This line feature layer contains Legal City boundaries within Los Angeles County.

The principal attribute is BDRY_TYPE which represents the boundary feature types. Use its values below for definition queries and layer symbology for your mapping needs.

Coast - This value represents the coastline. This data is carefully maintained by DPW staff, based Los Angeles Region Imagery Acquisition Consortium data.

Land City - This value represents city boundaries on land.

Land County - This value represents the county boundary on land.

Pier - One example is the Santa Monica Pier. Man-made features may be regarded as extensions of the coastline.

Breakwater - Examples include the breakwater barriers that protect the Los Angeles Harbor.

Water - This value is used to separate features representing internal navigable waters and the ocean. Examples of internal waters are found in the Long Beach Harbor and in Marina del Rey.

Ocean - This value is used to represent ocean boundaries between cities in addition to the seaward boundaries of coastal cities. Per the Submerged Lands Act, the seaward boundaries of coastal cities and unincorporated county areas are three nautical miles (a nautical mile is 1852 meters) from the coastline.

This layer contains Legal City boundaries within Los Angeles County. The Landbase is jointly maintained by the Los Angeles County Assessor and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works provides the most current shape file of these city boundaries for download at its https://egis-lacounty.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/la-county-city-boundaries/explore?location=34.153321%2C-118.083123%2C9.49.Note: This boundary layer will not line up with the Thomas Brothers® city layer.Principal attributes include:CITY_NAME: represents the city's name.CITY_TYPE: may be used for definition queries; "Unincorporated" or "City".FEAT_TYPE: contains the type of feature each polygon represents:Land - Use this value for your definition query if you want to see only land features on your map.Pier - One example is the Santa Monica Pier. Man-made features may be regarded as extensions of the coastline.Breakwater - Examples include the breakwater barriers that protect the Los Angeles Harbor.Water - Polygons with this attribute value represent internal navigable waters. Examples of internal waters are found in the Long Beach Harbor and in Marina del Rey.3NM Buffer - Per the Submerged Lands Act, the seaward boundaries of coastal cities and unincorporated county areas are three nautical miles (a nautical mile is 1852 meters) from the coastlineURL: cities website current as of 01/01/2023This product is for information purposes and should not be used for legal, engineering, or survey purposes. County assumes no liability for any errors or omissions.

This layer represents current city boundaries within Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works provides the most current shapefiles representing city boundaries and city annexations on the Los Angeles County GIS Data Portal. True, legal boundaries are only determined on the ground by surveyors licensed in the State of California. Numerous records are freely available at the Land Records Information website, hosted by the Department of Public Works.Principal attributes include:CITY_NAME: represents the city's name.CITY_TYPE: may be used for definition queries; "Unincorporated" or "City".FEAT_TYPE: identifies the feature that each polygon represents:Land - This value is used for polygons representing the land masses, if you want to see only land features on your map.Pier - This value is used for polygons representing piers along the coastline. One example is the Santa Monica Pier.Breakwater - This value is used for polygons representing man-made barriers that protect the harbors.Water - This value is used for polygons representing navigable waters inside the harbors and marinas.3NM Buffer - This value is used for polygons representing the three seaward nautical miles within the cities' limits, per the Submerged Lands Act.POPULATION: Information in this field is supplied by Mark Greninger (mgreninger@cio.lacounty.gov).Reference Date: 2021

The City Official boundary extends six miles off the coast of Los Angeles County as required by the State of California official boundary for City's along the coast. The City Boundary provided here supports map cartography is the traditional view of Long Beach that highlights the Port of Long Beach and shore line. This is not the official City Limits and is commonly used to support map products for the Harbor and beach communities.

