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An Equity Profile of Orange County
116,620
95,519
-24,121
223,844
26%
-23%
55%
22%
13%
-10%
Mixed/other
Native American
Asian or Pacific Islander
Latino
Black
White
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Latinos are driving
population growth
Between 2000 and 2016, Orange
County's Asian American/Pacific
Islander (API) population grew by 55
percent (212,139 residents).
Meanwhile the Latino population grew
by 22 percent (199,723 residents) and
the Black population by 13 percent
(6,379 residents). The county's Native
American and non-Hispanic white
populations have decreased.
During this time period, immigration
spurred growth of the API population:
55 percent of the growth in the API
population between 2000 and 2016
was from foreign-born APIs. In
contrast, the growth in the Latino
population has been solely due to U.S.-
born Latinos. There has been a net loss
in the number of foreign-born Latinos
in the county.
API and Latino populations experienced the most growth
in the past decade
Demographics
7. Growth Rates of Major Racial/Ethnic Groups,
2000 to 2016
Source: Integrated Public Use Microdata Series.
Note: Data for 2016 represent a 2012 through 2016 average.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Note: Data for 2016 represent a 2012 through 2016 average.
Latino population growth was solely due to an increase in
U.S.-born Latinos, while immigration can account for the
majority of growth in the API population
8. Net Change in Latino and API Populations by Nativity,
2000 to 2016
