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major retail shopping complex. Retail stores on the outskirts of the City will be more likely to prosper as retail outlets and continue to attract residtuts from adjacent cities. Unquestionably, the subregion projected to have the greatest economic Rrowth in Orange County and the greatest indirect impact on Santa Ann is western Irvine, which represents that part of the Irvine Ranch Planned Development between the Santa Aha and San Diego Freeways. The western Irvine area is projected to contain 7% of the single-family acreage, 18% of the multiple-family acreage° 11% of the commercial acreage and 18% of the industrial acreage to be developed in Orange County between 1974 and 1990. This projected development for western Irvine0 of course, implies that it will lead in population and employment growth as well, with 14% of Orange County's population growth, and 9% of its growth in employment over the period from 1974 to 1990. Approximately 66% of the popula..tion ~rowth is projected to take place in Yorba Linda and Huntington Beach and the south portion of the County including the subregions of Tustin.east, Irvine, E1 Toro, Mission Viejo, Dana Point, and Newport Beach east. The projected growth in employment is much less concentrated than population growth. The high-growth population areas account for only 31% of the total projected increase.in employment for the County (as compared to 66% for population). While'the large planned developments will dominate the employment grm~-th picture, some subregions in the urbanized areas of the County are projected to experience substantial employment growth. These are principally Costa Mesa, Plaeentia, west Orange, east Huntington Beach, Anaheim, west Westminster. west Huntington Beach, north and south Santa Ana, and Fountain Valley. The planned developments are not projected to dominate the total employment picture, however. Employment will remain concentrated in the presently urbanized areas of the County, where it is estimated that about 65% of Orange County employment will be located in approximately 15 to 20 years. Table IV-1 presents projected number of employees at place of employment for Orange County and Santa Ann. It is expected that Orange County will continue to interact with Los Angeles County, and many Orange County residents will be employed in Los Angeles. But, the Orange County economy is expected to continue to mature, becoming increasingly indepen- dent of Los Angeles County. This fact, together with the common national trends discussed above, will increase the Orange County employment participation rate to levels more comparable with the national levels of the 1970's. This means that more resi- dents of Orange County will be employed in the County. The past and projected future employment participation rates and resultant employment projections are also presented in Table IV-1. 00004...: