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LAND USE ELEMENT <br />"cable A-G provides historic population growd~ trends for the City from 1950 to the <br />prescnc. <br />Table A-6 <br />Population Growth in the City <br />Year Po u/arfon Percents a o/Increase Increase /n Po u/anon <br />1950 45,533 - - <br />1960 100,350 120% 54,817 <br />1970 <br />1980 <br />-~ <br />-~--- 155,710 <br />203,713 <br />- <br />-- 55% <br />31% <br />--- - 55,360 <br />48,003 <br />1990 293,742 - 44% ---~~-- 90,029 <br />a$B~ 3 446 ' °~-~-.' n <br />2000 337,977 15% 44,061 <br />Source: Santa Ana CHAS, 1994; US Census 2000. <br />In addition to being chc largesc city in Orrngc County, Santa Ana now ranks 9th <br />in California and 52nd in chc nation_ `I'hc population oFthc City of Santa Ana <br />represents the largest percenn~ge of the County's total population, or <br />approximately 12 percent. <br />Population growch in the City since 1990 absent a corresponding increase in <br />housing units has led co a significant increase in the average household size. The <br />2(1093 average household size in the City was 4.76 persons per household. `T'his <br />compares to 3.30 persons per household for the County as a whole. According to <br />the State Department ofFinancc, Santa Ana had the highest average household <br />size in chc County in 2003. <br />Based on the 2000 US Census, chc City's population is relatively young, with <br />127,603 persons (38%~) under 20 yea rs old. "['his is a greater percentage ofchildren <br />than is the case feu the County (which i 29.7 percenc). `phis condition is to be <br />expected given the rate of natural population increase and the high birth rate <br />experienced within the City during the 1980's. Also, 18,565 persons (5.5%) arc <br />over fi5 years old. More than 76 percent or 257,097 residents are of Hispanic <br />origin, with only 12.4 percent Caucasian, 8.7 percent Asian, 13 percent Black, <br />and 0.4 percent ofAmerican Indians or other races. <br />`1'he percentage of Hispanic residents is over three times greater than the overall <br />County average (22%). `T'he County's total population is approximately 513 <br />percent white and 30.8 percent Hispanic. Race and edmicity statistics are shown <br />in "fable A-7. <br />Resolution No. 2010-025 <br />Page 80 of 107 <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN A-37 <br />53r~ <br />1 S ~.- 1 <br />~-, ?', ( <br />~~ L.__. <br />