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<br /> <br />Orange County 6 25-29 Regional AFH <br /> <br />III. Fair Housing Analysis <br />A. Demographic and Housing Summary <br />Table 1 – Demographics, shows demographic information for the population of Orange <br />County overall, the Orange County Urban County jurisdictions0F <br />1, the participating HUD <br />Entitlement Cities, and the region1F <br />2. These data are from the Census Bureau’s 2018-2022 <br />American Community Survey 5-year Estimates. Table 2 – Demographic Trends, shows <br />similar data over time, dating back to 1990. These tables indicate the following: <br />Population <br />Orange County has a population of 3,175,227. The largest cities in the County are Anaheim <br />(population 347,111), Santa Ana (population 311,379), and Irvine (population 304,527). The <br />Urban County population is 585,178. <br />Race/Ethnicity <br />Orange County’s population is majority-minority; however, the largest population group is <br />White (38.46%). Hispanic residents comprise the second largest population group (33.93%), <br />followed by Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), who make up 21.77% of the <br />County population. African Americans account for 1.54% of the County population. <br />Compared to the region, Orange County has a higher proportion of White and AAPI <br />residents, and a smaller proportion of Hispanic and Black residents. <br />Among the participating HUD Entitlement Cities, in comparison to the County overall: <br />• The Urban County, Aliso Viejo, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Laguna Niguel, Lake <br />Forest, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Rancho Santa Margarita, and San Clemente <br />have a significantly higher2F <br />3 proportion of White residents. <br />• Anaheim, La Habra, and Santa Ana have a significantly higher proportion of Hispanic <br />residents. <br />• Buena Park, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Irvine, and Westminster have a higher <br />proportion of AAPI residents. <br />Since 1990, the County population has become more diverse, transitioning from a White <br />majority in 1990 to a majority-minority population today. The number of White residents in <br /> <br />1 The Orange County Urban County comprises the County unincorporated area, twelve (12) cities with <br />populations under 50,000 (participating cities) and two (2) cities, Placentia and Yorba Linda, with populations <br />over 50,000 (metropolitan cities). <br />2 The region is defined by HUD as the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), <br />which comprises Los Angeles and Orange counties. <br />3 For this analysis, “significantly higher” means that the percentage of residents of a particular race/ethnicity in <br />a city is at least 10% higher than the percentage of residents of the same race/ethnicity in the County overall. <br />EXHIBIT 6