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! ===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