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Orange Demographics Information


Population (year 2000): 128,821, Est. population in July 2002: 131,606 (+2.2% change)
Males: 64,665 (50.2%), Females: 64,156 (49.8%)

Elevation: 187 feet

County: Orange

Land area: 23.4 square miles

Median resident age: 33.2 years
Median household income: $58,994 (year 2000)
Median house value: $256,600 (year 2000)

Races in Orange:

  • White Non-Hispanic (54.6%)
  • Hispanic (32.2%)
  • Other race (13.8%)
  • Two or more races (3.8%)
  • Vietnamese (2.9%)
  • Black (1.6%)
  • Chinese (1.5%)
  • Filipino (1.5%)
  • American Indian (1.4%)
  • Korean (1.0%)
  • Japanese (0.9%)
  • Asian Indian (0.8%)
  • Other Asian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (13.6%), English (9.3%), Irish (9.1%), Italian (4.8%), United States (4.0%), French (3.3%).

For population 25 years and over in Orange

  • High school or higher: 80.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 28.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 9.5%
  • Unemployed: 4.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 25.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Orange city

  • Never married: 27.0%
  • Now married: 56.9%
  • Separated: 2.2%
  • Widowed: 4.6%
  • Divorced: 9.4%

25.1% Foreign born (15.4% Latin America, 7.5% Asia).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Anaheim, CA (4.6 miles, pop. 328,014).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (42.2 miles, pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Villa Park, CA (1.7 miles), Tustin Foothills, CA (3.5 miles), Anaheim, CA (4.6 miles), Tustin, CA (4.6 miles), Santa Ana, CA (5.5 miles), Placentia, CA (5.7 miles), Yorba Linda, CA (6.5 miles), Fullerton, CA (8.5 miles).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 458 buildings, average cost: $181,200
  • 1997: 282 buildings, average cost: $218,300
  • 1998: 108 buildings, average cost: $234,900
  • 1999: 142 buildings, average cost: $226,900
  • 2000: 306 buildings, average cost: $207,000
  • 2001: 104 buildings, average cost: $219,900
  • 2002: 379 buildings, average cost: $219,900
  • 2003: 145 buildings, average cost: $202,000

Area code: 714

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (17.0%), Manufacturing (15.1%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (13.3%), Retail trade (10.8%).

Crime in Orange (2002):
  • 1 murder (0.7 per 100,000)
  • 17 rapes (12.7 per 100,000)
  • 108 robberies (80.9 per 100,000)
  • 151 assaults (113.1 per 100,000)
  • 628 burglaries (470.2 per 100,000)
  • 2,435 larceny counts (1823.2 per 100,000)
  • 532 auto thefts (398.3 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 197.4 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)

Crime in Orange (2001):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 18 rapes (13.7 per 100,000)
  • 125 robberies (95.3 per 100,000)
  • 209 assaults (159.3 per 100,000)
  • 467 burglaries (355.9 per 100,000)
  • 2,435 larceny counts (1855.7 per 100,000)
  • 438 auto thefts (333.8 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 195.3 (higher means more crime)




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