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LAND USE ELEMENT <br />period of growth was in the 1980s when the population increased by 90,029 <br />persons. According to County estimates, the City of Santa Ana is projected <br />to grow to fzt 350,000 persons" the year 2020, if historic trends <br />continue. Ge 1990 , the City's housing inventory has <br />decreased by 38 units while the population grew by 7ja 4.5 percent. <br />Table A-6 provides historic population growth trends for the City from 1950 <br />to the present. <br />Table A-6 <br />Population Growth in the City <br />Year <br />Population <br />Percentage <br />Increase in <br />of <br />Population <br />Increase <br />1950 <br />45,533 <br />— <br />— <br />1960 <br />100,350 <br />120% <br />54,817 <br />1970 <br />155,710 <br />55% <br />55,360 <br />1980 <br />203,713 <br />31% <br />48,003 <br />1990 <br />293,742 <br />44% <br />90,029 <br />1997 <br />306,961 <br />4.5% <br />13,219 <br />Source: Santa Ana CHAS, <br />1994 V w nnA n0F, 499 <br />In addition to being the largest city in Orange County, Santa Ana now ranks <br />9th in California and 52nd in the nation. The population of the City of Santa <br />Ana represents the largest percentage of the County's total population, or <br />approximately LW 44 percent. <br />Population growth in the City since 1990 absent a corresponding increase in <br />housing_ units has led to a significant increase in the average household size. <br />. <br />The 1997 average household size in the City ^ 1997 is 4.2 <br />persons per household. This compares to 3.0 persons per household for the <br />County as a whole. According to the State Department of Finance, Santa <br />Ana had the highest average household size in the County in M 1997. <br />Based on the 1-999 Census, the City's population is relatively <br />young, with 1 W 89,502 persons ($ 30-.5 %) under 4-8 years old. This <br />is a greater percentage of children than is the case for the County (which <br />is 24-4 percent). This condition is to be expected given the rate of <br />natural population increase and the high birth rate experienced within the City <br />during the 1980's. Also, 46 persons ( � %) are over 65 years <br />old. More than 65 percent or = Q T 191,383 residents are of Hispanic <br />origin, with only rM 23 percent Caucasian, a 9 percent Asian, 2 <br />percent Black, and M-1- percent of American Indians or other races. <br />Page 24 of 28 <br />