Editing La Habra, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
{{Redirect|La Habra}}
{{For|the adjacent city|La Habra Heights, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = La Habra, California
|settlement_type          = [[List of municipalities in California|City]]
|motto                    = "A Caring Community"<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ci.la-habra.ca.us/|title= City of La Habra California|publisher= City of La Habra California|access-date= September 12, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100127105626/http://www.ci.la-habra.ca.us/|archive-date= January 27, 2010}}</ref>
|image_skyline            = File:Bridge above Idaho St - panoramio.jpg
|imagesize                = 250x200px
|image_caption            = Bridge over Idaho Street
|image_flag               = Flag of La Habra, California.gif
|image_seal               = Seal of La Habra, California.png
|image_blank_emblem       = City logo of La Habra, California.png
|blank_emblem_type = Logo
|image_map                = File:Orange County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas La Habra Highlighted 0639290.svg
|mapsize                  = 250x200px
|map_caption              = Location of La Habra in Orange County, California
|image_map1               = 
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|map_caption1             = 
| pushpin_map = USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
| pushpin_relief = 1
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[California]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in California|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Orange County, California|Orange]]
|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = January 20, 1925<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc 
 |title=California Cities by Incorporation Date 
 |format=Word 
 |publisher=California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s 
 |access-date=August 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc 
 |archive-date=November 3, 2014 }}</ref>
|named_for                = [[Rancho La Habra]]
|government_type          = [[Council-Manager]]
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Daren Nigsarian 
|leader_title1            = [[Mayor Pro Tem]]
|leader_name1             = Rose Espinoza
|leader_title2            = [[City Council]]
|leader_name2             = Carrie Surich<br /> Rose Espinoza <br /> James Gomez
|leader_title3            = [[City Manager]]
|leader_name3             = Jim Sadro 
<!-- Area------------------>
| unit_pref               = Imperial
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi        = 7.56
| area_land_sq_mi         = 7.55
| area_water_sq_mi        = 0.01
| area_total_km2          = 19.58
| area_land_km2           = 19.57
| area_water_km2          = 0.02
| area_water_percent      = 0.08
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|1652735|La Habra|access-date=November 5, 2014}}</ref>
|elevation_ft             = 299
|elevation_m              = 91
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 63097
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_density_sq_mi = 8010.72
|population_density_km2   = 3222.52
|pop_est_as_of            = 
|pop_est_footnotes        = 
|population_est           = 
|timezone                 = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]]
|utc_offset               = −8
|timezone_DST             = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]]
|utc_offset_DST           = −7
|coordinates              = {{Coord|33|55|55|N|117|56|46|W|region:US-CA_type:city(60,000)|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]s
|postal_code              = 90631–90633
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 562|562]]<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.nanpa.com/enas/npa_city_query.do | title = NPA City Report | publisher = North American Numbering Plan Administration | access-date = November 5, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141104200810/http://www.nanpa.com/enas/npa_city_query.do | archive-date = November 4, 2014 }}</ref>
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
|blank_info               = {{FIPS|06|39290}}
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature IDs
|blank1_info              = {{GNIS 4|1652735}}, {{GNIS 4|2411571}}
|website                  = {{URL|http://www.lahabraca.gov/}}
}}

'''La Habra''' – archaic spelling of {{langnf|es|La Abra|The Opening}} – is a city in the northwestern corner of [[Orange County, California]], United States. In the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the city had a population of 60,239.

==History==

===Origin of name===
The name referred to the "Pass Through the Hills,"<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=10362|title= Profile for La Habra, California, CA|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= September 12, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130131233522/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=10362|archive-date= January 31, 2013}}</ref> the natural pass through the [[Puente Hills|hills to the north]] first discovered and used by Spanish explorers of the [[Portola expedition]] on [[Timeline of the Portolà expedition|July 30, 1769]].

In 1839, when the area was part of [[Alta California]], vast herds of cattle and horses grazed over the hills and valleys of Southern California.  Mariano Reyes Roldan was granted {{convert|6698|acre|km2|0}} in that year and named his land [[Rancho La Habra|Rancho Cañada de La Habra]]. In the 1860s, [[Abel Stearns]] purchased Rancho La Habra.

