In 2000, there were 11 million Hispanics/Latinos in California or one in every three residents. There were 2.2 million African-Americans.
In 2000 LA had a population of 3.7 million, with 1.8 million being Hispanic/Latino of any race. There were 369 thousand African Americans. 1.5 million residents of LA are foreign-born or about 40% of the population. And 2 million speak a language other than English at home.
Is LA an American city?
Nope. Neither is New York. :)
I think we both know the answer to that but let me give you a quote from a recent best selling book on the illegal invasion:
"If one wishes to see America's future, he need only drive through L.A. Sifting through census data from year 2000, three writers from the L.A. Times discovered the coming America in the sprawing county that has become a polyglot nation where extremes of wealth and poverty mirror those of the Third World. 44.6% of the population of Los Angeles County is Hispanic, making the Mexican population of Los Angeles second only to that of Mexico City."