The Southwest Border Area is dominated by three main ethnic groups; Spanish American, American Indian, and European American. Similarly, Los Angeles has many ethnic groups. From a metropolitan area that in 1960 was over 80% non-Hispanic white, Los Angeles has been transformed into a city that now has a "majority-minority" population. In recent decades, the ethnic group of Los Angeles varies with Latin American and Asian immigrants. As of the 2005-2007 American Community Survey, the city’s population was 48.7% White (29.3% non-Hispanic White alone), 9.9% Black of African American, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 10.6% Asian, 0.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 27.3% from other race and 2.8% from two or more races. In addition, Los Angeles is home to poeple from more than 140 countries speaking 224 different identified languages. Ethnic enclaves like Chinatown, Historic Filipino, Koreatown, Little Armenia, Little Ethipoia, Tehrangeles, Little Tokyo, and Thai Town provide examples of the polyglot character of Los Angeles. Since there are many people, languages and different cultures, there’ve been many multicultural problems and conflicts.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org; factfinder.census.gov;
img -> Linguistic maps created and maintained by Derrick Auyoung on the base of ethnic maps in: "The Ethnic Quilt. Population Density in Southern California" by James P.Allen and Eugen Turner. Northridge: California State University, 1997
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