CITY EMPLOYEES

Newport Beach has the highest ratio of full-time employees per thousand residents of any city in Orange County. The upscale beach community’s 10.8 employees per 1,000 residents is 15% higher than the city with the next highest ratio, Brea.

Although Anaheim and Santa Ana have by far the largest full-time staffs, they rank fourth and fifth, respectively, on the per-thousand-residents scale. The South County communities of Dana Point, Mission Viejo and Laguna Niguel all get along with less than one full-timer per thousand residents.

Here’s how all the cities compare, listed from highest to lowest ratio:

Full-time Employees per 1,000 City Full-time Part-time Total Residents Newport Beach 759 221 980 10.8 Brea 319 111 430 9.4 Laguna Beach 216 45 261 8.8 Anaheim 2,132 *1,200 3,332 8.6 Santa Ana 1,679 651 2,330 7.1 San Clemente 267 52 319 6.6 Fullerton 725 167 892 6.5 Costa Mesa 609 208 817 6.4 Irvine 627 328 955 6.1 Buena Park 376 178 554 5.6 Huntington Beach 1,022 397 1,419 5.3 Los Alamitos 63 100 163 5.2 La Habra *250 *100 350 5.1 Tustin 243 70 313 4.9 Orange 516 228 744 4.8 Seal Beach 127 23 150 4.6 Garden Grove 597 328 925 4.4 Fountain Valley 243 55 298 4.3 Westminster 313 N/A 313 4.3 Cypress 184 18 202 4.0 San Juan Capistrano 96 16 112 3.8 La Palma 57 39 96 3.5 Placentia 148 131 279 3.5 Yorba Linda 80 44 124 1.5 Stanton 33 9 42 1.2 Villa Park 8 1 9 1.1 Dana Point 28 3 31 0.9 Mission Viejo 50 5 55 0.7 Laguna Niguel 16 11 27 0.5 CITIES TOTAL 11,783 4,739 16,522 5.7

* Estimated total

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Source: Individual cities