Santa Ana is a large coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 337,512 people and 49 constituent neighborhoods, Santa Ana is the 9th largest community in California.

Santa Ana is a blue-collar town, with 39.7% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Santa Ana is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Santa Ana who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.61%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (9.69%), and sales jobs (8.82%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Santa Ana 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.

Santa Ana Information and Demographics

In Santa Ana, just 9.18% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Santa Ana in 2000 was $12,152, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $48,608 for a family of four.

Santa Ana is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Santa Ana home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Santa Ana, accounting for 76.06% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in Santa Ana is Asian, followed by African-American.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Santa Ana's cultural character, accounting for 53.31% of the city's population.

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