Anaheim

Anaheim, California 

Anaheim is a city in northern Orange County, California, and is a component of the Greater Los Angeles Area (/aenham/ AN-hyme). The city was the most populous in Orange County, the 10th most populous in California, and the 56th most populous city in the US as of the 2020 United States Census, which recorded a population of 346,824. The Disneyland Resort, the Anaheim Convention Center, and two important sports teams—the Los Angeles Angels baseball team and the Anaheim Ducks ice hockey team—are all located in Anaheim, the second-largest city in Orange County in terms of geographical size. 

On March 18, 1876, Anaheim became the second city in Los Angeles County after being established in 1857 by fifty German families. Orange County was separated from Los Angeles County in 1889. Up before the opening of Disneyland on July 17, 1955, Anaheim was primarily an agricultural community. As a result, a number of hotels and motels were built nearby, and residential areas in Anaheim soon followed. Additionally, the city grew into a major industrial hub, producing electronics, aircraft components, and canned fruit. It is a charter city, Anaheim. 

The city limits of Anaheim cover a wide variety of neighborhoods and span nearly the entire width of Orange County, from Cypress in the west, twenty miles east to the border with Riverside County. Mid-century tract homes are prevalent throughout the west. The largest of the three mixed-use historic districts in downtown Anaheim is the Anaheim Colony. The Anaheim-Santa Ana edge city, which extends east and south into the cities of Orange, Santa Ana, and Garden Grove, is where a hub of commercial activity of regional significance starts south of the city's center.  

The Disneyland Resort, with its two theme parks, several hotels, and retail area, is a part of the broader Anaheim Resort district, which also contains a huge number of other hotels and shopping centers. Angel Stadium is located in the Platinum Triangle, a neo-urban redevelopment area that will be home to high-rises and mixed-use streets. East of the Orange Freeway and more to the east is the industrial area known as Anaheim Canyon. The eastern part of the city is made up of Anaheim Hills, a planned development, and undeveloped area to the east of Route 241 Toll Road. 

Geography 

At 33°50′10′′N 117°53′23′′W, Anaheim is about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of the center of Los Angeles. From the Orange-Riverside County boundary to Buena Park, the city approximately follows the 91 Freeway's east-to-west path. The communities of Yorba Linda, Placentia, Fullerton, and Buena Park border Anaheim to the north (from east to west). Buena Park and Cypress form the city's western border. Stanton, Garden Grove, and Orange are the cities that surround Anaheim on the south (from west to east). The city is bordered by a number of unincorporated areas of Orange County, notably Anaheim Island. The city has a total area of 50.8 square miles (132 km2), of which 49.8 square miles (129 km2) are land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) is water, making up 1.92 percent of the city's total area. 

Climate 

Anaheim, like many other South Coast cities, has a climate that is on the cusp of being hot and semi-arid (Köppen BSh) and just shy of being Mediterranean (Köppen Csa). This climate is marked by warm winters with sporadic heavy rainfalls and scorching, basically rainless summers. The highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded in Anaheim are 115 °F (46 °C) on July 6, 2018, and 30 °F (-1 °C) on February 15, 1990, and January 30, 2002, respectively. 

Economy 

The economy of Anaheim is focused on tourism. Besides being the largest employer in the area, The Walt Disney Company also makes an annual economic contribution to Southern California of around $4.7 billion through the Disneyland Resort. Additionally, it generates $255 million in taxes annually. The Anaheim Convention Center, which hosts numerous significant national conferences, is another source of tourism. The resort area of the city is home to many hotels that cater to convention visitors and tourists visiting theme parks. The Anaheim-Santa Ana edge city, along with the South Coast Plaza-John Wayne Airport edge city and Irvine Spectrum, is one of the three largest such clusters in Orange County. It extends from the Disney area to the Santa Ana River in the east, south into the cities of Garden Grove, Orange, and Santa Ana, and north into the city of Garden Grove. 

The largest industrial sector in Orange County, the Anaheim Canyon Business Park accounts for 63% of the city of Anaheim's industrial space. The second-largest business park in Orange County is located in Anaheim Canyon. 

Transportation 

Orangethorpe Avenue, La Palma Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, Ball Road, and Katella Avenue are the principal surface streets in the central part of the city (excluding Anaheim Hills), and they go from north to south. Knott Avenue, Beach Boulevard (SR 39), Magnolia Avenue, Brookhurst Street, Euclid Street, West Street/Disneyland Drive, Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim Boulevard, East Street, State College Boulevard, Kraemer Boulevard, and Tustin Avenue are the principal surface roadways that go from west to east. 

