Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Palmdale is a city located in the northeast reaches of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The first community within the Antelope Valley to incorporate as a city, Palmdale is separated from Los Angeles by the San Gabriel Mountain range. As of the 2000 US census, the city population was 116,670, and as of January 1, 2009,[update] the California state department of finance estimates Palmdale proper has a total population of 151,346.According to the Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance report of 2009 the Palmdale / Lancaster, CA Urbanized Area a US Census Bureau defined term has a population of 476,845.