Facilitating the discovery of languages, cultures
and ethnic groups in the Los Angeles area

Attributions

Ethnic LA is built on the work of photographers, mapmakers, and public agencies who share what they make. Thank you to all of them.

Data and maps

Language Map

English Learners by Grade & Language from the California Department of Education, with school locations from California Public Schools.

Ethnicity Map

2020 Census Detailed DHC-A from the U.S. Census Bureau, with census tract locations from the Census Gazetteer Files.

Map outlines

County and coastline outlines on the small maps from the California Department of Technology's county boundaries.

Base maps and addresses

Map tiles by Mapbox with data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Addresses located with the U.S. Census Geocoder.

Language photos

The photos behind each language on the home page, and where they come from.

Aramaic (Syriac) Wikipedia
Bahasa Indonesian Wikimedia Commons
Batak Indonesian Wikipedia
Estonian pxhere
Indigenous North American Languages Wikimedia Commons
Indonesian Max Pixel
Portuguese Wikipedia
Taiwanese Flickr
Ukrainian pxhere
Vietnamese pxhere