THE GRAYING OF THE ORANGE : SENIOR CITIZENS MOVE IN
Orange County began the decade with one person in 12 older than 65. Today that ratio is one in 10, and in five years it will have changed to about one in nine. Here’s the percentage of the population age 65 and older in each city and the major unincorporated areas. The table is rendered by increase in the 65-and-older group, from largest to smallest:
1980 1988 1993 1980-’93 City/Area Census Estimate Projection Change Rossmoor 9.0 16.2 20.9 +11.9 Tustin Foothills 5.7 10.4 14.6 +8.9 Sunset Beach 5.0 9.4 12.7 +7.7 Villa Park 2.9 5.9 9.8 +6.9 Newport Beach 11.8 15.1 18.0 +6.2 Cypress 4.1 6.8 9.1 +5.0 Seal Beach 34.8 37.7 39.5 +4.7 La Palma 2.7 4.8 6.8 +4.1 Placentia 4.2 6.3 8.3 +4.1 Trabuco Canyon 4.6 7.4 8.7 +4.1 Brea 7.2 9.5 11.2 +4.0 Buena Park 5.7 7.9 9.7 +4.0 Fountain Valley 4.3 6.2 8.2 +3.9 La Habra 8.4 10.4 12.1 +3.7 Fullerton 8.0 9.8 11.6 +3.6 Dana Point 7.3 9.4 10.8 +3.5 Garden Grove 7.7 9.4 10.9 +3.2 Huntington Beach 5.9 7.7 9.1 +3.2 Irvine 3.7 5.2 6.9 +3.2 Yorba Linda 3.4 5.0 6.6 +3.2 COUNTYWIDE 8.3 9.9 11.2 +2.9 Los Alamitos 8.4 9.8 11.3 +2.9 Westminster 7.4 8.9 10.2 +2.8 Anaheim 7.6 8.9 10.3 +2.7 San Clemente 14.8 16.5 17.5 +2.7 Costa Mesa 7.8 9.1 10.4 +2.6 El Toro 5.7 7.1 8.2 +2.5 Mission Viejo 4.2 5.7 6.7 +2.5 Orange 7.9 8.9 10.3 +2.4 Laguna Niguel 10.1 10.9 12.3 +2.2 Stanton 8.8 9.6 10.4 +1.6 Midway City 7.6 8.1 8.8 +1.2 San Juan Capistrano 10.5 11.1 11.5 +1.0 Santa Ana 7.4 7.6 7.9 +0.5 Tustin 7.3 7.5 7.8 +0.5 Capistrano Beach 17.3 16.8 16.8 -0.5 Laguna Beach 15.1 14.5 14.5 -0.6 Silverado 8.0 6.3 6.4 -1.6 Laguna Hills 53.0 51.9 50.1 -2.9
Source: National Planning Data Corp.