Orange County 1990 : RACIAL LINEUP CHANGES

Changes in Orange County’s racial composition between now and the middle of the 1990s will leave the county with a smaller percentage of whites and a larger share of Latinos. The county’s white population, now about three in four people, will drop to seven in 10 while Latinos will comprise more than one in five. Blacks are projected to remain at around the 1% level. This continues the general trend in racial composition that has obtained since the outset of the ‘80s. Whites then were 78%, Latinos 15% and blacks 1%.

Shown here are the estimated racial population groupings now, the projections for 1994 and the changes:

City White Black Latino Other Anaheim 1989 70 1 23 6 1994 66 1 27 6 Change -4 -- +4 -- Brea 1989 81 * 15 4 1994 78 * 17 5 Change -3 -- +2 +1 Buena Park 1989 69 1 23 7 1994 65 1 27 7 Change -4 -- +4 -- Capistrano Beach 1989 82 * 15 3 1994 79 * 18 3 Change -3 -- +3 -- Costa Mesa 1989 78 1 14 7 1994 75 1 17 7 Change -3 -- +3 -- Cypress 1989 76 1 14 9 1994 73 1 17 9 Change -3 -- +3 -- Dana Point 1989 85 1 11 3 1994 83 1 13 3 Change -2 -- +2 -- El Toro** 1989 81 3 10 6 1994 79 3 12 6 Change -2 -- +2 -- Fountain Valley 1989 80 1 9 10 1994 77 1 11 11 Change -3 -- +2 +1 Fullerton 1989 74 1 18 7 1994 70 1 21 8 Change -4 -- +3 +1 Garden Grove 1989 72 1 18 9 1994 69 1 21 9 Change -3 -- +3 -- Huntington Beach 1989 82 1 10 7 1994 79 1 12 8 Change -3 -- +2 +1 Irvine 1989 77 1 13 9 1994 75 1 15 9 Change -2 -- +2 -- Laguna Beach 1989 92 * 6 2 1994 90 * 7 3 Change -2 -- +1 +1 Laguna Hills 1989 92 1 4 3 1994 91 * 5 4 Change -1 -1 +1 +1 Laguna Niguel 1989 92 * 5 3 1994 90 * 6 4 Change -2 -- +1 +1 La Habra 1989 67 * 29 4 1994 62 * 34 4 Change -5 -- +5 -- La Palma 1989 68 2 15 15 1994 64 2 18 16 Change -4 -- +3 +1 Los Alamitos 1989 77 1 16 6 1994 73 2 19 6 Change -4 +1 +3 -- Mission Viejo 1989 87 * 8 5 1994 85 1 9 5 Change -2 +1 +1 -- Newport Beach 1989 94 * 4 2 1994 93 * 4 3 Change -1 -- -- +1 Orange 1989 77 1 17 5 1994 73 1 20 6 Change -4 -- +3 +1 Placentia 1989 71 1 22 6 1994 67 1 26 6 Change -4 -- +4 -- Rossmoor 1989 92 * 5 3 1994 91 * 5 4 Change -1 -- -- +1 San Clemente 1989 84 1 12 3 1994 81 1 14 4 Change -3 -- +2 +1 San Juan Capistrano 1989 83 * 14 3 1994 81 * 16 3 Change -2 -- +2 -- Santa Ana 1989 36 3 55 6 1994 31 2 61 6 Change -5 -1 +6 -- Seal Beach 1989 91 1 5 3 1994 90 * 6 4 Change -1 -1 +1 +1 Stanton 1989 67 1 24 8 1994 62 1 29 8 Change -5 -- +5 -- Tustin 1989 77 5 12 6 1994 75 5 13 7 Change -2 -- +1 +1 Villa Park 1989 88 * 5 7 1994 87 * 6 7 Change -1 -- +1 -- Westminster 1989 72 1 16 11 1994 69 * 19 12 Change -3 -1 +3 +1 Yorba Linda 1989 84 * 11 5 1994 82 * 13 5 Change -2 -- +2 -- TOTAL COUNTY 1989 74 1 19 6 1994 70 1 22 7 Change -4 -- +3 +1

* Less than 1%

** Includes El Toro Marine Corps Air Station

SHIFTING HUES

1980: Whites: 78% Blacks: 1% Latino: 15% Others: 6%

1989 (estimated): Whites: 74% Blacks: 1% Latino: 19% Others: 6%

1994 (projected): Whites: 70% Blacks: 1% Latino: 22% Others: 7%

Source: National Planning Data Corp.