===Historical information===
La Habra was founded in 1896.<ref name=ocr20130831>{{cite news|last=Haire|first=Chris|title=Blurred Boundary|newspaper=The Orange County Register|date=August 31, 2013|page=News 35}}</ref>   The first post office in the town was established in 1898 in a corner of Coy's Store at Central (now La Habra Boulevard) and Euclid Street.

The city was incorporated under general law on January 20, 1925, with a population of 3,000. The police force was organized in 1926 and employed a chief, traffic officer and patrolman. By 1928, the city was the largest avocado center in Southern California. In 1930, the first fire department building was constructed followed by the original City Hall in 1935. By 1950, the population reached nearly 5,000. The Civic Center took shape when the existing County Library was dedicated in 1966, followed by the present administration building in 1969.

For more than 70 years, La Habra was known as the city just south of La Habra Heights, where the [[Hass avocado|'Hass' avocado]], of the 'Hass' avocado mother tree, was planted by Rudolph Hass in the 1920s.<ref name="californiaavocadosociety.org 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.californiaavocadosociety.org/motherhass.html|author=<!--Staff writer; no by-line.-->|title=The Hass Mother Tree: 1926–2002|pages="Mother Hass Tree" section|publisher=[[California Avocado Society]]|location=[[Irvine, CA]]|date=2008|access-date=September 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513115409/http://www.californiaavocadosociety.org/motherhass.html|archive-date=May 13, 2008}}</ref> The [[Hass avocado|fruit]] from this tree has since become one of the most popular avocado cultivars worldwide. The 'Hass' mother tree succumbed to root rot in 2002.

The [[La Habra Stakes]], run since 1973 at the [[Santa Anita Park]] [[Thoroughbred]] [[race track]], is named for La Habra.

The city contracts with the [[Los Angeles County Fire Department]] for EMS and fire protection.

Law enforcement is provided by the La Habra Police Department, which in 2008 employed about 70 officers. From 2004 to 2008, they ranked third in the number of officer-involved shootings among twenty Orange County municipal police departments. One case among these, the 2007 [[death of Michael Cho]], resulted in a [[wrongful death]] lawsuit against the city which was settled in September 2010 for $250,000.<ref name="Kim">{{citation|last1=Kim|first1=Kenneth|last2=Kim|first2=Sangjin|title=Gone in 41 Seconds &mdash; Police Quick to Kill Korean Artist|date=February 24, 2008|access-date=February 26, 2008|periodical=New America Media|url=http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=ad58d8b8031a47854d3676200f5c5be5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525090957/http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=ad58d8b8031a47854d3676200f5c5be5|archive-date=May 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://articles.ocregister.com/2010-09-15/crime/24627858_1_police-officers-tire-iron-civil-trial|periodical=The Orange Country Register|date=September 15, 2010|access-date=May 8, 2011|title=Lawsuit in deadly La Habra police shooting is settled|last=Ponsi|first=Lou|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707090844/http://articles.ocregister.com/2010-09-15/crime/24627858_1_police-officers-tire-iron-civil-trial|archive-date=July 7, 2012}}</ref>

A shopping plaza and post office were built in the 1970s on the site of a lake built by a rancher with Monkey Island where he let feral monkeys roam.<ref>{{Cite web |last=San Román |first=Gabriel |date=August 15, 2023 |title=La Habra condo owners see a gaping chasm where their greenbelt used to be |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-15/la-habra-orange-county-coyote-village-condominiums-greenbelt-flood-channel-collapse-winter-storms |access-date=August 15, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|7.4|sqmi|km2}}, with 0.08% covered by water.

It is bordered by [[La Habra Heights]] on the north, [[Brea, California|Brea]] on the east, [[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]] on the south and southeast, [[La Mirada]] on the west and southwest, [[East Whittier, California|East Whittier]] on the west, [[Whittier, California|Whittier]] on the northwest, and a small unnamed section of unincorporated Los Angeles County on the northeast.

