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Introduction:
Introduction:
Orange county is situated in southern California with Los Angeles county in the north and San Diego county in the south. The study of orange county is a comparative analysis on family income and race, specifically median family income and Hispanic/ Latinos. This analysis will provide a overview of which parts of the city is there a high percentage of Hispanic/Latinos and how what is the median income in the areas this race resides.
Highest Income: Newport Beach, CA
Lowest Income: Stanton City, CA
Much of the counties high median family income is located on the south part of the county. On the contrary, the lower income seems to be clustered in different parts of the county, however, the lowest being in the center of the county. Moreover, by analyzing the map most of the high income is concentrated near the coast and southern inland area of the county. The city with the highest median income is Newport Beach, California. This cities median household income is $167,121 dollars, the map below shows where the city is located.
In addition, the lowest median family household income is in Stanton City, California. With a median family income of $50, 943. The large disparity of income in the county demonstrates tends to correlate to racial disparities in the county. Proving that income is connected to income levels. Map below shows the location of Stanton City.
Highest Hispanic Population: Santa Ana, CA
Lowest Hispanic Population: Laguna Woods, CA
By simply observing the map, one can immediately conclude that spatially. Hispanic and Latino populations in Orange county tend to be concentrated in the northeastern part of the counties boundary. With one small outlier in the southern border, boundary line of the county. As we have noticed in the family income map the Newport Beach had the highest median income in the county, however, in relation to Hispanic population the city only has about 8% Hispanic/Latino population. Although, not the lowest population in the county. It is unsurprising how the pattern of high income is usually related to the culturally dominant race and low income families tend always be Hispanic or black populations. The highest concentration of Hispanic/Latino population is in the city of Santa Ana, California. With approximately 77% of the city being Hispanic or Latino, the map below shows the location of the city.
The lowest percentage of Hispanic/Latino population in the county is in Laguna Woods city, California. This city has a Hispanic population of 4%, map below shows the location of the city.
As discussed in the maps, comparing both variables; median family income and percentage of Hispanic/Latino population. Demonstrates a strong correlation in high concentration of Hispanic residents, the lower the median income is in the area. One example is the city of Santa Ana, with 77% Hispanic residents. The area shows it is in the lowest tier of family incomes. In addition, much of the lowest income has the highest Hispanic population with the average being approximately 27%. Average median family income in the county is about $100,996. This also proves a great income disparity in the county amongst the top incomes are not coming from the focused race in this study. Lastly, in the chart below we demonstrate a high number of cities in Orange county with low percentages of Hispanic and Latino residents. Out of 34 cities in Orange county 29 cities have less than 40% Hispanic and Latino residents. However, only 5 cities account to roughly half of the counties Hispanic population. This also verifies that these fives cities are mostly concentrated in the northern center of the county which shows the large numbers of Hispanics being pushed more in the center of the county. Overall, income and ethnicity have a strong correlation in this area of the state. Hispanics tend to have lesser income than other ethnicities even though, roughly 27% of the total Orange county population is Hispanic or Latino.
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