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Newport Beach Demographics Information

Population (year 2000): 70,032, Est. population in July 2002: 78,096 (+3.2% change)
Males: 34,638 (49.5%), Females: 35,394 (50.5%)

Elevation: 5 feet

County: Orange

Land area: 14.8 square miles

Zip codes: 92658..92663.

Median resident age: 41.6 years
Median household income: $83,455 (year 2000)
Median house value: $708,200 (year 2000)

Races in Beach:

White Non-Hispanic (89.0%)
Hispanic (4.7%)
Two or more races (1.7%)
Chinese (1.2%)
Other race (1.1%)
Japanese (0.9%)
American Indian (0.6%)
Asian Indian (0.5%)
Black (0.5%)

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

Ancestries: English (18.1%), German (17.6%), Irish (15.4%), Italian (8.0%), French (4.6%), United States (4.6%).

For population 25 years and over in Beach

High school or higher: 96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 58.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 21.4%
Unemployed: 3.0%
Mean travel time to work: 24.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Beach city

Never married: 30.2%
Now married: 49.6%
Separated: 1.2%
Widowed: 6.3%
Divorced: 12.7%

10.7% Foreign born (4.3% Asia, 3.2% Europe, 1.4% Latin America, 1.2% North America).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Santa Ana, CA (8.7 miles, pop. 337,977).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (46.2 miles, pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Costa Mesa, CA (3.5 miles), San Joaquin Hills, CA (4.2 miles), Coast, CA (4.9 miles), Fountain Valley, CA (7.5 miles), Irvine, CA (8.6 miles), Santa Ana, CA (8.7 miles), Huntington Beach, CA (8.8 miles), Tustin, CA (10.3 miles).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 205 buildings, average cost: $254,700
1997: 242 buildings, average cost: $305,400
1998: 425 buildings, average cost: $312,800
1999: 326 buildings, average cost: $320,400
2000: 161 buildings, average cost: $353,800
2001: 163 buildings, average cost: $347,900
2002: 129 buildings, average cost: $500,400
2003: 140 buildings, average cost: $458,500

Area code: 949

Industries providing employment: Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (18.9%), Finance,insurance,real estate,and rental and leasing (16.6%), Educational,health and social services (16.0%), Manufacturing (10.1%).

Crime in Beach (2002):

2 murders (2.8 per 100,000)
5 rapes (6.9 per 100,000)
26 robberies (35.8 per 100,000)
67 assaults (92.3 per 100,000)
535 burglaries (736.9 per 100,000)
1,751 larceny counts (2411.7 per 100,000)
168 auto thefts (231.4 per 100,000)
City-data.com crime index = 208.7 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)

Crime in Beach (2001):

0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
5 rapes (7.0 per 100,000)
35 robberies (49.1 per 100,000)
93 assaults (130.4 per 100,000)
504 burglaries (706.5 per 100,000)
1,618 larceny counts (2268.2 per 100,000)
140 auto thefts (196.3 per 100,000)
City-data.com crime index = 203.2 (higher means more crime)