Long Beach population grows by about 3,000 residents, according to report

Los Angeles’ population grew by 1.3 percent in 2015, pushing the number of residents over the 4 million mark for the first time, the state Department of Finance reported today.

Long Beach also retained its spot as the seventh-most populous city in the state, adding about 3,000 residents last year. The city now has a population of 484,958 residents in the new report, up 0.7 percent over 2015.

According to the agency’s aual state population estimates, the population of Los Angeles as of Jan. 1 was 4,030,904, up by roughly 50,000 people from Jan. 1, 2015.

Irvine was ranked as one of the state’s fastest-growing cities, increasing its population by 2.6 percent to reach 258,386. The city had the largest numeric change in population – 6,650 – for any city in the state with fewer than 300,000 people.

The population of Los Angeles County was 10,241,335 on Jan. 1, up 0.8 percent from the same date in 2015.

The statewide growth rate was 0.9 percent last year, with an addition of 348,000 residents, bringing Califoia’s population to 39,256,000, according to the agency’s data.

The Department of Finance reported that growth was evenly distributed around the state, with most cities and counties experiencing increases in population.

Behind Los Angeles, the rest of the state’s 10 largest cities on Jan. 1 were, in order:

-- 2. San Diego, 1,391,676;

-- 3. San Jose, 1,042,094;

-- 4. San Francisco, 866,583;

-- 5. Fresno, 520,453;

-- 6. Sacramento, 485,683;

-- 7. Long Beach, 484,958;

-- 8. Oakland, 422,856;

-- 9. Bakersfield, 379,110; and

-- 10. Anaheim, 358,136.