Orange is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 128,438 people and 25 constituent neighborhoods, Orange is the 35th largest community in California.

Orange is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Orange is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orange who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.96%), sales jobs (12.73%), and management occupations (10.89%).

Also of interest is that Orange has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Orange is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Orange are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Orange Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Orange citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 27.96% of adults in Orange have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Orange in 2000 was $24,294, which is upper middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,176 for a family of four.

Orange is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Orange home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Orange is White, followed by Asian. Orange also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.22% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Orange include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

Orange also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.15%.

The most common language spoken in Orange is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.