Mid-City West
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Mid-City West is a subregion located in the Wilshire
Wilshire, Los Angeles, California
Wilshire is an area in Los Angeles, California, north of I-10, east of Beverly Hills and the Westside, west of Downtown LA and south of Hollywood, and contains, or abuts the districts of Mid-City West and Mid-Wilshire....

 area of the City of Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

. While it may be confused with the Mid-Wilshire
Mid-Wilshire
Mid-Wilshire is a district in the City of Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Wilshire region.It mostly encompasses the area bounded by La Cienega Boulevard to the west, Melrose Avenue to the north, Hoover Street to the east and the Santa Monica Freeway to the south, although some...

 area, the city designates it as a separate area, encompassing the area south of Santa Monica Boulevard, west of Fairfax Avenue
Fairfax Avenue
Fairfax Avenue is a street on north central Los Angeles, California. It runs from La Cienega Boulevard with Culver City at its southern end to Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on its northern end.Fairfax Avenue forms the western boundary of Hancock Park as well as Park La Brea, an 160 acre ,...

, and north of Pico or Venice Boulevard and east of La Cienega Boulevard
La Cienega Boulevard
La Cienega Boulevard is a major, well-known north–south arterial road that runs between El Segundo Boulevard in El Segundo, California on the south and the Sunset Strip/Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood....

.

The area borders the City of West Hollywood on the north, Beverly Hills and West Los Angeles
West Los Angeles (region)
The Los Angeles Westside is an urban region in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. It has no official definition, but, according to the Los Angeles Times, it comprises , encompassing 18 districts in the city of Los Angeles and two unincorporated neighborhoods, plus the cities of...

 on the west, and is surrounded on the east and south by the Mid-Wilshire
Mid-Wilshire
Mid-Wilshire is a district in the City of Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Wilshire region.It mostly encompasses the area bounded by La Cienega Boulevard to the west, Melrose Avenue to the north, Hoover Street to the east and the Santa Monica Freeway to the south, although some...

 district.

A popular nickname for the neighborhood is Midtown or Mid-city.

Demographics

The population of mid city west is around 47,000. The racial make up of mid-city west is, 74.78% White, 4.74% Black, 0.24% American Indian & Alaska Native alone, 10.49% Asian, 0.06% Native Hawaiian & other Pacific Islander alone, 2.08% other races, 3.78% two or more races, and 6.22% Hispanic or Latino.

The neighborhoods of Mid-City West

  • Carthay
    • Carthay Circle
    • Carthay Square
    • South Carthay
    • Little Ethiopia
      Little Ethiopia, Los Angeles, California
      Little Ethiopia refers to the stretch of Fairfax Avenue in the Carthay district of Los Angeles, California between Olympic and Pico Boulevards. The area is filled with Ethiopian businesses and restaurants, as well as a significant concentration of residents of Ethiopian and Eritrean ancestry.Little...

  • Fairfax District
    Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California
    The Fairfax District is an area of neighborhoods in the Mid-City West area of Los Angeles, California.- Geography :It is roughly bordered by West Hollywood on the north, Highland Avenue on the east, West Hollywood and Beverly Hills on the west and Wilshire Boulevard on the south...

  • Olympic Park
  • West Pico
    • Picfair Village
      Picfair Village, Los Angeles, California
      Picfair Village is a residential district in the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles, California. 'Picfair' refers to the corner of Pico and Fairfax, site of the former Picfair Theater.-Geography:...

    • Pico Del Mar
    • Pico Park
    • Redondo-Sycamore
    • Wilshire Highlands
    • Wilshire Vista
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