MOBILE HOME POPULATION

Unlike the county’s stock of mobile homes, which has decreased slowly since 1984, the mobile home population has remained relatively steady during the last five years. After taking a 1.4% dip between 1984 and 1985, the number of residents increased between 1985 and 1987 and remained level during 1988. A city-by-city look at population shows that the unincorporated areas, Anaheim and Buena Park all have significantly smaller mobile home populations than was the case in 1984. The cities with significantly larger populations than in 1984 include Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, San Clemente, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach. Here’s a city-by-city look, ranked from highest percentage loss in population to highest gain:

City 1984 *1988 % Change Anaheim 7,400 6,405 -13.4 Unincorporated area 4,026 3,503 -13.0 Buena Park 501 463 -7.6 Brea 1,615 1,587 -1.7 Westminster 4,329 4,260 -1.6 Placentia 847 834 -1.5 Huntington Beach 4,233 4,176 -1.3 Fountain Valley 484 479 -1.0 TOTAL COUNTY 44,394 43,998 -0.9 Yorba Linda 479 477 -0.4 Cypress 694 692 -0.3 La Palma 0 0 N/C Los Alamitos 161 161 N/C Seal Beach 118 118 N/C Villa Park 0 0 N/C Fullerton 1,117 1,118 +0.1 Garden Grove 2,477 2,488 +0.4 La Habra 990 995 +0.5 Stanton 1,875 1,888 +0.7 San Juan Capistrano 1,596 1,610 +0.9 Irvine 1,290 1,315 +1.9 Orange 1,775 1,808 +1.9 Tustin 735 749 +1.9 Costa Mesa 1,223 1,276 +4.3 Santa Ana 4,929 5,338 +8.3 San Clemente 334 364 +9.0 Newport Beach 1,134 1,285 +13.3 Laguna Beach 32 609 +1,803.1

N/C: No change

* Most recent data available

Source: California State Department of Finance