[9] With an approximate enrollment of 28,000 undergraduate and 12,000 graduate students, UCLA is the university with the largest enrollment in the state of California[10] and the most popular university in the United States by number of applicants.[11]

Other post-secondary schools in the Westside are as follows:

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See also

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References

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External links

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  2. ↑ a b c d Mapping L.A.: Regions. The Westside. Los Angeles Times, Mapping L.A.
  3. ↑ "Population," Los Angeles Almanac
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