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Santa Ana, CA

332,727 Population
27.4 square miles 12,160.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$21,552 ±$916 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $35,938 ±$318
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $37,124 ±$161
$65,313 ±$4,203 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $72,563 ±$671
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $75,277 ±$317

13.3% ±1.8% (43,479  ±5,787) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 13.3% 1,736,592 (±0.3% / ±37,268)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 12.8% 4,969,326 (±0.2% / ±62,249)

25.8 minutes ±0.7 (4,047,270  ±165,393) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 31.3 190,041,815 (±0.2 / ±1,326,936)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 30.2 525,695,390 (±0.1 / ±2,353,182)

Families

78,786 ±2,383 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,354,302 ±11,807
  • California: 13,072,122 ±21,485
4.2 ±0.1 (328,181  ±936) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3 13,063,016 (±0 / ±8,137)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in California: 3 38,731,195

3.3% ±0.9% (2,858  ±790) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 140,592 (±0.2% / ±5,426)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.7% 454,027 (±0.1% / ±11,738)

Housing

81,153 ±2,464 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,672,663 ±2,731
  • California: 14,277,867 ±1,010

$534,600 ±$17,431 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $650,300 ±$2,855
  • about the same as the amount in California: $546,800 ±$2,008

9.4% ±1.6% (31,030  ±5,127) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.6% 1,399,138 (±0.2% / ±29,250.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 12.5% 4,882,022 (±0.1% / ±55,698.9)

Social

62.5% ±2.4% (132,257  ±5,596.7) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 81% 7,411,663 (±0.5% / ±43,033)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 83.8% 22,460,627 (±0.3% / ±72,265.5)
16% ±1.3% (33,935  ±2,770.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 34.6% 3,164,325 (±0.3% / ±26,663.5)
  • about half the rate in California: 34.2% 9,171,076 (±0.2% / ±45,281.7)

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

42.6% ±1.8% (141,605  ±6,132) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 33% 4,384,720 (±0.2% / ±31,857)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 26.9% 10,625,980 (±0.1% / ±51,558)

2.1% ±0.5% (5,199  ±1,293) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.4% 358,109 (±0.1% / ±8,438)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 5.1% 1,538,797 (±0.1% / ±17,814)
5,199 Total veterans ±1,293 5,128 Male ±1,283 71 Female ±116

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