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! ===Regions of Orange County=== [[File:Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley from over Costa Mesa by Don Ramey Logan.jpg|thumb|Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley from over Costa Mesa]] Orange County is sometimes divided into northern and southern regions. There are significant political, demographic, economic and cultural distinctions between North and South Orange County.<ref name=uci>{{cite web |title=Orange County on the Cusp of Change |date=July 2014 |author1=[[University of California, Irvine]] Community and Labor Project |author2=[[UCLA]] Labor Center |url=http://labor.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/07/FINAL-OC-report-for-Web.pdf |access-date=September 12, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054601/http://labor.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/07/FINAL-OC-report-for-Web.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> A popular dividing line between the two regions is the [[Costa Mesa Freeway]]. Northern Orange County, including Anaheim, [[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]], [[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]] and [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]], was the first part of the county to be developed and is culturally closer to neighboring [[Los Angeles County]]. This region is more Hispanic (mostly Mexican) and Asian (predominantly Vietnamese and Korean),<ref>{{cite web |title=Orange County 2010 Census Demographic Profiles |publisher=US Census Bureau |via=Cal State Fullerton |access-date=January 23, 2020 |url=http://www.fullerton.edu/cdr/_resources/pdf/census/Census2010_OC_DP.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924154414/http://www.fullerton.edu/cdr/_resources/pdf/census/Census2010_OC_DP.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> more densely populated (Santa Ana is the [[List of United States cities by population density| one hundredth and one most densely-populated city in the United States]] with a population of over 300,000), younger, less wealthy and with higher unemployment. It has more renters and fewer homeowners and generally votes Democratic. There are notable exceptions to these general trends, such as strongly Republican [[Yorba Linda]] and affluent [[Anaheim Hills]], [[North Tustin]], and [[Villa Park, California|Villa Park]].<ref name=uci /> Northern Orange County is predominantly flat, giving way to the [[Santa Ana Mountains]] in the Northeast. Southern Orange County is wealthier, more residential, more Republican, predominantly non-Hispanic white, and more recently developed. Irvine, the largest city in the region, is an exception to some of these trends, being not only a major employment center, but also a major tech hub and education center with UCI. Furthermore, the city is an Asian plurality (both South and East Asian), and votes reliably Democratic in recent years. Southern Orange County almost always includes Irvine,<ref>{{cite news |title=Vacanies Are Up in South OC Offices |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33114305/south_oc_definition_la_times/ |access-date=June 22, 2019 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 1, 2001 |archive-date=June 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624075116/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33114305/south_oc_definition_la_times/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Newport Beach]], and the cities to their southeast, including [[Lake Forest, California|Lake Forest]], [[Laguna Niguel, California|Laguna Niguel]], [[Laguna Beach]], [[Mission Viejo]], and [[San Clemente]]. Alternatively, Irvine and Newport Beach are sometimes seen as Central Orange County, acting as a transition zone between north and south; when this viewpoint is taken [[Tustin]] is also considered to be in Central Orange County. Costa Mesa is sometimes included in South County,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orangecoastrealestate.com/south-orange-county-real-estate/ |title=South Orange County Real Estate foreclosures - South Orange County MLS homes & Condos For sale |website=Orange Coast Real Estate |access-date=June 22, 2019 |archive-date=June 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622002902/http://www.orangecoastrealestate.com/south-orange-county-real-estate/ |url-status=live}}</ref> although it is located predominantly to the west of the [[Costa Mesa Freeway]] and is part of the even street grid network of northern Orange County.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33114665/south-orange-co-definition/ |title=South Orange Co. definition |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 18, 1986 |page=67 |via=newspapers.com |access-date=March 31, 2020 |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928101930/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33114665/south-orange-co-definition/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Irvine is located in a valley defined by the Santa Ana Mountains and the [[San Joaquin Hills]], while much of Southern Orange County is very hilly. Another region of Orange County is the [[Orange Coast]], which includes the six cities bordering the Pacific Ocean. These are, from northwest to southeast: [[Seal Beach]], [[Huntington Beach]], [[Newport Beach]], [[Laguna Beach]], [[Dana Point]] and [[San Clemente]], although Seal Beach is sometimes viewed as an extension of neighboring [[Long Beach]] in Los Angeles County. 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