Costa Mesa, California

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The coastal city of Costa Mesa is located in Orange County.

Costa Mesa was incorporated June 29, 1953.

The community of Costa Mesa is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Costa Mesa lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Costa Mesa, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Costa Mesa had a population of 108,724 people^<2> (or 3.8% of the total population of Orange County). The population of Costa Mesa represented 0.32% of the total of California, making it the state's 48th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Costa Mesa had a population of 110,080 people. This is an increase of 1.25% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Costa Mesa.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Anaheim	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	335,288	2.22% increase
	Fullerton	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	131,868	4.65% increase
	Garden Grove	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	165,796	0.36% increase
	Irvine	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	207,500	45.03% increase
	Lakewood	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	78,444	1.14% decrease
	Long Beach	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	463,789	0.49% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Costa Mesa.

Websites for Costa Mesa

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The Commemorative Quarter for California<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Costa Mesa. 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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