This layer contains Legal City boundaries within Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works provides the most current shape file of these city boundaries for download at its Spatial Information Library.Note: This boundary layer will not line up with the Thomas Brothers city layer. Principal attributes include:CITY_NAME: represents the city's name.CITY_TYPE: may be used for definition queries; "Unincorporated" or "City".FEAT_TYPE: contains the type of feature each polygon represents:Land - Use this value for your definition query if you want to see only land features on your map.Pier - One example is the Santa Monica Pier. Man-made features may be regarded as extensions of the coastline.Breakwater - Examples include the breakwater barriers that protect the Los Angeles Harbor.Water - Polygons with this attribute value represent internal navigable waters. Examples of internal waters are found in the Long Beach Harbor and in Marina del Rey.3NM Buffer - Per the Submerged Lands Act, the seaward boundaries of coastal cities and unincorporated county areas are three nautical miles (a nautical mile is 1852 meters) from the coastline.

Designed, created and shared by the Los Angeles County Enterprise GIS (eGIS) team, the Los Angeles County Base is designed to be overlaid with data layers. The basemap features roads, city and communities boundaries, national hydrographic data, shaded relief imagery, along with land cover and land type classifications. As you zoom further into Los Angeles County the aerial imagery layer is displayed at around the scale of 1:18,056. The basemap covers the extent of Los Angeles County, and has been designed to show different levels of detail based on zoom levels. This basemap is cached up to scale 1: 564.

This layer shows all incorporated and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. The incorporated city boundaries are maintained by the Department of Public Works as part of the cadastral landbase, and reflects the most current annexations as of the date listed below. The unincorporated areas are maintained by the Department of Regional Planning (aka LA County Planning) for land use planning efforts. This is especially important as it relates to the County's General Plan and various area, community, and neighborhood plan updates. Please see relevant links below for more related information:Department of Regional Planning (LA County Planning) - About page.Link to official Public Works City boundary layer (shows all cities and unincorporated area, but not the individual unincorporated communities as recognized by LA County Planning).Link to official Public Works City Annexations layer.Link to Countywide Statistical Areas layer (jurisdictions broken down by neighborhood boundaries for the purpose of reporting statistics)Last updated on 6/21/24 - following the adoption of the East San Gabriel Valley Area Plan three new unincorporated communities were added: North Whittier, Pellissier Village, and South El Monte.

Designed, created and shared by the Los Angeles County Enterprise GIS (eGIS) team, the Los Angeles County Canvas Basemap is designed using minimal colors, labels and features. City boundaries, roads networks, land types and national hydrographic data are a few of the layers used to create this basemap. Unlike the Los Angeles County Base Basemap, the Canvas does not contain aerial imagery. This basemap covers the extent of Los Angeles County and may be used for large scale mapping. This basemap is cached up to scale 1: 564.

City boundaries in Los Angeles County

This layer shows all incorporated and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. The incorporated city boundaries are maintained by the Department of Public Works as part of the cadastral landbase, and reflects the most current annexations as of the date listed below. The unincorporated areas are maintained by the Department of Regional Planning (aka LA County Planning) for land use planning efforts. This is especially important as it relates to the County's General Plan and various area, community, and neighborhood plan updates. Please see relevant links below for more related information:Department of Regional Planning (LA County Planning) - About page.Link to official Public Works City boundary layer (shows all cities and unincorporated area, but not the individual unincorporated communities as recognized by LA County Planning).Link to official Public Works City Annexations layer.Link to Countywide Statistical Areas layer (jurisdictions broken down by neighborhood boundaries for the purpose of reporting statistics)Last updated on 3/20/25 for an annexation to the City of Duarte (from unincorporated South Monrovia Islands) that was effective on 3/17/25.

Description: The neighborhoods shown in this dataset are derived from a larger dataset drawn and maintained by the Data Desk, a team of Times reporters and Web developers in downtown L.A. The boundaries have expanded and shifted over time and now cover all of Los Angeles County broken down into 272 neighborhoods.This version of the LA Times boundaries only includes neighborhoods fully or partially within the City of Los Angeles. Neighborhoods that extend into other cities have been clipped to only show the portion(s) of the neighborhoods that are within the City of Los Angeles.Data Source: Los Angeles Times' Mapping LA project.Last Updated: October 7, 2016Refresh Rate: Never - Historical data (Note: should the LA Times update their Mapping LA project with new boundaries in the future, a new LA-specific layer will be added to the GeoHub as well.)

