MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DATA: For Nov. 1987 : CITY POPULATION DENSITIES: 1950-1987
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Density (Persons per square mile) City 1950 1960 1970 1980 1983 Anaheim 2,971 4,201 5,036 5,097 5,244 Brea 1,782 2,070 2,073 2,683 3,110 Buena Park -- 5,044 6,494 6,124 6,151 Costa Mesa -- 2,957 4,943 5,382 5,634 Cypress -- 297 4,925 6,389 6,497 Fountain Valley -- 215 3,315 5,740 5,710 Fullerton 841 2,638 3,884 4,602 4,738 Garden Grove -- 5,105 6,962 6,904 7,127 Huntington Beach 1,343 497 4,443 6,347 6,667 Irvine -- -- 266 1,466 1,765 Laguna Beach 3,028 2,580 2,910 3,423 3,541 La Habra 4,510 4,570 6,563 6,931 7,141 La Palma -- 389 6,054 9,781 9,709 Los Alamitos -- 1,165 2,767 2,628 2,717 Newport Beach 3,788 2,460 3,456 4,117 4,238 Orange 2,639 3,186 4,836 4,493 4,514 Placentia 8,410 3,256 4,389 5,303 5,632 San Clemente 309 1,053 1,185 1,604 1,688 San Juan Capistrano -- -- 302 1,446 1,546 Santa Ana 4,216 4,480 5,800 7,430 8,052 Seal Beach 2,221 4,663 2,841 2,430 2,439 Stanton -- 3,987 5,982 7,067 8,391 Tustin 138 1,672 6,229 3,344 3,713 Villa Park -- -- 1,297 2,554 2,554 Westminster -- 2,769 5,595 6,654 6,738 Yorba Linda -- -- 2,156 1,842 1,839 Incorporated Area 1,921 2,913 4,360 4,455 4,643 Unincorporated Area 127 170 328 638 690 Total County 275 896 1,807 2,445 2,592
Source: Population Research Unit, California Department of Finance, Decennial Census; Orange County Environmental Management Agecncy, Surveyor/Boundary Unit.
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