Lake Forest, California
Lake Forest
is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The population
was 58,707 at the 2000 census.
TLake Forest
was created in 1991. Residents voted to name the city
Lake Forest, after an expensive
gated residential community, denying the longer claim to the territory
by the community of El Toro. Since being founded, it has expanded its
limits to include the new communities of Foothill Ranch and Portola
Hills. The multiplicity of names often creates confusion: some people in
the Portola Hills neighborhood, for example, can receive mail addressed
to them at Portola Hills, Lake Forest,
or Trabuco Canyon.
The City of Lake Forest
hosts the headquarters for hard-drive maker Western Digital and
telecommunications software developer Greenlight Wireless Corporation.
In 1994, Kathryn McCullough became Mayor of
Lake Forest, the first
African-American mayor of any city in Orange County.
The city of Lake Forest
has one high school, El Toro High School. The
Lake Forest high school was opened
in 1973. It has established itself as one of the top schools in Southern
California. The mascot is a bull and its teams are known as the
Chargers. School colors are blue and gold.
Lake Forest Geography
Lake Forest
is located at 33°38′30″N, 117°41′27″W (33.641642, -117.690733)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the
Lake Forest has a total area of
32.7 km˛ (12.6 mi˛). 32.3 km˛ (12.5 mi˛) of it is land and 0.3 km˛ (0.1
mi˛) of it (0.95%) is water.
El Toro/Lake Forest/Portola
is located in the heart of the Saddleback Valley.
Lake Forest is also in the northern
section of South Orange County.
Lake Forest
has two man-made unnamed lakes identified by the clubhouses on the
lakes: the Beach and Tennis Club (Lake I) and the Sun and Sail Club
(Lake II).
Lake Forest Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 58,707
people, 20,008 households, and 14,745 families residing in
Lake Forest. The population density
in Lake Forest was 1,814.8/km˛
(4,698.8/mi˛). In Lake Forest
there were 20,486 housing units at an average density of 633.3/km˛
(1,639.7/mi˛). The racial makeup of Lake
Forest was 76.02% White, 1.83% African American, 0.50% Native
American, 9.70% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 7.51% from other races,
and 4.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were
18.59% of the population in Lake Forest.
In Lake Forest
there were 20,008 households out of which 39.2% had children under the
age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were married couples living together,
10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were
non-families. 19.4% of all households in
Lake Forest were made up of individuals and 5.1% of
Lake Forest households had someone
living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household
size in Lake Forest was 2.89 and
the average family size was 3.31.
In the Lake Forest
population was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18
to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age in
Lake Forest was 35 years. For every 100 females in
Lake Forest there were 96.7 males.
For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.
The median income for a household in
Lake Forest was $67,967, and the
median income for a family was $75,121. Males had a median income of
$52,019 versus $37,100 for females. The per capita income for
Lake Forest was $28,583. About 3.2%
of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line,
including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.
Lake Forest Government & Politics
Of the 40,352 registered voters in
Lake Forest; 25.8% are Democrats and
53.4% are Republicans. The remaining 20.8% either declined to state
political affiliation or are registered with one of the many minor
political parties. Richard Dixon serves as
Lake Forest's mayor and Mark Tettemer as Mayor Pro Tem. The
three Lake Forest city council
members are Kathryn Mc Cullough, Marcia Rudolph, and Peter Herzog.
Lake Forest
is part of California's 48th congressional district, and is represented
in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman John Campbell.
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