Anaheim, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Anaheim had a population of 328,014 people^<1>. This represents 0.96% of the total population of California, making it the state's 10th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
7	Sacramento	NW	385 mi [619 km]	463,794	13.95% increase
8	Oakland	NW	367 mi [590 km]	404,155	1.17% increase
9	Santa Ana	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	339,130	0.34% increase
-10-	Anaheim			335,288	2.22% increase
11	Riverside	E	21 mi [33.8 km]	295,357	15.75% increase
12	Bakersfield	NW	123 mi [197.9 km]	321,078	29.96% increase
13	Stockton	NW	346 mi [556 km]	287,037	17.75% increase

Anaheim had 99,719 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Anaheim has a total area of 50.4 square miles [130.7 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 48.94 square miles [126.8 km²]1.51 square miles [3.9 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Anaheim had a 2000 population density of 6,702 people per square mile [2,587 people/km²], making it the state's 73rd most densely populated area.

Orange County

The city of Anaheim is located in Orange County.

The county had a population of 2,856,918 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 328,014 people, Anaheim contained 11.48% of the Orange County total.

In addition, where the community of Anaheim has a population density of 6,702 people per square mile [2,587 people/km²], Orange County averages 3,619 people per square mile [1,397 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Orange County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Anaheim and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Anaheim. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Anaheim. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Anaheim, it also contains a comparison between Anaheim and the state of California.

Click here for the Anaheim QuickFact (QF-0602000).

The following communities are nearby Anaheim and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Yorba Linda	QF-0686832	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	65,717	11.54% increase
	Orange	QF-0653980	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	136,392	5.88% increase
	Placentia	QF-0657526	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	49,692	6.89% increase
	Chino Hills	QF-0613214	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	73,879	10.62% increase
	Brea	QF-0608100	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	38,314	8.2% increase
	Fullerton	QF-0628000	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	131,868	4.65% increase
	Tustin	QF-0680854	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	71,814	6.38% increase
	Chino	QF-0613210	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	83,031	23.62% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Anaheim.

A Census Quickfact is available for Orange County (QF-06059).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Orange County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Los Angeles	QF-06037	NW	9,862,049	3.33% increase
	Riverside	QF-06065	E	2,100,516	34.71% increase
	San Bernardino	QF-06071	NE	2,015,355	17.26% increase
	San Diego	QF-06073	SE	3,001,072	6.22% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Anaheim:

Anaheim is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Anaheim.

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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Anaheim. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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