Orange County, California Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1890=13589 |1900=19696 |1910=34436 |1920=61375 |1930=118674 |1940=130760 |1950=216224 |1960=703925 |1970=1420386 |1980=1932709 |1990=2410556 |1990n=<ref name="cen2000">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |date=April 2, 2001 |access-date=September 28, 2015 |archive-date=December 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203824/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> |2000=2846289 |2000n=<ref name="cen2000" /> |2010=3010232 |2010n=<ref name=2010CensusP2 /> |2020=3186989 |2020n=<ref name=2020CensusP2 /> |estyear=2023 |estimate=3135755 |estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 26, 2024}}</ref> |align-fn=center |footnote= U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing from 1790-2000 |publisher=[[US Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719124258/https://www.census.gov//prod/www/decennial.html |url-status=live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2023|reason=no mention of Orange County at the given link}}<br />1790β1960<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |title=Historical Census Browser |publisher=University of Virginia Library |access-date=September 28, 2015 |archive-date=August 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |url-status=live}}</ref> 1900β1990<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |editor-last=Forstall |editor-first=Richard L. |date=March 27, 1995 |access-date=September 28, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115745/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt |url-status=live}}</ref> }} ===2020=== {| class="wikitable" |+'''Orange County, California β Racial and Ethnic Composition'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> !Race / ethnicity !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE β 2000: DEC Summary File 1 β Orange County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US06059&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web |title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Orange County, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06059&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211041918/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06059&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |url-status=live}}</ref> !{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race - 2020: Dec Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Orange County, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06059&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211041917/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06059&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |url-status=live}}</ref> !% 2000 !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH) |1,458,978 |1,328,499 |style='background: #ffffe6; | 1,198,655 |51.26% |44.13% |style='background: #ffffe6; |37.61% |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH) |42,639 |44,000 |style='background: #ffffe6; |49,304 |1.50% |1.46% |style='background: #ffffe6; |1.55% |- |[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH) |8,414 |6,216 |style='background: #ffffe6; |5,298 |0.30% |0.21% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17% |- |[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH) |383,810 |532,477 |style='background: #ffffe6; |699,124 |13.48% |17.69% |style='background: #ffffe6; |21.94% |- |[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH) |8,086 |8,357 |style='background: #ffffe6; |7,714 |0.30% |0.28% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24% |- |[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH) |4,525 |5,593 |style='background: #ffffe6; |14,818 |0.28% |0.19% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.46% |- |[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH) |64,258 |72,117 |style='background: #ffffe6; |125,242 |2.26% |2.40% |style='background: #ffffe6; |3.93% |- |[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race) |875,579 |1,012,973 |style='background: #ffffe6; |1,086,834 |30.76% |33.65% |style='background: #ffffe6; |34.10% |- |'''Total''' |'''2,846,289''' |'''3,010,232''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''3,186,989''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |} ===2011=== {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- ! colspan=6 | Population, race, and income |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |date=December 27, 1996}}. Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref> | colspan=2 | 2,989,948 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | White<ref name="US-CB-B02001" /> | 1,852,969 | 62.0% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001" /> | 49,513 | 1.7% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | American Indian or Alaska Native<ref name="US-CB-B02001" /> | 12,548 | 0.4% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001" /> | 532,499 | 17.8% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander<ref name="US-CB-B02001" /> | 9,331 | 0.3% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B03003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |date=December 27, 1996}}. Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref> | 994,279 | 33.3% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19301. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |date=December 27, 1996}}. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref> | colspan=2 | $34,416 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19013. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |date=December 27, 1996}}. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref> | colspan=2 | $75,762 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19113. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |date=December 27, 1996}}. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref> | colspan=2 | $85,009 |} ==== Places by population, race, and income ==== {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" |+ {{nowrap|Places by population and income}} |- ! Place ! Type<ref name="US-CB">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. [http://factfinder2.census.gov American FactFinder] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/ |date=September 11, 2013}}. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref> ! Population<ref name="US-CB-B01003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B01003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |date=December 27, 1996}}. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref> ! data-sort-type="currency" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301" /> ! data-sort-type="currency" | Median household income{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} ! data-sort-type="currency" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113" /> |- | [[Aliso Viejo]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 47,037 || $44,646 || $99,095 || $113,183 |- | [[Anaheim]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 335,057 || $23,109 || $59,330 || $63,180 |- | [[Anaheim Hills]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 55,036 || $52,195 || $123,260 || $148,360 |- | [[Brea, California|Brea]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 38,837 || $36,195 || $81,278 || $98,159 |- | [[Buena Park]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 80,214 || $23,470 || $64,809 || $68,872 |- | [[Costa Mesa]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 109,796 || $33,800 || $65,471 || $74,201 |- | [[Coto de Caza]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 14,974 || $65,625 || $164,385 || $176,686 |- | [[Cypress, California|Cypress]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 47,610 || $32,815 || $82,954 || $92,276 |- | [[Dana Point]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 33,510 || $51,431 || $83,306 || $101,186 |- | [[Fountain Valley, California|Fountain Valley]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 55,209 || $35,487 || $81,661 || $91,003 |- | [[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 134,079 || $30,967 || $69,432 || $78,812 |- | [[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 170,148 || $21,066 || $60,036 || $62,820 |- | [[Huntington Beach]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 189,744 || $42,127 || $80,901 || $99,038 |- | [[Irvine, California|Irvine]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 205,057 || $43,102 || $92,599 || $109,762 |- | [[Ladera Ranch]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 21,412 || $48,671 || $132,475 || $143,857 |- | [[Laguna Beach]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 22,808 || $81,591 || $99,190 || $139,833 |- | [[Laguna Hills]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 30,477 || $44,751 || $85,971 || $105,385 |- | [[Laguna Niguel]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 62,855 || $51,491 || $100,480 || $119,757 |- | [[Laguna Woods]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 16,276 || $36,017 || $35,393 || $50,332 |- | [[La Habra]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 60,117 || $24,589 || $63,356 || $69,028 |- | [[Lake Forest, California|Lake Forest]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 77,111 || $39,844 || $94,632 || $108,211 |- | [[La Palma, California|La Palma]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 15,536 || $34,475 || $84,693 || $92,757 |- | [[Las Flores, California|Las Flores]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 5,911 || $46,717 || $128,269 || $135,046 |- | [[Los Alamitos, California|Los Alamitos]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 11,442 || $38,527 || $79,861 || $90,409 |- | [[Midway City]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 8,052 || $18,610 || $46,714 || $55,168 |- | [[Mission Viejo]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 93,076 || $41,436 || $96,420 || $109,693 |- | [[Newport Beach]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 84,417 || $80,872 || $108,946 || $151,773 |- | [[North Tustin]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 24,572 || $55,038 || $109,629 || $119,543 |- | [[Orange, California|Orange]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 135,582 || $32,797 || $78,654 || $88,423 |- | [[Placentia, California|Placentia]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 