ORANGE COUNTY CITIES: CHANGES IN POPULATION

Population at Date of Date of 1987 City Incorporation Incorporation Population Anaheim March 18, 1876 881 242,200 Santa Ana June 12, 1886 2,000 227,400 Orange April 6, 1888 600 103,300 Fullerton Feb. 15, 1904 1,719 110,100 Newport Beach Sept. 1, 1906 445 67,800 Huntington Beach Feb. 17, 1909 915 186,800 Seal Beach Oct. 27, 1915 250 27,400 Brea Feb. 23, 1917 732 32,950 La Habra Jan. 20, 1925 2,100 48,500 Placentia Dec. 2 1926 800 39,150 Laguna Beach June 29, 1927 1,900 18,800 Tustin Sept. 21, 1927 500 43,100 San Clemente Feb. 29, 1928 650 34,800 Buena Park Jan. 27, 1953 5,483 65,800 Costa Mesa June 29, 1953 16,840 89,900 La Palma Oct. 26, 1955 500 16,150 Cypress July 24, 1956 1,500 42,850 Garden Grove June 18, 1956 42,000 134,100 Stanton June 4, 1956 1,500 28,100 Fountain Valley June 13, 1957 597 55,600 Westminster March 27, 1957 10,755 73,300 Los Alamitos March 1, 1960 1,750 12,100 San Juan Capistrano April 19, 1961 1,287 23,750 Villa Park Jan. 11, 1962 830 6,950 Yorba Linda Nov. 2, 1967 11,433 42,600 Irvine Dec. 28, 1971 12,000 94,100

Source: Orange County Progress Report, 1987-88