Santa Ana, California
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 64th densest large city in the United States. Santa Ana is a major regional economic and cultural hub for the Orange Coast.
Santa Ana, California
United States
1869[1]
June 1, 1886[2]
Valerie Amezcua[3]
Jessie Lopez
Thai Viet Phan
Benjamin Vazquez
Phil Bacerra
Johnathan Ryan Hernandez
David Penaloza
Kristine Ridge
27.37 sq mi (70.89 km2)
27.34 sq mi (70.81 km2)
0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) 0.90%
115 ft (35 m)
306,457
11,000/sq mi (4,300/km2)
- Santanero (Spanish colloquial)
- Santanera (Spanish colloquial)
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]
