Newport Beach 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 70,022 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Newport Beach is the 94th largest community in California.

Newport Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.01% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Newport Beach is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Newport Beach who work in management occupations (22.41%), sales jobs (19.43%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.65%).

Of important note, Newport Beach is also a city of artists. Newport Beach has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Newport Beach's character.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.29% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing that you will notice about Newport Beach is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Newport 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, Newport Beach is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Newport Beach 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.

Newport Beach Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Newport Beach is a pretty powerful place. 58.48% of the adults in Newport Beach have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Newport Beach in 2000 was $63,015, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $252,060 for a family of four. However, Newport Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Newport Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Newport Beach is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Newport Beach include English, German, Irish, Italian, French, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, Swedish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Newport Beach is English. Some people also speak Spanish.