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Santa Ana, CA

334,135 Population
27.1 square miles 12,309 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 36.5 ±0.2

Economics

$20,326 ±$963 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $33,996 ±$263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $35,046 ±$168
$65,655 ±$2,829 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $69,992 ±$679
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $71,805 ±$294

15.4% ±2% (50,830  ±6,424) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 14.1% 1,850,841 (±0.3% / ±34,792)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 13.3% 5,160,208 (±0.2% / ±71,947)

26.1 minutes ±0.7 (4,302,775  ±167,023) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.8 187,103,365 (±0.1 / ±1,048,475)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.8 512,692,140 (±0.1 / ±2,043,214)

Families

76,650 ±2,880 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,348,543 ±10,072
  • California: 13,005,097 ±17,539
4.3 ±0.2 (330,715  ±1,029) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3 13,136,040 (±0 / ±6,046)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in California: 3 38,718,791

6.8% ±1.4% (5,715  ±1,191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.4% 149,062 (±0.2% / ±5,891)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 4.8% 468,957 (±0.1% / ±11,405)

Housing

79,680 ±3,053 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,644,923 ±2,021
  • California: 14,177,270 ±934

$494,700 ±$14,551 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $617,100 ±$3,056
  • a little less than the amount in California: $509,400 ±$2,199

10.5% ±1.7% (34,500  ±5,562.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.5% 1,380,484 (±0.2% / ±28,184.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 13% 5,076,653 (±0.2% / ±65,525)

Social

58.5% ±2.4% (122,953  ±5,778.7) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 80.7% 7,374,569 (±0.4% / ±40,384.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 83.3% 22,229,971 (±0.3% / ±72,665.4)
14.3% ±1.4% (30,104  ±2,992.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 34.2% 3,125,375 (±0.3% / ±25,641.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 33.7% 8,976,247 (±0.2% / ±45,115.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

43.6% ±1.5% (145,630  ±4,860) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 33.3% 4,443,985 (±0.2% / ±29,025)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 27% 10,653,414 (±0.1% / ±47,294)

1.8% ±0.4% (4,438  ±1,000) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.6% 374,039 (±0.1% / ±7,930)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 5.2% 1,564,913 (±0.1% / ±17,321)
4,438 Total veterans ±1,000 3,864 Male ±876 574 Female ±478

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