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Total population City -wide is expected to continue growing steadily, to <br />nearly 240,000 or by the year 2000.' Within the project area, however, <br />it is unlikely that the population will grow appreciably over the next 13 <br />years, due to the lack of available vacant land. This could change if <br />Las high -. d- asit;, redevelopment projects occur. At *His * ^P the <br />City has no such plans for the subject segment of Bristol Street, <br />although several higher density housing projects are underway or <br />planned in other portions of the City. <br />Household sizes in Santa Ana, contrary to national trends, have been <br />rising since 1976. This is largely due to the influx of large, ethnic <br />minority families that have moved to Santa Ana during the last 10 <br />years. This trend is expected to continue for the near future. <br />The two major ethnic groups throughout Santa Ana and in the subject <br />study area are Hispanic and Pacific Islander /Asian. Santa Ana Unified <br />School District enrollment figures between 1976 and 1983 showed a <br />steady increase in the student population by these two groups. October, <br />1984 data indicated nearly 68 percent of the students were of Hispanic <br />origin, while nearly 12 percent were of Pacific Islander /Asian origin.2 <br />It is estimated that at least 60 percent of all residents within the limits <br />of the project area are of Hispanic or Pacific Islander /Asian ethnicity, <br />with the Hispanic residents alone comprising somewhere between 40 <br />and 50 percent of the total resident population. <br />' Hou5I Element, City of Santa Ana, June 25, 1984, page 26. <br />2 Housing_ Element, City of Santa Ana, June 25, 1984, page 28. <br />11I -29 <br />75C -100 <br />