People QuickFacts Irvine California Population, 2011 estimate 215,529 37,683,933 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 212,375 37,253,956 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.5% 1.2% Population, 2010 212,375 37,253,956 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.7% 6.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 21.5% 25.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 8.7% 11.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.3% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 50.5% 57.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.8% 6.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 39.2% 13.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 5.5% 4.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 9.2% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 45.1% 40.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 78.5% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 34.8% 27.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 43.1% 43.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 96.4% 80.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 65.0% 30.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 6,513 1,997,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.5 27.0  Housing units, 2010 83,899 13,680,081 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 52.7% 56.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 42.4% 30.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $661,700 $421,600 Households, 2007-2011 74,711 12,433,172 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.63 2.91 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $43,102 $29,634 Median household income, 2007-2011 $92,599 $61,632 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.6% 14.4%     Business QuickFacts Irvine California Total number of firms, 2007 28,549 3,425,510 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.2% 4.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.8% 14.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 16.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.9% 30.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 8,761,538 491,372,092 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 33,740,652 598,456,486 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,566,820 455,032,270 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $23,098 $12,561 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 755,800 80,852,787     Geography QuickFacts Irvine California Land area in square miles, 2010 66.11 155,779.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,212.6 239.1 FIPS Code 36770 06 Counties Orange County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts