Santa Ana, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Santa Ana had a population of 337,977 people^<1>. This represents 0.99% of the total population of California, making it the state's 9th 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
6	Fresno	NW	236 mi [379.8 km]	476,050	11.32% increase
7	Sacramento	NW	388 mi [624 km]	463,794	13.95% increase
8	Oakland	NW	369 mi [593 km]	404,155	1.17% increase
-9-	Santa Ana			339,130	0.34% increase
10	Anaheim	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	335,288	2.22% increase
11	Riverside	NE	31 mi [49.89 km]	295,357	15.75% increase
12	Bakersfield	NW	127 mi [204.4 km]	321,078	29.96% increase

Santa Ana had 74,588 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Santa Ana has an area^<4> of 27.14 square miles [70.3 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Santa Ana had a 2000 population density of 12,451 people per square mile [4,807 people/km²], making it the state's 15th most densely populated area.

Orange County

The city of Santa Ana is located in Orange County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 2,856,918 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 337,977 people, Santa Ana contained 11.83% of the Orange County total.

In addition, where the community of Santa Ana has a population density of 12,451 people per square mile [4,807 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 Santa Ana and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Santa Ana. 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 Santa Ana. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Santa Ana, it also contains a comparison between Santa Ana and the state of California.

Click here for the Santa Ana QuickFact (QF-0669000).

The following communities are nearby Santa Ana and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Fountain Valley	QF-0625380	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	55,516	0.98% increase
	Tustin	QF-0680854	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	71,814	6.38% increase
	Costa Mesa	QF-0616532	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	110,080	1.25% increase
	Garden Grove	QF-0629000	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	165,796	0.36% increase
	Orange	QF-0653980	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	136,392	5.88% increase
	Westminster	QF-0684550	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	88,975	0.87% increase
	Huntington Beach	QF-0636000	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	192,620	1.6% increase
	Irvine	QF-0636770	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	207,500	45.03% increase

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

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 Santa Ana:

Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana.

The Commemorative Quarter for California<6>

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) Santa Ana. 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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