The City Official boundary extends six miles off the coast of Los Angeles County as required by the State of California official boundary for City's along the coast.

This layer contains information for locating past and present legal city boundaries within Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works provides the most current shapefiles representing city annexations and city boundaries on the Los Angeles County GIS Data Portal. True, legal boundaries are only determined on the ground by surveyors licensed in the State of California. Numerous records are freely available at the Land Records Information website, hosted by the Department of Public Works.Principal Attributes:NO: The row number in the attribute table of the PDF Annexation Maps. (See Below)

ANNEX_No: These values are only used for the City of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

NAME: The official annexation name.

TYPE: Indicates the legal action.

A - represents an Annexation to that city. D - represents a Detachment from that city. V - is used to indicate the annexation was void or withdrawn before an effective date could be declared. 33 - Some older city annexation maps indicate a city boundary declared 'as of February 8, 1933'.

ANNEX_AREA: is the land area annexed or detached, in square miles, per the recorded legal description.

TOTAL_AREA: is the cumulative total land area for each city, arranged chronologically.

SHADE: is used by some of our cartographers to store the color used on printed maps.

INDEXNO: is a matching field used for retrieving documents from our department's document management system.

STATE (Secretary of State): Date filed with the Secretary of State. These are not available for earlier annexations and are Null.

COUNTY (County Recorder): Date filed with the County Recorder. These are not available for earlier annexations and are Null.

EFFECTIVE (Effective Date): The effective date of the annexation or detachment.

CITY: The city to which the annexation or detachment took place.

URL: This text field contains hyperlinks for viewing city annexation documents. See the ArcGIS Help for using the Hyperlink Tool.

FEAT_TYPE: contains the type of feature each polygon represents:

Land - Use this value for your definition query if you want to see only land features on your map. Pier - This value is used for polygons representing piers along the coastline. One example is the Santa Monica Pier. Breakwater - This value is used for polygons representing man-made barriers that protect the harbors. Water - This value is used for polygons representing navigable waters inside the harbors and marinas. 3NM Buffer - Per the Submerged Lands Act, the seaward boundaries of coastal cities and unincorporated county areas are three nautical miles from the coastline. (A nautical mile is 1,852 meters, or about 6,076 feet.) Annexation Maps by City (PDF)Large format, high quality wall maps are available for each of the 88 cities in Los Angeles County in PDF format.Agoura HillsHermosa BeachNorwalkAlhambraHidden HillsPalmdaleArcadiaHuntington ParkPalos Verdes EstatesArtesiaIndustryParamountAvalonInglewoodPasadenaAzusaIrwindalePico RiveraBaldwin ParkLa Canada FlintridgePomonaBellLa Habra HeightsRancho Palos VerdesBell GardensLa MiradaRedondo BeachBellflowerLa PuenteRolling HillsBeverly HillsLa VerneRolling Hills EstatesBradburyLakewoodRosemeadBurbankLancasterSan DimasCalabasasLawndaleSan FernandoCarsonLomitaSan GabrielCerritosLong BeachSan MarinoClaremontLos Angeles IndexSanta ClaritaCommerceLos Angeles Map 1Santa Fe SpringsComptonLos Angeles Map 2Santa MonicaCovinaLos Angeles Map 3Sierra MadreCudahyLos Angeles Map 4Signal HillCulver CityLos Angeles Map 5South El MonteDiamond BarLos Angeles Map 6South GateDowneyLos Angeles Map 7South PasadenaDuarteLos Angeles Map 8Temple CityEl MonteLynwoodTorranceEl SegundoMalibuVernonGardenaManhattan BeachWalnutGlendaleMaywoodWest CovinaGlendoraMonroviaWest HollywoodHawaiian GardensMontebelloWestlake VillageHawthorneMonterey ParkWhittier

