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Also living in the City were 40, 169 persons of Spanish Language or Spanish Surname representing 25.7% of the City*s population. It is.estimated that these percentages have been maintained since 1970..The 20.7% increase in dwelling units of Santa Ana since 1970 have been predominately occupied by whites; while minority groups have tended to move into older housing areas of the City. In August 1974 unemployment reached approximately ~, 270 (7. 1%) of the civilian labor force in Santa Ana and a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 6.0% for the entire county. Santa Ana's unemployment is typically greater than the County's. The median income of families and unrelated individuals in the City was $10, 110 in 1974, an increase of 18.2% over 1969. The median income of families and unrelated individuals in the County was $12, 981 in 1974, an increase of 23.0% over 1969. The incomes of families and unrelated individuals in Santa Ana are not keeping pace with the County. There were 47, 824 persons 3 to '34 years old enrolled in schools within the City,' this includes 4, 161 children in nursery school and kindergarten, 27, 592 children in grades 1 through 8, and 10, 788 in high school. Of the population 25 years old and over in Santa Ana Aha, 23.7 percent had.a grade school education or less, 55.2 percent were high school graduates; including 22.7 percent who had completed some years of college. For Orange County, the figures were 13.1% who had completed eight or fewer years of school, 70.5% who had completed at least high school, and 35.6% who had completed one or more years of college. The median school years completed for persons 25 years oldand over was 12.2 years in Santa Ana, as compared to 12.6 years for Orange County as a whole. About 8.0 percent of the population 25 years old and over in the City had completed four years of college or more, compared with 15.8 percent for Orange County. As illustrated by these statistics the Countyfs population was better educated than the City's. .About 59. 5% of the 139, 977 persons 5 years and over in the City moved between 1965 and 1970. Of these movers, 50.0% moved within Orange County, and 17.5% moved from a different County within the state. The remainder of the movers came from states other than California. The number of movers Who were persons of Spanish Language or Spanish Surname in the City was 20, 903, representing 60.5% of the 34, 558 persons of Spanish Language or Spanish Surname 5 years of age and older.. About 1,681 of these persons moved from states other than California, 52.3% coming from tile west, 3.5% from the northeast, 14.5% from the north central, and 29. 7% from the south. · 0000 l