50,089 || $30,451 || $78,364 || $90,372 |- | [[Rancho Santa Margarita, California|Rancho Santa Margarita]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 47,769 || $41,787 || $104,167 || $116,540 |- | [[Rossmoor, California|Rossmoor]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 10,099 || $51,210 || $108,427 || $119,727 |- | [[San Clemente]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 62,052 || $47,894 || $89,289 || $107,524 |- | [[San Juan Capistrano]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 34,455 || $39,097 || $73,806 || $86,744 |- | [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 325,517 || $16,564 || $54,399 || $53,111 |- | [[Seal Beach]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 24,157 || $44,115 || $50,958 || $94,035 |- | [[Stanton, California|Stanton]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 38,141 || $20,558 || $51,933 || $53,968 |- | [[Sunset Beach, California|Sunset Beach]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,486 || $47,415 || $68,036 || $109,125 |- | [[Tustin]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 74,625 || $32,854 || $73,231 || $80,963 |- | [[Villa Park, California|Villa Park]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 5,825 || $71,697 || $151,139 || $165,833 |- | [[Westminster, California|Westminster]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 89,440 || $23,201 || $56,867 || $61,145 |- | [[Yorba Linda]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 63,578 || $49,485 || $115,291 || $128,528 |} ===2010=== [[File:Density OC3.JPG|left|thumb|225px|Orange County Density Map. Darker shades indicate more densely populated areas.]] The [[2010 United States Census]] reported that Orange County had a population of 3,010,232. The racial makeup of Orange County was 1,830,758 (60.8%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (44.0% non-Hispanic white), 50,744 (1.7%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 18,132 (0.6%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 537,804 (17.9%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 9,354 (0.3%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 435,641 (14.5%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 127,799 (4.2%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1,012,973 persons (33.7%).<ref>{{USCensus2010CA}}</ref> The Hispanic and Latino population is predominantly of [[Mexican American|Mexican]] origin; this group accounts for 28.5% of the county's population, followed by Salvadorans (0.8%), Guatemalans (0.5%), Puerto Ricans (0.4%), Cubans (0.3%), Colombians (0.3%), and Peruvians (0.3%).<ref name="factfinder2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |year=2010 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |archive-date=December 27, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]] with its population reportedly 75 percent Hispanic/Latino, is among the most Hispanic/Latino percentage cities in both [[California]] and the U.S., esp. of [[Mexican-American]] descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://articles.latimes.com/1991-02-26/local/me-1944_1_santa-ana |title=City's Latinos on the Grow : Majority: Santa Ana's Hispanics make up 65% of the population and have recorded solid gains, but some still say they are ignored by City Hall. |first1=LILY |last1=ENG |first2=BOB |last2=SCHWARTZ |date=February 26, 1991 |website=Articles.latimes.com |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=October 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017061126/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-02-26/local/me-1944_1_santa-ana |url-status=live}}</ref> Among the Asian population, 6.1% are Vietnamese, followed by Koreans (2.9%), Chinese (2.7%), Filipinos (2.4%), Indians (1.4%), Japanese (1.1%), Cambodians (0.2%), Pakistanis (0.2%), Thais (0.1%), Indonesians (0.1%), and Laotians (0.1%).<ref name="factfinder2010" /> According to [[KPCC (radio station)|KPCC]] in 2014, Orange County has the largest proportion of Asian Americans in Southern California, where one in five residents are Asian American.<ref>{{cite news |author=Josie Huang |title=Report: As Asian-American population grows in Orange County, so do needs |url=http://www.scpr.org/blogs/multiamerican/2014/07/08/16978/report-asian-american-population-orange-county/ |publisher=KPCC |date=July 8, 2014 |access-date=December 11, 2014 |archive-date=April 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426060143/http://www.scpr.org/blogs/multiamerican/2014/07/08/16978/report-asian-american-population-orange-county/ |url-status=live}}</ref> There is also a significant [[Islam in the United States|Muslim]] population in the county.