The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The primary legal divisions of most states are termed counties. In Louisiana, these divisions are known as parishes. In Alaska, which has no counties, the equivalent entities are the organized boroughs, city and boroughs, municipalities, and for the unorganized area, census areas. The latter are delineated cooperatively for statistical purposes by the State of Alaska and the Census Bureau. In four states (Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia), there are one or more incorporated places that are independent of any county organization and thus constitute primary divisions of their states. These incorporated places are known as independent cities and are treated as equivalent entities for purposes of data presentation. The District of Columbia and Guam have no primary divisions, and each area is considered an equivalent entity for purposes of data presentation. The Census Bureau treats the following entities as equivalents of counties for purposes of data presentation: Municipios in Puerto Rico, Districts and Islands in American Samoa, Municipalities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The entire area of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas is covered by counties or equivalent entities. The boundaries for counties and equivalent entities are as of January 1, 2017, primarily as reported through the Census Bureau's Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS).

Land Use and Zoning data for the City of Los Angeles as well as Los Angeles County.

The Census Designated Places 2020 (CDP 2020) boundary usually is defined by the Census Bureau in cooperation with state, local or tribal officials. The boundaries are updated prior to each decennial census. These boundaries, which usually coincide with visible features or the boundary of an adjacent incorporated place or another legal entity boundary, have no legal status, nor do these places have officials elected to serve traditional municipal functions. CDP boundaries may change from one decennial census to the next with changes in the settlement pattern; a CDP with the same name as in an earlier census does not necessarily have the same boundary. CDPs must be contained within a single state and may not extend into an incorporated place. There are no population size requirements for CDPs. incorporatedCDP data is download from Census Bureau's TIGER 2020 website (https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2020/PLACE/) and extracted for Los Angeles County. This data includes LA County 88 incorporated cities and 54 CDPs.

File Geodatabase - Click hereShapefile - Click hereThis dataset contains current parcel boundaries and related attributes for approximately 2.4 million parcels maintained by the Los Angeles County Assessor (updated monthly on the second of every month). Due to the size of the data, it is only available for download as a zipped file geodatabase or shapefile at this time. For additional annual assessment roll history and attribute metadata descriptions, please visit the L.A. County Open Data Portal and search for Assessor. To better understand individual data elements, or to interactively view individual parcel information, please visit the Assessor’s Portal. A public-facing parcel map cache can be accessed here (updated weekly): https://public.gis.lacounty.gov/public/rest/services/LACounty_Cache/LACounty_Parcel/MapServer/0All inquiries should be directed to the Mapping & GIS Services Section, LA County Office of the Assessor at gisinfo@assessor.lacounty.gov

