HTC Characteristic Breakdown¶
This section shows the “hard-to-count” (HTC) characteristics of select variables for every city in Orange County.
Summary¶
The Cities of Stanton, Westminster, Santa Ana, Laguna Niguel, Garden Grove, and Buena Park have the highest combined share of their populations demonstrating the below HTC characteristics.
In raw population numbers, the Cities of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Irvine, and Garden Grove have the highest number of residents exhibiting these characteristics.
The Cities of Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Irvine each have the highest populations of residents who are children under 5 (over 15,000 people), and the City of Huntington Beach has the next highest population with this characteristic (over 10,000 people).
The Cities of Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Irvine each have the highest populations of residents who were born outside of the U.S. (over 100,000 people), and the City of Garden Grove has the next highest population with this characteristic (over 75,000 people).
The Cities of Santa Ana and Anaheim each have the highest populations of residents with an income below 150% of the poverty level (over 80,000 people), and the Cities of Irvine and Garden Grove each have the next highest populations with this characteristic (over 40,000 people).
The City of Santa Ana has the highest population of residents with limited English speaking ability (over 50,000 people), and the Cities of Irvine, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, and Westminster each have the next highest populations with this characteristic (over 20,000 people).
Lastly, the City of Anaheim has the highest population of residents living in non-family households (over 95,000 people), and the Cities of Huntington Beach, Irvine, Santa Ana, and Garden Grove each have the next highest populations with this characteristic (over 60,000 people).
Table¶
HTC demographic distribution for every city in Orange County:
| City | Total Population | Children Under 5 | Born Outside of the U.S. | Income Below 150% of Poverty Level | Limited-English Speaking Ability | Non-Famiy (e.g. housemates, unmarried partners) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORANGE COUNTY | 3,168,044 | 5.9% | 30.1% | 17.9% | 3.3% | 30.9% |
| Aliso Viejo | 50,663 | 7.1% | 22.2% | 7.4% | 11.9% | 26.1% |
| Anaheim | 349,964 | 6.5% | 36.5% | 24.2% | 4.3% | 27.5% |
| Brea | 42,678 | 5.8% | 21.7% | 10.9% | 12.9% | 18.1% |
| Buena Park | 82,489 | 6.1% | 37.3% | 19.7% | 5.7% | 40.5% |
| Costa Mesa | 113,159 | 5.8% | 25.0% | 20.2% | 8.0% | 19.1% |
| Cypress | 48,893 | 4.8% | 29.3% | 11.4% | 2.4% | 39.7% |
| Dana Point | 33,769 | 4.0% | 14.3% | 11.3% | 10.8% | 23.0% |
| Fountain Valley | 56,026 | 4.5% | 30.7% | 13.8% | 9.6% | 30.2% |
| Fullerton | 139,611 | 6.4% | 30.0% | 20.1% | 19.3% | 21.8% |
| Garden Grove | 173,258 | 5.2% | 44.3% | 24.0% | 3.0% | 34.9% |
| Huntington Beach | 200,259 | 5.3% | 16.1% | 13.1% | 10.5% | 33.9% |
| Irvine | 273,157 | 6.4% | 41.2% | 16.9% | 10.2% | 23.9% |
| La Habra | 60,594 | 6.8% | 28.9% | 19.4% | 9.9% | 18.8% |
| La Palma | 15,604 | 3.7% | 34.4% | 10.5% | 0.9% | 41.5% |
| Laguna Beach | 23,036 | 3.4% | 13.2% | 8.5% | 5.4% | 30.0% |
| Laguna Hills | 31,617 | 5.8% | 26.3% | 13.0% | 3.4% | 28.2% |
| Laguna Niguel | 65,808 | 5.0% | 21.5% | 10.8% | 13.9% | 63.8% |
| Laguna Woods | 16,053 | 0.0% | 34.7% | 20.1% | 5.1% | 26.5% |
| Lake Forest | 83,974 | 6.6% | 24.8% | 11.5% | 3.5% | 29.6% |
| Los Alamitos | 11,534 | 4.0% | 15.6% | 16.0% | 4.0% | 23.2% |
| Mission Viejo | 95,516 | 4.9% | 20.0% | 8.3% | 1.5% | 42.3% |
| Newport Beach | 85,694 | 3.9% | 14.6% | 10.0% | 5.8% | 26.8% |
| Orange | 139,887 | 6.1% | 22.8% | 17.5% | 8.7% | 28.3% |
| Placentia | 51,818 | 5.9% | 24.4% | 14.3% | 6.6% | 23.7% |
| Rancho Santa Margarita | 48,503 | 6.6% | 16.5% | 7.1% | 1.8% | 24.1% |
| San Clemente | 64,878 | 5.1% | 12.0% | 9.6% | 2.5% | 28.9% |
| San Juan Capistrano | 35,922 | 6.0% | 21.4% | 15.9% | 6.4% | 28.8% |
| Santa Ana | 332,794 | 7.4% | 43.3% | 30.1% | 17.7% | 18.3% |
| Seal Beach | 24,204 | 3.4% | 15.6% | 9.3% | 5.3% | 51.6% |
| Stanton | 38,377 | 7.3% | 44.0% | 31.2% | 18.2% | 27.0% |
| Tustin | 79,863 | 7.1% | 32.0% | 16.4% | 7.6% | 29.6% |
| Villa Park | 5,861 | 2.0% | 19.2% | 8.9% | 1.2% | 15.4% |
| Westminster | 91,137 | 4.9% | 44.5% | 26.9% | 21.9% | 22.3% |
| Yorba Linda | 67,725 | 5.1% | 19.9% | 7.7% | 4.0% | 17.3% |