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], La Habra has a [[Mediterranean climate#Hot-summer Mediterranean climate|hot-summer Mediterranean climate]], ''Csa'' on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=450140&cityname=La+Habra,+California,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=La Habra, California Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase}}</ref>

{{Weather box
| width = auto
| location = La Habra
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| collapsed = yes
| Jan mean C = 12.5
| Feb mean C = 12.8
| Mar mean C = 14.4
| Apr mean C = 16.1
| May mean C = 18.0
| Jun mean C = 20.5
| Jul mean C = 23.2
| Aug mean C = 23.6
| Sep mean C = 22.7
| Oct mean C = 19.3
| Nov mean C = 15.5
| Dec mean C = 12.2
| year mean C = 
| Jan high C = 18.3
| Feb high C = 18.4
| Mar high C = 20.0
| Apr high C = 21.8
| May high C = 23.6
| Jun high C = 26.4
| Jul high C = 29.6
| Aug high C = 30.3
| Sep high C = 29.3
| Oct high C = 25.6
| Nov high C = 21.8
| Dec high C = 17.7
| year high C = 
| Jan low C = 7.8
| Feb low C = 8.1
| Mar low C = 9.7
| Apr low C = 11.2
| May low C = 13.5
| Jun low C = 15.8
| Jul low C = 18.3
| Aug low C = 18.6
| Sep low C = 17.7
| Oct low C = 14.5
| Nov low C = 10.7
| Dec low C = 7.7
| year low C = 
| Jan precipitation mm = 44.5
| Feb precipitation mm = 49.7
| Mar precipitation mm = 25.9
| Apr precipitation mm = 12.3
| May precipitation mm = 6.8
| Jun precipitation mm = 1.8
| Jul precipitation mm = 1.9
| Aug precipitation mm = 2.1
| Sep precipitation mm = 3.7
| Oct precipitation mm = 9.5
| Nov precipitation mm = 14.1
| Dec precipitation mm = 36.2
| year precipitation mm = 
| source 1 = Weather.Directory<ref name="Weather.Directory">
{{cite web|url=https://weather.directory/us/la-habra
|title= La Habra Weather & Climate Guide
|access-date= 20 Apr 2025
|website= Weather.Directory}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1930= 2273
|1940= 2499
|1950= 4961
|1960= 25136
|1970= 41350
|1980= 45232
|1990= 51266
|2000= 58974
|2010= 60239
|2020= 63097
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706023553/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br>1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title=1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=September 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907072108/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title=1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828190324/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812164053/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823050629/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828162810/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=September 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918190408/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=September 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921120611/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812164028/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812164028/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823052400/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814213918/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204210903/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

La Habra first appeared as a city in the [[1930 U.S. Census]].<ref name=1930CensusCA/> Prior to 1930, the area was part of Brea Township (pop 2,515 in 1920).<ref name=1920CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''La Habra city, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – La Habra city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0639290&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – La Habra city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0639290&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – La Habra city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0639290&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|24,399
|18,178
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14,953
|41.37%
|30.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23.70%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|808
|836
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,047
|1.37%
|1.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.66%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|188
|148
|style='background: #ffffe6; |143
|0.32%
|0.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3,432
|5,501
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,802
|5.82%
|9.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.37%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|89
|80
|style='background: #ffffe6; |60
|0.15%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|95
|88
|style='background: #ffffe6; |254
|0.16%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.40%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,041
|959
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,399
|1.77%
|1.59%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.22%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|28,922
|34,449
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37,439
|49.04%
|57.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |59.34%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''58,974'''
|'''60,239'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''63,097'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], La Habra had a population of 60,239. The population density was {{convert|8,166.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|abbr=on}}. The racial makeup of La Habra was 35,147 (58.3%) White (30.2% non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0639290.html|title={title}|access-date=December 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120113841/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0639290.html|archive-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> 1,025 (1.7%) African American, 531 (0.9%) Native American, 5,653 (9.4%) Asian, 103 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 15,224 (25.3%) from other races, and 2,556 (4.2%) from two or more races. There were 34,449 Hispanic or Latino residents of any race (57.2%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0639290|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715035841/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0639290|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - La Habra city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 59,899 people (99.4% of the population) lived in households, 169 (0.3%) lived in noninstitutionalized group quarters, and 171 (0.3%) were institutionalized.

Of the 18,977 households, 7,937 (41.8%) had children under 18 living in them, 10,078 (53.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,905 (15.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,327 (7.0%) had a male householder with no wife present, 1,158 (6.1%) were [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 119 (0.6%) were [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]; 3,651 households (19.2%) were one person and 1,440 (7.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.16.  There were 14,310 families (75.4% of households); the average family size was 3.58.

