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Familial Status <br />Familial status refers to the presence of children under the age of 18, pregnant women, and any <br />person in the process of securing legal custody of a minor child (including adoptive or foster <br />parents). Housing discrimination can affect families with children, or families that recently had a <br />child. This primarily happens through landlords refusing to rent to a family with children or evicting <br />a family that just had a child. Under the Fair Housing Act, housing providers may not discriminate <br />based on familial status. <br />Regional Trend <br />Approximately 55 percent of Santa Ana households are families with a married couple. Out of <br />those couples, 48 percent have children (2021 ACS). The City’s share of households with a <br />married couple is larger than the county’s share and the shares of the neighboring cities of <br />Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Garden Grove, Irvine, and Tustin (Figure 14). Of the selected jurisdictions, <br />Costa Mesa has the largest proportion of single-adult households, which represent 46.4 percent <br />of all households in the City. In 2010, Orange County household makeup was relatively similar to <br />today, with 54.2 percent of households being married couple households. However, the number <br />of female headed households has increased with only 11.4 percent of households being headed <br />by a female in 2010 to now being 24.3 percent. <br />Figure 14 – Households in Orange County, Santa Ana and Neighboring Cities <br />Local Trend <br />Santa Ana has seen a decrease in households with children since 2010. During the 2006-2010 <br />ACS, 47 percent of households had children. The 2017-2021 ACS estimates that only 36.4 <br />55.0%50.5%43.6%53.5%51.7%52.9%54.1% <br />6.8%7.1%10.0% <br />5.7%5.7%5.7%6.0% <br />23.4%26.5%25.0%24.5%23.9%26.8%24.3% <br />14.9%15.8%21.4%16.3%18.7%14.5%15.5% <br />0.0% <br />10.0% <br />20.0% <br />30.0% <br />40.0% <br />50.0% <br />60.0% <br />70.0% <br />80.0% <br />90.0% <br />100.0% <br />Santa Ana Anaheim Costa Mesa Garden Grove Irvine Tustin Orange County <br />Married-couple household Cohabiting couple household <br />Female householder, no spouse or partner present Male householder, no spouse or partner present <br />ATTACHMENT 3