Santa Ana, California

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

Santa Ana was incorporated June 1, 1886.

The community of Santa Ana is near sea level^<1>.

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

New Mexico has a community that is also named Santa Ana.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Santa Ana had a population of 337,977 people^<2> (or 11.83% of the total population of Orange County). The population of Santa Ana represented 1% of the total of California, making it the state's 9th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Santa Ana had a population of 339,130 people. This is an increase of 0.34% 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 Santa Ana.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Anaheim	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	335,288	2.22% increase
	Downey	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	107,587	0.25% increase
	Fullerton	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	131,868	4.65% increase
	Huntington Beach	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	192,620	1.6% increase
	Irvine	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	207,500	45.03% increase
	Long Beach	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	463,789	0.49% increase

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

Websites for Santa Ana

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The Commemorative Quarter for California<4>

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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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