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County · California
Orange County
3,170,435Population
-0.5 %Change since 2020
-12,020Net migration
4.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 3,170,435 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.5 %
- Net migration
- -12,020 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1 % (2025)
- State
- California
- Population base, April 2020
- 3,187,256 (2020)
- Births
- 30,692 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.7
- Deaths
- 22,850 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.2
- Natural change, 2023
- 7,842
- International migration
- 24,018 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -36,038 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -3.8
- Postal code
- CA
- FIPS code
- 06059
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.1 % |
| 2024 | 3.9 % |
| 2023 | 3.5 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 6.0 % |
| 2020 | 8.8 % |
| 2019 | 2.8 % |
| 2018 | 3.0 % |
| 2017 | 3.5 % |
| 2016 | 4.0 % |
| 2015 | 4.5 % |
| 2014 | 5.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,170,435 |
| 2023 | 3,154,563 |
| 2022 | 3,158,489 |
| 2021 | 3,159,351 |
| 2020 | 3,186,261 |