OC Stats

County owner-occupied houses and condos: 574,193
Renter-occupied apartments: 361,094
% of renters here:           39%
Jan. 2011 cost of living index in Orange County: 124.6 (high, U.S. average is 100)

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (17.0%), Educational,health and social services (16.1%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (12.6%), Retail trade (11.2%).
Type of workers:

• Private wage or salary: 80%
• Government: 11%
• Self-employed, not incorporated: 8%
• Unpaid family work: 0%

Races in Orange County, California:

• White Non-Hispanic Alone (46.7%)
• Hispanic or Latino (33.2%)
• Asian alone (16.0%)
• Two or more races (1.6%)
• Black Non-Hispanic Alone (1.6%)

Average household size:

Orange County:	3.0 people
California:	3 people

Estimated median household income in 2009: $71,865 ($58,820 in 1999)

This county:	$71865
California:	$58931

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 10
• Robberies: 38
• Assaults: 193
• Burglaries: 371
• Thefts: 919
• Auto thefts: 224

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 10
• Robberies: 29
• Assaults: 205
• Burglaries: 323
• Thefts: 932
• Auto thefts: 241

Single-family new house construction building permits:

• 2000: 6814 buildings, average cost: $225,300
• 2001: 6010 buildings, average cost: $230,000
• 2002: 6794 buildings, average cost: $226,500
• 2003: 6108 buildings, average cost: $223,700
• 2004: 4828 buildings, average cost: $262,700
• 2005: 4103 buildings, average cost: $288,100
• 2006: 3744 buildings, average cost: $285,500
• 2007: 2279 buildings, average cost: $319,700
• 2008: 1330 buildings, average cost: $350,300
• 2009: 1341 buildings, average cost: $314,200

Median age of residents in 2009: 35 years old
(Males: 34 years old, Females: 36 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 44 years old, Black residents: 33 years old, American Indian residents: 39 years old, Asian residents: 37 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 26 years old, Other race residents: 27 years old)

Number of foreign born residents: 849,899 (38% naturalized citizens)

Orange County:	29.9%
Whole state:	26.2%