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People QuickFacts

Orange County

California

Population, 2006 estimate 3,002,048 36,457,549
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 5.5% 7.6%
Population, 2000 2,846,289 33,871,648
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 7.5% 7.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 26.9% 26.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 10.6% 10.7%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.1% 50.1%
 
White persons, percent, 2005 (a) 78.9% 77.0%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) 1.9% 6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 0.9% 1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 15.9% 12.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.4% 0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 2.1% 2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 32.5% 35.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 48.0% 43.8%
 
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 48.0% 50.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 29.9% 26.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 41.4% 39.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 79.5% 76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 30.8% 26.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 434,000 5,923,361
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 27.2 27.7
 
Housing units, 2005 1,017,219 12,989,254
Homeownership rate, 2000 61.4% 56.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 33.2% 31.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $270,000 $211,500
 
Households, 2000 935,287 11,502,870
Persons per household, 2000 3.00 2.87
Median household income, 2004 $58,605 $49,894
Per capita money income, 1999 $25,826 $22,711
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 10.2% 13.2%
     

Business QuickFacts

Orange County

California

Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 87,905 860,8661
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 1,452,733 13,382,4701
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 5.4% 3.9%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 237,238 2,508,801
 
Total number of firms, 2002 285,242 2,908,758
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.2% 3.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 1.0% 1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 16.1% 12.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.3% 0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 10.6% 14.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 27.9% 29.9%
 
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 40,080,953 378,661,414
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 109,881,218 655,954,708
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 35,736,615 359,120,365
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $12,205 $10,264
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 5,592,425 55,559,669
Building permits, 2006 8,303 160,502
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 13,834,698 232,387,1681
     

Geography QuickFacts

Orange County

California

Land area, 2000 (square miles) 789.40 155,959.34
Persons per square mile, 2000 3,607.5 217.2
FIPS Code 059 06
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Links Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro Area
source : http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06059.html