Welcome to the Orange County Resource Directory

Orange County City Guide
The new site launched in January 2008 and has been a great success. We offer a fabulous network of sites for Orange County and are the fastest growing resource in OC. The name OCStandard has become a household name for where you go to find everything in Orange County.

OCStandard offers a HUGE variety of resources. We've become famous for our restaurant guide and receive emails and calls often on how much our restaurant and dining guide is liked. We've also made it extra easy to find, simply visit OrangeCountyRestaurants.net.

We are more than restaurants, we have many categories for locals and visitor alike. Find fun things to do with our Orange County Calendar of events, search spas, outdoors, shopping, museums, fun things for kids to do, we have it all.

OCStandard even offers a complete Travel and Hotel Resource. Book all your travel quickly and safely online or if you prefer book your reservations by phone. No matter which way you book your hotel or travel accomodations you are paying the LOWEST rate guaranteed, with your lowest rate guarantee you also receive a rebate on ANY HOTEL stay 3 or more days. Check out our Hotel and Travel Guide for Orange County

Tickets, Tickets, Tickets
We offer concert tickets, sport events, theater everything that requires a ticket is here. You can search tickets at http://tickets.ocstandard.com/

OC Jobs and Careers
Looking for a job is even simple at OCStandard. OCStandard and CareerBuilder have partnered up in order to bring Orange County the BEST Career and Job resource. Post Resumes, Search jobs, learn great interview tips, CareerBuilder covers it all. You can check out our Job and Career Resource here. >>


Visit some of our other great sites serving Orange County, California

Orange County's Daily News Resource at OCDailyNews.com

About Orange County
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,846,293, while a July 2008 estimate placed the population at 3,010,759, making it the second most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and ahead of San Diego County.[1] It is the sixth most populous county in the United States as of 2009 while at the same time is also the smallest area-wise county in Southern California, being roughly half the size of the next smallest county, Ventura. The county is famous for its tourism, as the home of such attractions as Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm, as well as several beaches along its more than 40 miles (64 km) of coastline. It is also known for its affluence and political conservatism. In fact, a 2005 academic study listed three Orange County cities as being among America's 25 "most conservative," making it the only county in the country containing more than one such city.[2]

Orange County also became well known for being the largest US county ever to have gone bankrupt, when in 1994, longtime treasurer Robert Citron's investment strategies left the county with inadequate capital to allow for any raise in interest rates for its trading positions. When the conservative residents of Orange County voted down a proposal to raise taxes in order to balance the budget, bankruptcy followed shortly thereafter. Citron later pleaded guilty to six felonies regarding the matter.[3]

Whereas most population centers in the United States tend to be identified by a major city, there is no defined urban center in Orange County. It is mostly suburban, except for some traditionally urban areas at the centers of the older cities of Anaheim, Santa Ana, Orange, Huntington Beach, and Fullerton. There are also several edge city-style developments such as South Coast Metro and Newport Center.

While Santa Ana serves as the governmental center of the county, Anaheim is its main tourist destination, and Irvine its major business and financial hub. Four Orange County cities have populations exceeding 200,000: Santa Ana, Anaheim, Irvine, and Huntington Beach.[4]

Thirty-four incorporated cities are located in Orange County; the newest is Aliso Viejo, which was incorporated in 2001. Anaheim was the first city incorporated in Orange County, in 1870 when the region was still part of neighboring Los Angeles County.

Average household income by communityUnincorporated communities are included if their population is greater than 15,000. These numbers are estimates from the 2005 Census updates for these locales. Numbers are approximate until a new Census occurs.

1.Villa Park: $203,091
2.Anaheim Hills: $157,938
3.Coto de Caza: $153,118
4.Laguna Beach: $141,916
5.Yorba Linda: $138,910
6.Newport Beach: $137,226
7.North Tustin: $122,685
8.Laguna Niguel: $112,241
9.Irvine: $111,455
10.Laguna Hills: $103,419
11.Ladera Ranch: $99,537
12.Dana Point: $97,615
13.San Clemente: $94,576
14.Rossmoor: $93,972
15.Rancho Santa Margarita: $92,671
16.Mission Viejo: $84,934
17.Aliso Viejo: $83,002
18.San Juan Capistrano: $78,638
19.West Garden Grove: $78,112
20.La Palma: $77,177
 21.Cypress: $76,312
22.Huntington Beach: $75,900
23.Fountain Valley: $73,504
24.Lake Forest: $73,293
25.Los Alamitos: $71,112
26.Brea: $70,009
27.Costa Mesa: $69,918
28.Seal Beach: $66,131
29.Placentia: $66,083
30.Orange: $62,760
31.Fullerton: $61,462
32.Anaheim: $60,881
33.Tustin: $60,319
34.Buena Park: $57,695
35.Westminster: $57,172
36.Garden Grove: $50,038
37.La Habra: $49,612
38.Santa Ana: $44,505
39.Stanton: $37,840
40.Laguna Woods: $31,212
 
Business
Orange County is the headquarters of many Fortune 500 companies including Ingram Micro (#69) and First American Corporation (#312) in Santa Ana, Western Digital (#439) in Lake Forest and Pacific Life (#452) in Newport Beach. Irvine is the home of numerous start-up companies and also is the home of Fortune 1000 headquarters for Allergan, Broadcom, Edwards Lifesciences, Epicor, Standard Pacific and Sun Healthcare Group. Other Fortune 1000 companies in Orange County include Beckman Coulter in Brea, Quiksilver in Huntington Beach and Apria Healthcare Group in Lake Forest. Irvine is also the home of notable technology companies like PC-manufacturer Gateway Inc., router manufactuer Linksys, and video/computer game creator Blizzard Entertainment. Many regional headquarters for international businesses reside in Orange County like Mazda, Toshiba, Toyota, Samsung, Kia Motors, in the City of Irvine, Mitsubishi in the City of Cypress, and Hyundai in the City of Fountain Valley. Fashion is another important industry to Orange County. Oakley, Inc. is headquartered in Lake Forest. Hurley International is headquartered in Costa Mesa. The shoe company Pleaser USA, Inc. is located in Fullerton. St. John is headquartered in Irvine. Wet Seal is headquarted in Lake Forest. PacSun is headquartered in Anaheim.[18] Restaurants such as Del Taco, Wahoo's Fish Tacos, Taco Bell, El Pollo Loco, In-N-Out Burger, Claim Jumper, Marie Callender's, Wienerschnitzel, have headquarters in the City of Irvine as well.