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Evidence of an existing labor market is further supported by labor statistics for Orange County as a whole. In 1981 there were 1,200,000 adult workers in the County; however, only I million jobs were available in the County for those workers. The result is that approx- inately 200,000 workers each day must travel outside of Orange County to work. The creation of new jobs in Orange County average about 30,000 annual ly.~ Housing Market The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) reports that the housing demand in the region for the past five years has exceeded the supply by 180,000 units.** The housing market in Orange County in particular is very short in terms of affordable housing relative to the demand placed on it by low and moderate income households. Based on the findings of the 1980 federal census, the City of Santa Ana has a population estimated-at 204,000 residents. The City of Santa Ana experienced rapid growth from 1945 to 1965 when a substantial portion of the residential dwelling units were built. The existing housing stock in the City of Santa Ana is corn- prised of a mixture of single-family dwelling units, multiple-family dwelling units, apartments, and mobile home units. A Southern Calif- ornia Association of Governments (SCAG) 1980 study identified that the majority of the housing stock was in "good" condition, with approx- is imately 6,000 dwelling units in need of repair. Santa Ana is essen- tially a built-out city and, therefore, experiences only modest levels of new residential construction. * Earl Tirinons, Director of Marketing Services, The Irvine Company, presentation before the Orange County Chamber of Coonerce", Economic Review and Forecast for Orange County, April 14, 1982. ** The SCAG region is composed of the counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura and the cities within those counties. 159