This parcels polygons feature class represents current city parcels within the City of Los Angeles. It shares topology with the Landbase parcel lines feature class. The Mapping and Land Records Division of the Bureau of Engineering, Department of Public Works provides the most current geographic information of the public right of way, ownership and land record information. The legal boundaries are determined on the ground by license surveyors in the State of California, and by recorded documents from the Los Angeles County Recorder's office and the City Clerk's office of the City of Los Angeles. Parcel and ownership information are available on NavigateLA, a website hosted by the Bureau of Engineering, Department of Public Works.Associated information about the landbase parcels is entered into attributes. Principal attributes include:PIN and PIND: represents the unique auto-generated parcel identifier and key to related features and tables. This field is related to the LA_LEGAL, LA_APN and LA_HSE_NBR tables. PIN contains spaces and PIND replaces those spaces with a dash (-).LA_LEGAL - Table attributes containing legal description. Principal attributes include the following:TRACT: The subdivision tract number as recorded by the County of Los AngelesMAP_REF: Identifies the subdivision map book reference as recorded by the County of Los Angeles.LOT: The subdivision lot number as recorded by the County of Los Angeles.ENG_DIST: The four engineering Districts (W=Westla, C=Central, V= Valley and H=Harbor).CNCL_DIST: Council Districts 1-15 of the City of Los Angeles. OUTLA means parcel is outside the City.LA_APN- Table attributes containing County of Los Angeles Assessors information. Principal attributes include the following:BPP: The Book, Page and Parcel from the Los Angeles County Assessors office. SITUS*: Address for the property.LA_HSE_NBR - Table attributes containing housenumber information. Principal attributes include the following:HSE_ID: Unique id of each housenumber record.HSE_NBR: housenumber numerical valueSTR_*: Official housenumber addressFor a complete list of attribute values, please refer to Landbase_parcel_polygons_data_dictionary.Landbase parcels polygons data layer was created in geographical information systems (GIS) software to display the location of the right of way. The parcels polygons layer delineates the right of way from Landbase parcels lots. The parcels polygons layer is a feature class in the LACityLandbaseData.gdb Geodatabase dataset. The layer consists of spatial data as a polygon feature class and attribute data for the features. The area inside a polygon feature is a parcel lot. The area outside of the parcel polygon feature is the right of way. Several polygon features are adjacent, sharing one line between two polygons. For each parcel, there is a unique identifier in the PIND and PIN fields. The only difference is PIND has a dash and PIN does not. The types of edits include new subdivisions and lot cuts. Associated legal information about the landbase parcels lots is entered into attributes. The landbase parcels layer is vital to other City of LA Departments, by supporting property and land record operations and identifying legal information for City of Los Angeles. The landbase parcels polygons are inherited from a database originally created by the City's Survey and Mapping Division. Parcel information should only be added to the Landbase Parcels layer if documentation exists, such as a Deed or a Plan approved by the City Council. When seeking the definitive description of real property, consult the recorded Deed or Plan.List of Fields:ID: A unique numeric identifier of the polygon. The ID value is the last part of the PIN field value.ASSETID: User-defined feature autonumber.MAPSHEET: The alpha-numeric mapsheet number, which refers to a valid B-map or A-map number on the Cadastral grid index map. Values: • B, A, -5A - Any of these alpha-numeric combinations are used, whereas the underlined spaces are the numbers. An A-map is the smallest grid in the index map and is used when there is a large amount of spatial information in the map display. There are more parcel lines and annotation than can fit in the B-map, and thus, an A-map is used. There are 4 A-maps in a B-map. In areas where parcel lines and annotation can fit comfortably in an index map, a B-map is used. The B-maps are at a scale of 100 feet, and A-maps are at a scale of 50 feet.OBJECTID: Internal feature number.BPPMAP_REFTRACTBLOCKMODLOTARBCNCL_DIST: LA City Council District. Values: • (numbers 1-15) - Current City Council Member for that District can be found on the mapping website http://navigatela.lacity.org/navigatela, click Council Districts layer name, under Boundaries layer group.SHAPE: Feature geometry.BOOKPAGEPARCELPIND: The value is a combination of MAPSHEET and ID fields, creating a unique value for each parcel. The D in the field name PIND, means "dash", and there is a dash between the MAPSHEET and ID field values. This is a key attribute of the LANDBASE data layer. This field is related to the APN and HSE_NBR tables.ENG_DIST: LA City Engineering District. The boundaries are displayed in the Engineering Districts index map. Values: • H - Harbor Engineering District. • C - Central Engineering District. • V - Valley Engineering District. • W - West LA Engineering District.PIN: The value is a combination of MAPSHEET and ID fields, creating a unique value for each parcel. There are spaces between the MAPSHEET and ID field values. This is a key attribute of the LANDBASE data layer. This field is related to the APN and HSE_NBR tables.

ESRI ArcGIS Online Map based application allowing users to view historical city boundary annexation and detachment information to and from the 88 incorporated cities within Los Angeles County. Public can use widgets that are available in the app to get information for the Annexations. For information regarding Proposed City Annexation/Detachment and Special District Formation, click here.

US Postal Service ZIP Code boundaries. This layer was created by Los Angeles County eGIS to align with parcel boundaries.ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan.Legal vs. Postal Cities: Many users confuse the name the Post Office delivers mail to (e.g. Van Nuys, Hollywood) as a legal city (in this case Los Angeles), when they are a postal city. The County contains 88 legal cities, and over 400 postal names that are tied to the ZIP Codes. To support usability and geocoding, we have attached the first 3 postal cities to each address, based upon its ZIP Code.The US Postal Service is the authoritative source for ZIP Code data. See their website for more information.