The OC

Via Netflix I've started to watch Season One of The OC. Before this I somewhat proudly could claim that I'd never seen an episode. I think I was prompted by some article (in Entertainment Weekly? which btw, is one of my secret vices) that said Season One was worth watching. It is kind of fun to watch in a popcorn way. I like Seth better than Ryan in terms of acting. I like guessing where they shot things. But its depiction of anything other than the rich part of Newport (and there is a more middle class section)? Ha.

Some numbers I looked up on OC, all directly from Wikpedia and a couple other sources:

How it's changed...

- In 1990, still according to the census² there were 2,410,556 people residing in the county. The racial makeup of the county was 78.60% White, 10.34% Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.77% African American, 0.50% Native American, and 8.79% from other races. 23.43% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

- As of the census² of 2000, there were 2,846,289 people, 935,287 households, and 667,794 families residing in the county, making Orange County the second most populous county in California. The population density was 1,392/km² (3,606/sq mi). There were 969,484 housing units at an average density of 474/km² (1,228/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 64.81% White, 13.59% Asian, 1.67% African American, 0.70% Native American, 0.31% Pacific Islander, 14.80% from other races, and 4.12% from two or more races. 30.76% are Hispanic or Latino of any race. 58.6% spoke English, 25.3% Spanish, 4.7% Vietnamese, 1.9% Korean, 1.5% Chinese or Mandarin and 1.2% Tagalog as their first language.

There were 935,287 households out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.48.

The population is diverse age-wise, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males.

- 2005 Census bureau estimates place the non-Latino white population of Orange County at around 48%. The 2005 Latino population of Orange County was 32.5%. The Asian population was 15.9%. African Americans constituted 1.9% of the population. Other populations did not change significantly.

Largest employers 2002-2003: Disneyland - 21,000
Largest Publicly-Owned Companies
Based in Orange County
Ranked by Sales, 2004

Company 2004 Sales($million) Industry Employees CorporateHQ
Ingram Micro Inc.* 22,462 Computer Services 13,600 Santa Ana
PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. 12,277 Health Care Plan 9,800 Cypress
Fluor Corp. 9,380 Construction - Commercial 35,000 Aliso Viejo
The First American Corp. 6,722 Title Insurance 30,990 Santa Ana
Standard Pacific Corp. 3,355 Construction - Residential 2,100 Irvine
Western Digital Corp. 3,047 Computer Hardware 17,370 Lake Forest
Beckman Coulter Inc. 2,408 Health Care Products 10,200 Fullerton
Broadcom Corp. 2,401 Semiconductors 3,370 Irvine
Allergan Inc. 2,046 Pharmaceuticals 5,030 Irvine
William Lyon Homes 1,822 Construction - Residential 910 Newport Beach
Apria Healthcare Group Inc. 1,451 Health Care Services 11,170 Lake Forest
Westcorp Inc. 1,387 Banking 2,350 Irvine
Quiksilver Inc. 1,267 Apparel & Gear Manufacturing 4,350 Huntington Beach
Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. 1,230* Retail - Apparel 13,700* Anaheim
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. 932 Health Care Products 5,200 Irvine
Conexant Systems Inc. 902 Semiconductors 2,400 Newport Beach
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International 683 Pharmaceuticals 4,300 Costa Mesa
Downey Financial Corp. 663 Banking 3,060 Newport Beach
Oakley Inc. 586 Eyewear Manufacturing 2,610 Foothill Ranch
Sybron Dental Specialties Inc. 574 Health Care Products 4,140 Orange
QLogic Corp. 524 Computer Hardware 810 Aliso Viejo
RemedyTemp Inc. 520 Business Staffing 700 Aliso Viejo
The Wet Seal Inc. 436* Retail - Apparel 5,430* Foothill Ranch