CA County Profiles - orange

				ORANGE COUNTY
					Population			Population
Land area (acres):		505,400		Cities	1-1-95	Cities		1-1-95
Population, 7-1-94		2,615,300		Santa Ana	311,500	Fountain Valley		55,200
Percent of California		8.1		Anaheim	296,500	La Habra		54,900
Population, 1-1-95		2,641,400		Huntington Beach	189,800	Cypress		46,950
				Garden Grove	153,800	San Clemente		46,750
				Irvine	123,900	Placentia		45,350
1-1-95				Fullerton	123,700	Dana Point		36,300
Population in households		2,603,225		Orange	120,100	Brea		35,100
Population/household		3.006		Costa Mesa	103,800	Stanton		32,400
				Mission Viejo	89,800	San Juan Capistrano		29,100
				Westminster	83,300	Seal Beach		26,800
				Buena Park	73,900	Laguna Hills		25,350
				Newport Beach	70,100	Laguna Beach		24,000
				Tustin	62,500	La Palma		15,800
				Lake Forest	58,600	Los Alamitos		12,400
				Yorba Linda	58,100	Villa Park		6,450
				Laguna Niguel	55,700	Unincorporated		173,400
EDUCATION					1993-94
					($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 ***		14.0		Spending on education:
				School districts*	1,975.6
Enrollment, Fall 1994
Kindergarten-12		456,027			1988-89
					($ mill)
Enrollment, Fall 1987
College/University		209,844		Community colleges**	304.7
UC Irvine		15,139
California State University		24,317		* Not including community college districts.
Community colleges		167,110		** Includes governmental, proprietary and fiduciary group funds.
Private colleges		3,278		*** May not be comparable to the 1980 census. The 1990 median was computed on the
				basis of educational attainment. The 1980 median was based on actual years of school
				completed.
LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT				Total employment, 1993	1,487,992		Number of establishments
				(BEA series)			by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 1994		1,341,300		Percent of California	9.2
Civilian employment		1,263,400		Wage and salary	1,214,528		1-4	37,176
Unemployment		77,900		Proprietors	273,464		5-9	13,530
Unemployment rate		5.8		Farm	468		10-19	9,222
				Non-Farm	272,996		20-49	6,950
Nonagricultural wage & salary							50-99	2,517
employment, 1993 (BLS series)		1,117,300		Farm	5,912		100-249	1,329
Percent of California		9.3		Agricultural services	17,564		250-499	341
Mining		900		Mining	2,570		500-999	121
Construction		43,700		Construction	68,475		1000 +	69
Manufacturing		209,000		Manufacturing	216,285		Total	71,255
Transportation-utility		37,000		Transportation-utility	42,699
Trade		275,600		Wholesale trade	94,642
Finance-insurance-				Retail trade	247,185
real estate		92,300		Finance, insurance,
Services		330,900		real estate	161,118
Federal government		15,700		Services	488,962
State-local government		112,200		Federal civilian	17,147
				Military	16,278
Totals may not add due to rounding.				State and local	109,155
INCOME AND SALES						1979	1989
Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.)		62,940.1		Median family income, Census		25,919	51,167
Percent of California		9.2		Median household income, Census		22,557	45,922
Per capita income, 1993		25,022
Percent of California		114.3		$ mill.		1993	1994
Avg. earnings per job, 1993		31,099		Total retail sales		23,989.0	25,653.0
Avg. wages per job, 1993		29,504		Percent of California		10.3	10.4
Avg. earnings per nonfarm				Total taxable sales		26,837.1	28,276.3
proprietor, 1993		22,683		Percent of California		9.9	9.9