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Location of Laguna Hills inside Orange County, California.
Laguna Hills, California is positioned in the US Laguna Hills, California - Laguna Hills, California Laguna Hills is a town/city in Orange County, California, United States.
Its name refers to its adjacency to Laguna Canyon and the much older Laguna Beach.
Other newer metros/cities nearby Laguna Niguel and Laguna Woods are similarly named.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.7 square miles (17 km2).
Laguna Hills is assembled on one of the primary land grants advanced during the rancho era.
Don Juan Avila was granted the 13,000 Rancho Niguel on which Laguna Hills is located.
The Moulton Ranch was eventually subdivided in the early 1960s, and part of the division became today's Laguna Hills.
Incorporation accomplishments began in 1987 and on March 5, 1991, 86% of the inhabitants voted in favor of forming the City of Laguna Hills.
On December 20, 1991, Laguna Hills officially became a City.
Subsequent annexations have encompassed the North Laguna Hills (1996) and the "Westside Annexation" (2000) areas.
In 2004, Laguna Hills' City Hall was moved to an existing office building at 24035 El Toro Road, which was bought and renovated by the city.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Laguna Hills had a populace of 30,344.
The ethnic makeup of Laguna Hills was 22,045 (72.7%) White (61.7% Non-Hispanic White), 420 (1.4%) African American, 101 (0.3%) Native American, 3,829 (12.6%) Asian, 58 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 2,470 (8.1%) from other competitions, and 1,421 (4.7%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 29,975 citizens (98.8% of the population) lived in homeholds, 233 (0.8%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 136 (0.4%) were institutionalized.
There were 10,469 homeholds, of which 3,637 (34.7%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 6,278 (60.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 983 (9.4%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 472 (4.5%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
6,762 citizens (22.3%) were under the age of 18; 2,617 citizens (8.6%) aged 18 to 24; 7,638 citizens (25.2%) aged 25 to 44; 9,437 citizens (31.1%) aged 45 to 64; and 3,890 citizens (12.8%) who were 65 years of age or older.
22,307 citizens (73.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 7,668 citizens (25.3%) lived in rental housing units.
Part of the Laguna Hills Civic Center facade facing El Toro Road There were 10,895 homeholds of which 37.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 27.1% were non-families.
In the California State Legislature, Laguna Hills is in the 36th Senate District, represented by Republican Patricia Bates, and in the 73rd Assembly District, represented by Republican Bill Brough. In the United States House of Representatives, Laguna Hills is in California's 45th congressional district, represented by Republican Mimi Walters. The Laguna Hills Civic Center was an existing office building at 24035 El Toro Road near the Laguna Hills Mall which was bought and totally renovated by the city.
The town/city moved its City Hall there in 2004, but also rents out space in the building on a commercial basis, providing the town/city with a positive net income on the building. Fire protection in Laguna Hills is provided by the Orange County Fire Authority with ambulance service by Care Ambulance Service.
Laguna Hills is served by the Saddleback Valley Unified School District.
Laguna Hills students attend a range of high performing elementary schools; Lomarena Elementary School and Valencia Elementary School.
Laguna Hills middle schools are La Paz Intermediate School and Los Alisos Intermediate School in neighboring Mission Viejo.
The town/city has its own high school, Laguna Hills High School, the smallest school in the precinct built in 1978 and one of the smallest in south Orange County with severaler than 1,700 students.
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Laguna Hills, California - Cities in Orange County, California - San Joaquin Hills - Incorporated metros/cities and suburbs in California - Populated places established in 1991 - 1991 establishments in California
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