The age distribution was 16,062 people (26.7%) under 18, 6,353 people (10.5%) 18 to 24, 17,349 (28.8%) 25 to 44, 13,926 people (23.1%) 45 to 64, and 6,549 people (10.9%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 33.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males.  For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 94.0 males.

The 19,924 housing units had an average density of 2,701.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 10,941 (57.7%) were owner-occupied and 8,036 (42.3%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.2%. About 33,609 people (55.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units, and 26,290 people (43.6%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, La Habra had a median household income of $60,954, with 14.0% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

===2000===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], 58,974 people in 18,947 households, including 14,020 families, lived in the city. The population density averaged 8,045.8 inhabitants per square mile (3,106.4/km{{sup|2}}). The 19,441 housing units had an average density of {{convert|2,652.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|abbr=on}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 41.4% White, 1.4% Black or African American, 1.0% Native American, 6.0% Asian, 2.4% from other races, and 4.7% from two or more races. About 49.0% of the population were [[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanic]]s or Latinos of any race.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
Of the 19,042 households, 39.3% had children under 18 living with them, 54.5% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.0% were not families. About 21.0% of households were one person and 8.0% were one person 65 or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.56.

The age distribution was 29.1% under 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% 65 or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.1 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 94.7 males.

The median household income was $47,652 and the median family income was $51,971. Males had a median income of $36,813 versus $30,466 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,923. About 19.1% of families and 22.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]].

==Economy==
===Top employers===
According to the city's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref name="acfr2023">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lahabraca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14480/2023-Annual-Comprehensive-Financial-Report-ACFR?bidId= |archive-url= |title=City of La Habra ACFR|archive-date= }}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
| 1
|[[CVS Pharmacy]]
|828
|-
| 2
|[[Wal-Mart]]
|735
|-
| 3
|Wolverine Fence Co., Inc
|500
|-
| 4
|City of La Habra
|358
|-
| 5
|[[Costco]]
|348
|-
| 6
|[[Target Corporation|Target]]
|262
|-
| 7
|Advance Fire Protection Co Inc
|249
|-
| 8
|[[Amazon Fresh]]
|226
|-
| 9
|Northgate Market
|186
|-
| 10
|The Kroger Co./La Habra Bakery
|185
|-
|}
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The site of the former [[La Habra Fashion Square]] is now a [[retail power center]], La Habra Market Place.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Since 1962, [[Whittier Boulevard]] has been home to the second [[El Cholo Spanish Cafe]].<ref>{{cite web |title=60s: Adapting |url= https://www.elcholo.com/our-history/60s-adapting |website=El Cholo Restaurant}}</ref>
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==Government==
La Habra's mayor is rotated among current city council members. The mayor for 2024/2025 is Rose Espinoza.<ref>{{cite web | title = City Council | publisher = City of La Habra, California | url=http://www.lahabraca.gov/153/City-Council | access-date = April 5, 2021}}</ref> Current council members include Mayor Pro-Tem Jose Medrano, James Gomez, Daren Nigsarian and Delwin Lampkin.

In the [[California State Legislature]], La Habra is in {{Representative|casd|34|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|64|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 | url = https://statewidedatabase.org/gis/districtscomp.html
 | title = California Districts
 | publisher = UC Regents
 | access-date = January 5, 2023
}}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], La Habra is in {{Representative|cacd|38|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|38}}</ref>

