Spotlight: Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles is the entertainment, manufacturing, and international trade capital of the U.S.. With $500 billion in annual output, Los Angeles County ranks among the world's largest economies.
Its GDP is larger than Switzerland, Sweden, even Saudi Arabia. Los Angeles County's population of 10.4 million, including many with Austrian, German, or Swiss background, would make it the 8th largest state in the United States.
The region is a major global force in tourism, wholesale trade, cargo and logistics, technology and motion picture/TV production, with unparalleled direct international trade. The high-tech community includes bio-medical research facilities, digital information technology, environmental technology, and creative resource industries.
Manufacturing industries like apparel, computer and electronic products, transportation products, toys, fabricated metal products, food products, and furniture companies thrive.
