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Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana, California
City
Old Orange County Courthouse, Santa Ana, California.jpg
Santa Ana Amtrak Station.jpg Entrance 1431.jpg
Minter House 01.jpg Disc-ext1.jpg
Flag of Santa Ana, California
Flag
Official seal of Santa Ana, California
Seal
Motto: Education First
Location of Santa Ana within Orange County, California
Location of Santa Ana within Orange County, California
Santa Ana is located in the US
Santa Ana
Santa Ana
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°44′27″N 117°52′53″W / 33.74083°N 117.88139°W / 33.74083; -117.88139Coordinates: 33°44′27″N 117°52′53″W / 33.74083°N 117.88139°W / 33.74083; -117.88139
Country United States
State California
County Orange
Founded 1869
Incorporated June 1, 1886
Government
 • Mayor Miguel A. Pulido
Area
 • Total 27.518 sq mi (71.271 km2)
 • Land 27.270 sq mi (70.628 km2)
 • Water 0.248 sq mi (0.643 km2)  0.90%
Elevation 115 ft (35 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 324,528
 • Estimate (2014) 334,909
 • Rank 2nd in Orange County
11th in California
57th in the United States
 • Density 12,000/sq mi (4,600/km2)
Time zone Pacific (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 92701–92708, 92711, 92712, 92728, 92735, 92799
Area code 657/714, 949
FIPS code 06-69000
GNIS feature IDs 1652790,2411814
Website santa-ana.org

Santa Ana /ˌsæntə ˈænə/ (Spanish for "Saint Anne") is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California. The United States Census Bureau estimated its 2011 population at 329,427, making Santa Ana the 57th most-populous city in the United States.

Santa Ana is located in Southern California, adjacent to the Santa Ana River, about 10 miles (16 km) away from the California coast. Founded in 1869, the city is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second largest metropolitan area in the United States with almost 18 million residents in 2010. Santa Ana is a very densely populated city, ranking fourth nationally in that regard among cities of over 300,000 residents (trailing only New York City, San Francisco, and Boston). In 2011 Forbes ranked Santa Ana the fourth-safest city of over 250,000 residents in the United States.

Santa Ana lends its name to the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5), which runs through the city. It also shares its name with the nearby Santa Ana Mountains, and the Santa Ana winds, which have historically fueled seasonal wildfires throughout Southern California. The current Office of Management and Budget (OMB) metropolitan designation for the Orange County Area is Santa Ana–Anaheim–Irvine, California.


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