O.C. WEALTH
Median family income, in thousands of dollars:
1980:
United States: 22.5
Orange County:28.7
1985:
United States:30.5
Orange County:39.9
1990:*
United States:34.1
Orange County:53.0
* O.C. forecast; U.S. as of May, 1990
Source: Chapman College
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