THE COUNTY VS. THE REPRESENTATIVES

How do the Orange County contingents in the U.S. House and State Senate and Assembly compare demographically to the rest of us? The following contrasts the county’s population with the people elected from the area:

Orange Orange County Category County Politicians MEDIAN AGE 29.5 years 50.6 years PLACE OF BIRTH Born in California 42.6% 44.4% Born in different state 43.2% 55.6% Foreign born 13.3% 0 Born abroad or at sea 0.9% 0 RACE White 86.4% 100% Latino origin** 14.8% 0 Asian 4.5% 0 Black 1.3% 0 Other 7.2% 0 MARITAL STATUS Single, never married 27.5% 22.2% Married 56.2% 72.2% Separated 2.2% 0 Widowed 5.5% 0 Divorced 8.6% 5.6% RELIGION Catholic ***20.3% 16.7% Protestant n/a 66.6% Mormon *** 3.1% 16.7%

SEX Orange County Female: 50.7% Male: 49.3% Orange County Politians Female: 11.1% Male: 88.9% EDUCATION* Orange County Elementary school graduate: 3.6% High school graduate: 31.9% Some college: 25.8% 4 or more years of college: 22.6% Orange County Politians Elementary school graduate: 0 High school graduate: 0 Some college: 27.8% 4 or more years of college: 72.2% PARTY AFFILIATION Orange County Republican: 54.3% Democrat: 35.4% Other: 10.3% Orange County Politians Republican: 94.4% Democrat: 5.6% Other: 0 PROFESSION Orange County Executive/administrative/managerial: 15.3% Professional specialty: 13.6% Technical/sales/administrative support (including clerical): 33.3% Service: 11.0% Production/craft/repair: 12.1% Farming/forestry/fishing: 1.2% Operators/fabricators/laborers: 13.5% Orange County Politians Executive/administrative/managerial: 33.3% Professional specialty: 66.7% Technical/sales/administrative support (including clerical): 0 Service: 0 Production/craft/repair: 0 Farming/forestry/fishing: 0 Operators/fabricators/laborers: 0 ** People of Latino origin may be of any race.

***Based on 1988 estimates by the individual religious organizations.

Note: County figures are for the entire county population with the following exceptions: marital status--people 15 or older; education--people 25 or older; profession--employed people 16 or older; party affiliation--registered voters.

* Totals do not include those with some high school or some elementary school education.

Source: The 1980 U.S. Census; The Orange County Registrar of Voters; The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) Anaheim mission and the Diocese of Orange.