Rancho Santa Margarita, California


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Rancho Santa Margarita
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Population 2002:48,161
Population 2000:47,214
Population growth:+947 (+2.01%)
Foreign born:13.3% (5.8% Asia, 4.8% Latin America, 1.7% Europe)
Land area:12.3 square miles
County:Orange
Industries:Educational,health and social services (16.0%), Manufacturing (15.0%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (14.3%), Retail trade (11.3%), Finance,insurance,real estate,and rental and leasing (11.0%).
Races
White Non-Hispanic:74.4%
Hispanic:13.0%
Other race:4.5%
Two or more races:4.1%
Filipino:2.4%
Black:1.7%
Chinese:1.3%
Vietnamese:1.1%
American Indian:1.0%
Japanese:0.9%
Other Asian:0.6%
Asian Indian:0.6%
Korean:0.6%
Marital Status
Now married:66.0%
Never married:20.9%
Divorced:9.1%
Widowed:2.4%
Separated:1.6%
Median
House value:$280,700
Household income:$78,475
Resident age:31.9 years
Rancho Santa Margarita Compared to California State Average
House age:much below
Median house value:above
Length of stay since moving in:much below
Black race population percentage:much below
Unemployed percentage:below
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher:above
Median age:below
Renting percentage:below
Education
High school or higher:95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher:43.8%
Graduate or professional degree:11.9%
Unemployed:3.0%
Crime Statistics
2002 larceny counts:385 (786.5 per 100,000)
2002 burglaries:103 (210.4 per 100,000)
2002 crime index:72.7 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 auto thefts:40 (81.7 per 100,000)
2002 assaults:21 (42.9 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:7 (14.3 per 100,000)
2002 robberies:5 (10.2 per 100,000)
2002 murders:none
Ancestries
German:18.0%
Irish:14.4%
English:12.1%
Italian:8.7%
United States:4.4%
French:4.2%
 

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Rancho Santa Margarita, California ZIP Codes: 92688