Huntington Beach is a relatively large coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 189,940 people and 41 constituent neighborhoods, Huntington Beach is the 16th largest community in California.

Huntington Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.08% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Huntington Beach is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Huntington Beach who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.31%), sales jobs (14.66%), and management occupations (13.70%).

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

One thing that you will notice about Huntington Beach is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Huntington Beach a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Huntington Beach is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Huntington Beach are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Huntington Beach Information and Demographics

The education level of Huntington Beach citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 35.97% of adults in Huntington Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Huntington Beach in 2000 was $31,964, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,856 for a family of four. However, Huntington Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Huntington Beach is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Huntington Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Huntington Beach is White, followed by Asian. Huntington Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.75% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Huntington Beach include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

Huntington Beach also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.93%.

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