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Orange, CA
137,941 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0653980 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Orange ranked #120 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Orange and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Rancho Cucamonga CA, Torrance CA, Santa Clarita CA, Concord CA, Huntington Beach CA, Richardson TX, Simi Valley CA, San Mateo CA, Fullerton CA, Bellevue WA, Centennial CO, Plano TX, Fairfield CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #120 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #89 | #160 | #90 | #114 | #111 | #191 | #64 | #141 | #120 | #194 | #199 | #125 | #119 | #129 | #136 | #130 | #253 | #168 | #120 | #147 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 133,641 | 133,228 | 133,151 | 134,229 | 135,461 | 137,103 | 138,539 | 139,372 | 139,972 | 139,424 | 140,503 | 140,581 | 140,251 | 139,449 | 138,669 | 139,481 | 137,834 | 137,886 | 138,246 | 137,941 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #252 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | -1.5 | -1.6 | -1.3 | -0.4 | -0.1 | — | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #191 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | 0.6 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #231 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 20.5% | 22.5% | 21.0% | 20.7% | 22.3% | 23.0% | 24.5% | 23.7% | 23.1% | 25.0% | 23.4% | 23.5% | 22.3% | 24.6% | 22.7% | — | 23.7% | 22.4% | 22.6% | 26.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #31 of 309 cities with data · 4th of 9 in its peer group with data · 2023 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | — | 5.0 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 | — | 1.5 | 1.4 | — | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #43 of 295 cities with data · 5th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.2 | 16.6 | 18.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 96,172 | 95,945 | 94,480 | 93,724 | 88,965 | 84,656 | 90,194 | 94,419 | 101,026 | 109,402 | 113,232 | 115,059 | 116,106 | 123,729 | 118,993 | 115,781 | 114,724 | 116,153 | 118,038 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #137 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +2.3 | -1.4 | -2.8 | -1.5 | -1.9 | -6.4 | +5.5 | +4.7 | +4.3 | +6.1 | +1.5 | -1.7 | +0.1 | +4.9 | -5.6 | +3.9 | -0.8 | -6.1 | +0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65,645 | 67,511 | 69,113 | 66,641 | 69,224 | 72,520 | 74,281 | 69,634 | 69,588 | — | 69,144 | 74,795 | 72,375 | 69,046 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #200 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.6% | 9.7% | 5.9% | 8.4% | 7.0% | 4.5% | 3.0% | 3.5% | 3.9% | — | 6.3% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 5.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #119 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 10 in its peer group with data | 23% | 24% | 29% | 20% | 18% | 10% | 28% | 14% | 13% | — | — | — | 15% | — | 19% | 14% | 20% | 17% | 12% | 28% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #138 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 10 in its peer group with data | $1,595 | $1,488 | $1,389 | $1,642 | $1,188 | $1,139 | $1,171 | $1,050 | $858 | — | — | — | $982 | — | $420 | $394 | $3,056 | $2,739 | $2,522 | $2,368 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Orange. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.