Santa Ana, California | |
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Top: Santora Building (left) and Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (right); middle: Santa Ana City Hall (left), West Coast Theatre (center), and high rises (right); bottom: Bowers Museum (left) and Old Santa Ana Courthouse. | |
Motto: Education First | |
![]() Location of Santa Ana within Orange County, California | |
Location in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Location in California | |
Coordinates: 33°44′27″N 117°52′53″W / 33.74083°N 117.88139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Orange |
Founded | 1869[1] |
Incorporated | June 1, 1886[2] |
Named for | Saint Anne |
Government | |
• Mayor | Valerie Amezcua[3] |
• Mayor pro tem | Jessie Lopez |
• City council | Thai Viet Phan Benjamin Vazquez Phil Bacerra Johnathan Ryan Hernandez David Penaloza |
• City manager | Kristine Ridge |
Area | |
• Total | 27.37 sq mi (70.89 km2) |
• Land | 27.34 sq mi (70.81 km2) |
• Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) 0.90% |
Elevation | 115 ft (35 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 306,457 |
• Rank | 2nd in Orange County 13th in California 65th in the United States |
• Density | 11,000/sq mi (4,300/km2) |
Demonyms |
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Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
ZIP Codes[7] | 92701–92708, 92711, 92712, 92728, 92735, 92799 |
Area code | 657/714, 949 |
FIPS code | 06-69000 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1652790,[5]2411814 |
Website | santa-ana.org |
Santa Ana (Spanish for 'Saint Anne') is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, California, United States. Located in the Greater Los Angeles region of Southern California, the city's population was 310,227 at the 2020 census, making Santa Ana the second most populous city in Orange County (after Anaheim), the 13th-most populous city in California, and the 65th densest large city in the United States. Santa Ana is a major regional economic and cultural hub for the Orange Coast.
In 1810, the Spanish governor of California granted Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana to José Antonio Yorba. Following the Mexican War of Independence, the Yorba family rancho was enlarged, becoming one of the largest and most valuable in the region and home to a diverse Californio community. Following the American Conquest of California, the rancho was sold to the Sepúlveda family, who subsequently lost their land claim. In 1869, William H. Spurgeon then purchased the rancho and formally founded the modern city of Santa Ana.
Approximately four-fifths Hispanic or Latino, Santa Ana has been characterized by The New York Times as the "face of a new California, a state where Latinos have more influence in everyday life—electorally, culturally and demographically—than almost anywhere else in the country."[8]