Huntington Beach, California Demographics Information and statistics for Huntington Beach

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Huntington Beach Demographics Information

Population: 195,000

Elevation: 28 feet

County: Orange

Land area: 26.4 square miles

Zip codes: 92646..92649, 92615, 92605.

Median resident age: 36.0 years
Median household income: $67,000
Median house value: $533,000

Races in Huntington Beach:

White Non-Hispanic (71.9%)
Hispanic (14.7%)
Other race (5.8%)
Two or more races (3.9%)
Vietnamese (2.9%)
Chinese (1.9%)
Japanese (1.6%)
American Indian (1.5%)
Filipino (1.0%)
Korean (0.9%)
Black (0.8%)
Other Asian (0.6%)
Asian Indian (0.5%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (16.7%), Irish (13.4%), English (11.9%), Italian (7.1%), United States (4.4%), French (3.7%).

For population 25 years and over in Huntington Beach

High school or higher: 89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 36.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 12.2%
Unemployed: 3.9%
Mean travel time to work: 28.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Huntington Beach city

Never married: 29.1%
Now married: 52.8%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 4.8%
Divorced: 11.4%

17.0% Foreign born (7.0% Asia, 6.0% Latin America, 2.6% Europe).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Santa Ana, CA (8.8 miles, pop. 337,977).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (37.5 miles, pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Fountain Valley, CA (3.2 miles), Westminster, CA (4.1 miles), Costa Mesa, CA (6.3 miles), Garden Grove, CA (6.5 miles), Seal Beach, CA (7.3 miles), Stanton, CA (7.6 miles), Rossmoor, CA (8.6 miles), Los Alamitos, CA (8.8 miles).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 219 buildings, average cost: $223,000
1997: 797 buildings, average cost: $231,900
1998: 446 buildings, average cost: $202,800
1999: 432 buildings, average cost: $255,300
2000: 427 buildings, average cost: $249,200
2001: 394 buildings, average cost: $239,600
2002: 244 buildings, average cost: $301,700

Area code: 714

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (17.1%), Manufacturing (15.5%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (12.7%), Retail trade (11.3%).