VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY
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The most recent population information on Orange County’s Vietnamese community, the 1980 Census, shows the Vietnamese concentrated in the cities of Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Westminster. They account for slightly more than 2% of the total population in those three cities and 1% of the total county population. Here is a city-by-city breakdown, listed in order of total Vietnamese population:
% of Total Vietnamese Popu- City Population lation Santa Ana 4,622 2 Garden Grove 2,711 2 Westminster 2,007 3 Huntington Beach 1,785 1 Costa Mesa 1,403 2 Anaheim 1,291 1 Orange 855 1 Fullerton 789 1 Stanton 517 2 Fountain Valley 430 1 Irvine 417 1 Buena Park 322 1 Tustin 269 1 Placentia 227 1 Cypress 89 * La Habra 68 * San Clemente 60 * Los Alamitos 44 * San Juan Capistrano 33 * Yorba Linda 32 * La Palma 23 * Brea 21 * Newport Beach 20 * Laguna Beach 7 * Seal Beach 6 * Unincorporated Areas ** 1,285 * COUNTY TOTALS 19,333 1
* Less than 1%
** Figures include Dana Point, Mission Viejo, and Villa Park, which have become cities since the 1980 census was taken.
Source: The 1980 U.S. Census.
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