ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : A PROFILE OF ORANGE COUNTY
* Administrator: Ernie Schneider, county administrative officer
* Estimated population: 2,596,500, as of January, 1994
* Property value: 1994-95 assessed value is $172,563,465,837
* County employees: 18,149 for 1994-95
* Major services:
Police: Sheriff’s Department provides law enforcement services for all unincorporated areas and these cities: Villa Park, Stanton, Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, Lake Forest and Aliso Viejo
Fire: County Fire Department provides protection for all unincorporated areas and these cities: Buena Park, Cypress, Dana Point, Irvine, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Lake Forest, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Mission Viejo, Placentia, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Seal Beach, Stanton, Tustin, Villa Park and Yorba Linda
Health: County Health Care Agency provides health services for the entire county and maintains statistical database
* Supervisors: Roger R. Stanton, 1st District; Harriett M. Wieder, 2nd District; Gaddi H. Vasquez, 3rd District; William G. Steiner, 4th District; Thomas F. Riley, 5th District
* Per-capita income: $19,890 (1990)
* Median household income: $45,922 (1990)
County Budget Trend (in billions) ‘94-95: $3.6 Sources: Orange County, U.S. Census, California Department of Finance, Times reports
Researched by CAROLINE LEMKE / Los Angeles Times
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