In Anaheim Hills, Orangethorpe Avenue, La Palma Avenue, Santa Ana Canyon Road, and Nohl Ranch Road are among the main surface roadways that travel west-to-east. The two main surface streets that run north-south are Fairmont Boulevard and Lakeview Avenue. In the city of Anaheim, Imperial Highway (SR 90) and Yorba Linda Boulevard/Weir Canyon Road are south-north routes; nevertheless, north of Anaheim, they are west-east arterials. 

In addition to the aforementioned surface streets SR 39 and SR 90, Anaheim is traversed by seven state-maintained roads (Caltrans), four of which are freeways and one of which is a toll road. They are the Riverside Freeway, the Orange Freeway, and the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) (SR 91). There are also brief sections of the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR 55) and the Eastern Transportation Corridor (SR 241 toll road) inside the city limits. 

The Union Pacific Railroad and the BNSF Railway are the two principal railroads that service Anaheim. Additionally, Amtrak, Metrolink, and a number of bus companies are served by the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), a significant regional transit hub close to the Honda Center and the Angel Stadium. The Anaheim Canyon Metrolink station is used by the Inland Empire-Orange County Line of Metrolink. The planned network of California High-Speed Rail includes ARTIC as a stop. 

Bus service is provided for Anaheim by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), which also operates routes that serve the entire county. OCTA and Los Angeles County Metro both run routes that connect Anaheim to Los Angeles County, and the Riverside Transit Agency runs one route that serves both Riverside and San Bernardino. The Anaheim Resort area is serviced by the Anaheim Resort Transit (ART), which also offers local shuttle service to nearby hotels, tourist destinations, and the Disneyland Resort. In the central Anaheim region, Disney GOALS offers daily free bus service for young people from low-income families. In 2018, a plan to run streetcars along Harbor Boulevard was turned down. 

In addition to being reachable from adjacent Los Angeles International (30 miles) and Ontario (35 miles) airports, Anaheim is equally far from John Wayne Airport and Long Beach Airport (15 miles). 

Population 

California's Orange County is home to the city of Anaheim. It will have a population of 349,992 in 2023, making it the 55th largest city in the United States and the 10th largest city in California. The population of Anaheim has fallen by -0.88% since the most recent census, which showed a population of 353,085 in 2020. Currently, Anaheim is expanding at a pace of 0.30% yearly. Anaheim's population density per square mile is 6,955, spanning over 51 miles. 

Anaheim has a poverty rate of 17.0% and a $92,330 average household income. The median monthly cost of rent in recent years has been, and the median value of a home is. 34 years old for men and 35.6 years old for women make up Anaheim's median age. 

In terms of area, Anaheim is the second-largest city in Orange County. 

Top 2 News Websites 

The Orange County Register 

The Orange County Register reports on regional news, including city politics, crime, and breaking news, from Anaheim, California. 

ABC7 Los Angeles 

Online live streaming video and breaking news are both provided by ABC7 Los Angeles. covering the wider Southern California region, including Los Angeles, Orange County, and. Visit ABC7 Los Angeles for the most recent information about the city of Anaheim. 

Current Mayor 

In November 2022, Ashleigh Aitken was chosen to serve as Anaheim's 48th mayor. In the 165-year history of Anaheim, she is the city's first female mayor. 

On the City Council, Mayor Aitken speaks for all of Anaheim's citizens, communities, and companies. 

In her role as mayor, Aitken is committed to greater openness at City Hall, improved public safety, the expansion of affordable housing, and the expansion of Anaheim's economy by bolstering the visitor industry and streamlining procedures so that businesses may develop and draw in new industries. 

Aitken previously held the position of chairwoman of the Anaheim Community Services Board from 2011 to 2013. 

Aitken, a trial lawyer with more than 20 years of experience, is a member of the Santa Ana-based boutique personal injury company Aitken Aitken Cohn. She previously worked as a federal prosecutor in California's Central District. She prosecuted drug trafficking, mail and wire fraud, child pornography, illegal possession of a handgun, and other breaches of federal law. 

She was elected president of the Orange County Bar Association in 2015, and as part of her duties, she created a veterans committee to increase the availability of free legal aid for service personnel and their families. 

Aitken has been a member of the OC Fair & Events Center's board of directors since 2012, serving as chairwoman in 2015. Directors are chosen by the California governor to lead the year-round activities at the Costa Mesa fairgrounds, including the annual OC Fair. 

Aitken, a lifetime resident of Anaheim, is a volunteer Girl Scout unit leader and sits on the board of Caterina's Club, a charity founded by chef Bruno Serato to feed and assist underprivileged families, which has its headquarters in Anaheim. She serves on the board of WISEplace, a refuge for homeless women in Santa Ana. 

Aitken graduated from Boston College with a bachelor's degree in secondary education and history and was an All-American rugby player. The University of Southern California Gould School of Law is where she obtained her law degree. 

Along with her husband Michael, their three children, and the family pets, she resides in Anaheim.