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Location of La Palma inside Orange County, California.
La Palma, California is positioned in the US La Palma, California - La Palma, California La Palma is a town/city in Orange County, California, United States.
In 2013, La Palma was ranked 31st in the "Best places to live" among small metros/cities (50,000 or less) in the United States by CNN's Money magazine. In 2007, it was ranked 16th best place to live in the US. The rankings are based on the small-and-friendly neighborhood vibe, high-ranking schools, low crime-rate and the lowest police response time in Orange County.
La Palma was incorporated on October 26, 1955.
It was originally incorporated as Dairyland, and was one of three dairy metros/cities in the region (the other two being Dairy Valley in Cerritos and Dairy City in Cypress) but when the dairies moved east in 1965, the name of the improve was changed to La Palma, after the region's Spanish tradition and its chief thoroughfare, La Palma Avenue. La Palma is positioned at 33 50 58 N 118 2 38 W (33.849327, -118.043951). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.82 square miles (4.7 km2).
The 2010 US Enumeration reported that La Palma had a populace of 15,568.
The ethnic makeup of La Palma was 5,762 (37.0%) White (27.8% Non-Hispanic White), 802 (5.2%) African American, 56 (0.4%) Native American, 7,483 (48.1%) Asian, 41 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 760 (4.9%) from other competitions, and 664 (4.3%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 15,548 citizens (99.9% of the population) lived in homeholds, 14 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 6 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 5,080 homeholds, out of which 1,949 (38.4%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 3,331 (65.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 641 (12.6%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 240 (4.7%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 3,423 citizens (22.0%) under the age of 18, 1,418 citizens (9.1%) aged 18 to 24, 3,805 citizens (24.4%) aged 25 to 44, 4,445 citizens (28.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,477 citizens (15.9%) who were 65 years of age or older.
11,315 citizens (72.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 4,233 citizens (27.2%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, La Palma had a median homehold income of $87,289, with 7.2% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. There were 4,979 homeholds out of which 37.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 69.5% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 15.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
According to La Palma's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city were: 2 La Palma Intercommunity Hospital 480 In the California State Legislature, La Palma is in the 29th Senate District, represented by Democrat Josh Newman, and in the 65th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva. In the United States House of Representatives, La Palma is in California's 38th congressional district, represented by Democrat Linda Sanchez. Fire protection in La Palma is provided by the Orange County Fire Authority with ambulance transport by Care Ambulance Service.
The La Palma Police Department provides law enforcement services under the command of Interim Police Chief Michael Mc - Crary.
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