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ocweekly.com/2013-05-16/culture/trendzilla-latanya-maassarani-nahda-designs/full/ |title=Nahda Designs: Haute Hijab |author=Michelle Woo |date=May 15, 2013 |work=OC Weekly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913171153/http://www.ocweekly.com/2013-05-16/culture/trendzilla-latanya-maassarani-nahda-designs/full/ |archive-date=September 13, 2014}}</ref> {{Clear}} {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" |- !colspan=10|Population reported at [[2010 United States Census]] |- |<div style="text-align: center;">'''The County'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''Total<br />Population'''</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''two or<br />more races'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''</div> |- |''' Orange County''' |align="right"|3,010,232||align="right"|1,830,758||align="right"|67,708||align="right"|18,132||align="right"|537,804||align="right"|9,354||align="right"|435,641||align="right"|127,799||align="right"|1,012,973 |- |<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Incorporated city|Incorporated<br />cities]]'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''Total<br />Population'''</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''two or<br />more races'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''</div> |- |'''[[Aliso Viejo]]''' |align="right"|47,823||align="right"|34,437||align="right"|967||align="right"|151||align="right"|6,996||align="right"|89||align="right"|2,446||align="right"|2,737||align="right"|8,164 |- |'''[[Anaheim]]''' |align="right"|336,265||align="right"|177,237||align="right"|9,347||align="right"|2,648||align="right"|49,857||align="right"|1,607||align="right"|80,705||align="right"|14,864||align="right"|177,467 |- |'''[[Brea, California|Brea]]''' |align="right"|39,282||align="right"|26,363||align="right"|1,549||align="right"|190||align="right"|7,144||align="right"|69||align="right"|3,236||align="right"|1,731||align="right"|9,817 |- |'''[[Buena Park]]''' |align="right"|80,530||align="right"|36,454||align="right"|3,073||align="right"|862||align="right"|21,488||align="right"|455||align="right"|14,066||align="right"|4,132||align="right"|31,638 |- |'''[[Costa Mesa]]''' |align="right"|109,960||align="right"|75,335||align="right"|1,640||align="right"|686||align="right"|8,654||align="right"|527||align="right"|17,992||align="right"|5,126||align="right"|39,403 |- |'''[[Cypress, California|Cypress]]''' |align="right"|47,802||align="right"|26,000||align="right"|1,444||align="right"|289||align="right"|14,978||align="right"|234||align="right"|2,497||align="right"|2,360||align="right"|8,779 |- |'''[[Dana Point]]''' |align="right"|33,351||align="right"|28,701||align="right"|294||align="right"|229||align="right"|1,064||align="right"|37||align="right"|1,952||align="right"|1,074||align="right"|5,662 |- |'''[[Fountain Valley, California|Fountain Valley]]''' |align="right"|55,313||align="right"|31,225||align="right"|1,510||align="right"|229||align="right"|18,418||align="right"|171||align="right"|2,445||align="right"|2,315||align="right"|7,250 |- |'''[[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]]''' |align="right"|135,161||align="right"|72,845||align="right"|4,138||align="right"|842||align="right"|30,788||align="right"|321||align="right"|21,439||align="right"|5,788||align="right"|46,501 |- |'''[[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]]''' |align="right"|170,883||align="right"|68,149||align="right"|3,155||align="right"|983||align="right"|63,451||align="right"|1,110||align="right"|28,916||align="right"|6,119||align="right"|63,079 |- |'''[[Huntington Beach]]''' |align="right"|189,992||align="right"|145,661||align="right"|1,813||align="right"|992||align="right"|21,070||align="right"|635||align="right"|11,193||align="right"|8,628||align="right"|32,411 |- |'''[[Irvine, California|Irvine]]''' |align="right"|212,375||align="right"|107,215||align="right"|3,868||align="right"|355||align="right"|83,176||align="right"|334||align="right"|5,867||align="right"|11,710||align="right"|19,621 |- |'''[[La Habra]]''' |align="right"|60,239||align="right"|35,147||align="right"|1,025||align="right"|531||align="right"|5,653||align="right"|103||align="right"|15,224||align="right"|2,556||align="right"|34,449 |- |'''[[La Palma, California|La Palma]]''' |align="right"|15,568||align="right"|5,762||align="right"|802||align="right"|56||align="right"|7,483||align="right"|41||align="right"|760||align="right"|664||align="right"|2,487 |- |'''[[Laguna Beach]]''' |align="right"|22,723||align="right"|20,645||align="right"|278||align="right"|61||align="right"|811||align="right"|15||align="right"|350||align="right"|663||align="right"|1,650 |- |'''[[Laguna Hills]]''' |align="right"|30,344||align="right"|22,045||align="right"|520||align="right"|101||align="right"|3,829||align="right"|58||align="right"|2,470||align="right"|1,421||align="right"|6,242 |- |'''[[Laguna Niguel]]''' |align="right"|62,979||align="right"|50,625||align="right"|877||align="right"|219||align="right"|5,459||align="right"|87||align="right"|3,019||align="right"|2,793||align="right"|8,761 |- |'''[[Laguna Woods]]''' |align="right"|16,192||align="right"|14,133||align="right"|110||align="right"|24||align="right"|1,624||align="right"|10||align="right"|90||align="right"|201||align="right"|650 |- |'''[[Lake Forest, California|Lake Forest]]''' |align="right"|77,264||align="right"|54,341||align="right"|1,695||align="right"|384||align="right"|10,115||align="right"|191||align="right"|7,267||align="right"|3,671||align="right"|19,024 |- |'''[[Los Alamitos, California|Los Alamitos]]''' |align="right"|11,449||align="right"|8,131||align="right"|324||align="right"|51||align="right"|1,471||align="right"|50||align="right"|726||align="right"|696||align="right"|2,418 |- |'''[[Mission Viejo]]''' |align="right"|93,305||align="right"|74,493||align="right"|1,710||align="right"|379||align="right"|8,462||align="right"|153||align="right"|4,332||align="right"|4,276||align="right"|15,877 |- |'''[[Newport Beach]]''' |align="right"|85,186||align="right"|74,357||align="right"|616||align="right"|223||align="right"|5,982||align="right"|114||align="right"|1,401||align="right"|2,493||align="right"|6,174 |- |'''[[Orange, California|Orange]]''' |align="right"|136,416||align="right"|91,522||align="right"|3,627||align="right"|993||align="right"|15,350||align="right"|352||align="right"|20,567||align="right"|5,405||align="right"|52,014 |- |'''[[Placentia, California|Placentia]]''' |align="right"|50,533||align="right"|31,373||align="right"|914||align="right"|386||align="right"|7,531||align="right"|74||align="right"|8,247||align="right"|2,008||align="right"|18,416 |- |'''[[Rancho Santa Margarita, California|Rancho Santa Margarita]]''' |align="right"|47,853||align="right"|37,421||align="right"|887||align="right"|182||align="right"|4,350||align="right"|102||align="right"|2,674||align="right"|2,237||align="right"|8,902 |- |'''[[San Clemente]]''' |align="right"|63,522||align="right"|54,605||align="right"|511||align="right"|363||align="right"|2,333||align="right"|90||align="right"|3,433||align="right"|2,287||align="right"|10,702 |- |'''[[San Juan Capistrano]]''' |align="right"|34,593||align="right"|26,664||align="right"|293||align="right"|286||align="right"|975||align="right"|33||align="right"|5,234||align="right"|1,208||align="right"|13,388 |- |'''[[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]]''' |align="right"|324,528||align="right"|148,838||align="right"|6,356||align="right"|3,260||align="right"|34,138||align="right"|976||align="right"|120,789||align="right"|11,671||align="right"|253,928 |- |'''[[Seal Beach]]''' |align="right"|24,168||align="right"|20,154||align="right"|279||align="right"|65||align="right"|2,309||align="right"|58||align="right"|453||align="right"|850||align="right"|2,331 |- |'''[[Stanton, California|Stanton]]''' |align="right"|38,186||align="right"|16,991||align="right"|3,358||align="right"|405||align="right"|8,831||align="right"|217||align="right"|9,274||align="right"|1,610||align="right"|19,417 |- |'''[[Tustin]]''' |align="right"|75,540||align="right"|39,729||align="right"|2,722||align="right"|442||align="right"|15,299||align="right"|268||align="right"|14,499||align="right"|3,581||align="right"|30,024 |- |'''[[Villa Park, California|Villa Park]]''' |align="right"|5,812||align="right"|4,550||align="right"|92||align="right"|34||align="right"|854||align="right"|1||align="right"|162||align="right"|169||align="right"|598 |- |'''[[Westminster, California|Westminster]]''' |align="right"|89,701||align="right"|32,037||align="right"|2,849||align="right"|397||align="right"|42,597||align="right"|361||align="right"|10,229||align="right"|3,231||align="right"|21,176 |- |'''[[Yorba Linda]]''' |align="right"|64,234||align="right"|48,246||align="right"|835||align="right"|230||align="right"|10,030||align="right"|85||align="right"|2,256||align="right"|2,552||align="right"|9,220 |- |<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Census-designated place|Census-designated<br />places]]'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''Total<br />Population'''</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''two or<br />more races'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''</div> |- |'''[[Coto de Caza]]''' |align="right"|14,866||align="right"|13,094||align="right"|132||align="right"|26||align="right"|878||align="right"|20||align="right"|174||align="right"|542||align="right"|1,170 |- |'''[[Ladera Ranch]]''' |align="right"|22,980||align="right"|17,899||align="right"|335||align="right"|54||align="right"|2,774||align="right"|27||align="right"|624||align="right"|1,267||align="right"|2,952 |- |'''[[Las Flores, California|Las Flores]]''' |align="right"|5,971||align="right"|4,488||align="right"|91||align="right"|23||align="right"|780||align="right"|12||align="right"|261||align="right"|316||align="right"|984 |- |'''[[Midway City]]''' |align="right"|8,485||align="right"|2,884||align="right"|71||align="right"|65||align="right"|3,994||align="right"|40||align="right"|1,165||align="right"|266||align="right"|2,467 |- |'''[[North Tustin]]''' |align="right"|24,917||align="right"|20,836||align="right"|148||align="right"|104||align="right"|1,994||align="right"|52||align="right"|908||align="right"|875||align="right"|3,260 |- |'''[[Rossmoor, California|Rossmoor]]''' |align="right"|10,244||align="right"|8,691||align="right"|84||align="right"|36||align="right"|838||align="right"|29||align="right"|168||align="right"|398||align="right"|1,174 |- |<div style="text-align: center;">'''Other<br />[[unincorporated area]]s'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''Total<br />Population'''</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''</div> || <div style="text-align: center;">'''two or<br />more races'''</div> ||<div style="text-align: center;">'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''</div> |- |All others not CDPs (combined) |align="right"|32,726||align="right"|20,572||align="right"|4,365||align="right"|290||align="right"|3,934||align="right"|144||align="right"|6,113||align="right"|1,272||align="right"|13,247 |} ===2000=== As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website |archive-date=December 27, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live}}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,846,289 people, 935,287 households, and 667,794 families living in the county, making Orange County the second most populous county in [[California]]. The [[population density]] was 1,392/km<sup>2</sup> (3,606/sq mi). There were 969,484 housing units at an average density of 474/km<sup>2</sup> (1,228/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 64.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 13.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.7% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 14.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.1% from two or more races. 30.8% were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race. 8.9% were of [[german people|German]], 6.9% [[english people|English]] and 6.0% [[irish people|Irish]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]]. 58.6% spoke only [[English language|English]] at home; 25.3% spoke [[Spanish language|Spanish]], 4.7% [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], 1.9% [[Korean language|Korean]], 1.5% [[Chinese language|Chinese]] ([[Cantonese]] or [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]]) and 1.2% [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]. In 1990, still according to the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website |archive-date=December 27, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live}}</ref> there were 2,410,556 people living in the county. The racial makeup of the county was 78.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] or [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 8.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. 23.4% were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race. Out of 935,287 households, 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% [[Marriage|married couples]] were living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.48. Ethnic change has been transforming the population. By 2009, nearly 45 percent of the residents spoke a language other than English at home. Whites now comprise only 45 percent of the population, while the numbers of Hispanics grow steadily, along with Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese families. The percentage of foreign-born residents jumped to 30 percent in 2008 from 6 percent in 1970. The mayor of Irvine, Sukhee Kang, was born in Korea, making him the first Korean-American to run a major American city. βWe have 35 languages spoken in our city,β Kang observed.<ref name="NYT Nagourney2010">Adam Nagourney, "Orange County Is No Longer Nixon Country," [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/us/politics/30orange.html?hp ''New York Times,'' Aug. 30, 2010] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009144612/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/us/politics/30orange.html?hp |date=October 9, 2017}}.</ref> The population is diverse age-wise, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males. The median income for a household in the county was $61,899, and the median income for a family was $75,700 (these figures had risen to $71,601 and $81,260 respectively as of a 2007 estimate<ref>{{cite web |title=Factfinder - Orange County, CA |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=05000US06059&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US06%7C05000US06013&_street=&_county=orange&_cityTown=orange&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry= |access-date=December 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606042427/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=05000US06059&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US06%7C05000US06013&_street=&_county=orange&_cityTown=orange&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null:null&_keyword=&_industry= |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>). Males had a median income of $45,059 versus $34,026 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $25,826. About 7.0% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over. Residents of Orange County are known as "Orange Countians".<ref>{{cite book |last=Dickson |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Dickson (writer) |title=Labels for Locals: What to Call People from Abilene to Zimbabwe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJpt4QCXWWoC&q=orange+countian&pg=PA174 |access-date=February 10, 2011 |edition=Revised |year=2006 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-06-088164-1 |page=174 |quote=Orange County, California. Orange Countian. |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210233744/https://books.google.com/books?id=MJpt4QCXWWoC&q=orange+countian&pg=PA174 |url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page