===Politics===
According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California secretary of state]], as of October 22, 2018, La Habra has 27,439 registered voters. Of those, 10,369 (37.79%) were registered Democrats, 8,745 (31.87%) were registered Republicans, and 7,150 (26.06%) have declined to state a political party/are independents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/15day-gen-2018/politicalsub.pdf|title=CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – October 22, 2018|website=ca.gov|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ La Habra city vote<br/> by party in presidential elections
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/GEN2020/Run_27/sov.pdf|title=Votes cast|website=www.ocvote.com |access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.33%''' ''15,409''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.47% ''11,343''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.20% ''602''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2016/sov.pdf|title=Election data |website=www.ocvote.com|access-date=August 10, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.40%''' ''10,865''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.56% ''8,048''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|7.04% ''1,433''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2012/sov-for-web.pdf |title=Election data |website=www.ocvote.com|access-date=August 10, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.43%''' ''9,149''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.23% ''8,926''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.34% ''433''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2008/sov.pdf|title=Election data |website=www.ocvote.com|access-date=August 10, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.38%''' ''9,503''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|48.60% ''9,353''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.02% ''389''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/e13/sov1.pdf|title=Election data |website=www.ocvote.com|access-date=August 10, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.10% ''7,254''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''57.81%''' ''10,204''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.09% ''193''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/user_upload/sov/gen2000/gen2000-SOV.pdf|title=Election data |website=www.ocvote.com|access-date=August 10, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.25% ''7,312''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.03%''' ''8,964''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|3.72% ''629''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote51996cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.30% ''6,284''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''49.08%''' ''7,654''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|10.63% ''1,657''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote31992cali|title=Statement of vote : California. Secretary of State: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming|website=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.25% ''6,178''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''43.78%''' ''8,135''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|22.98% ''4,270''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote81988cali | title=Statement of the Vote| publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary| year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|33.17% ''5,664''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''65.86%''' ''11,247''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.97% ''165''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote61984cali | title=Statement of the Vote| publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary| year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.54% ''4,594''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.56%''' ''13,232''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.90% ''161''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote41980cali| title=Statement of the Vote| publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary| year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.38% ''4,357''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''66.41%''' ''11,399''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|8.21% ''1,409''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/statementofvote1976cali | title=Statement of the Vote| publisher=Sacramento, Calif. : The Secretary| year=1968}}</ref>
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.83% ''5,959''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.79%''' ''9,575''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.38% ''218''
|}

==Education==
The city of La Habra is mainly served by the La Habra City School District for elementary and middle-school students and the Fullerton Joint Union High School District for high-school students, but portions of La Habra are also redirected to other school districts closer to homes of some residents.

Public schools:
*[[La Habra City School District]]
*[[Brea Olinda Unified School District]]
*[[Fullerton School District]]
*[[Lowell Joint School District]]
*[[Fullerton Joint Union High School District]]
**[[Sonora High School (La Habra, California)|Sonora High School]]
**[[La Habra High School]]

Private schools:
*[[Whittier Christian High School]]

==Transportation==
Though La Habra has no freeways and three California state highways; [[California State Route 39|SR 39]] (covers Whittier and Beach Boulevards), [[California State Route 90|SR 90]] ([[Imperial Highway]]), and [[California State Route 72|SR 72]] (Whittier Boulevard) serve the city. The four major thoroughfares include [[Whittier Boulevard]], Beach Boulevard, Imperial Highway, and [[Harbor Boulevard]]. Idaho Street, Euclid Street, and Palm Street are local north–south arterials and La Habra Boulevard and Lambert Road are local west–east arterials.

==Notable people==
{{More citations needed|date=January 2015}}
*[[Rusty Anderson]] - a guitarist, singer, songwriter and [[music producer]], was born and raised in La Habra.
*[[Librado Andrade]] - a Mexican boxer in the [[super middleweight]] division and older brother of Enrique, was raised in La Habra.
*[[Brent Boyd]] - a graduate of Lowell HS 1975, played football at UCLA, Minnesota Vikings 1980–86, considered the "father of concussion awareness" 
*[[Boyd Coddington]] - hot rod builder
*[[Cathy Cooper]] - stylist, artist, model
*[[Jack Cooper (American musician)|Jack Cooper]] - composer, arranger, [[Multireedist|woodwind player]]
*[[Jeanette Dimech]] - Spanish singer
*[[Jesse Flores (baseball)|Jesse Sandoval Flores]] - a Major League Baseball pitcher (1942–50), played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Indians.
*[[The Funeral Pyre]] - Blackened death metal band
*[[Greg Gaines (defensive lineman)|Greg Gaines]]- LA Rams Super Bowl LVI-winning NFL player
*[[Natalie Golda]] - water polo player, Olympian
*[[Jennifer Hanson]] - country music singer
*[[Jenna Haze]] - adult film actress
*[[Ronnie Hillman]] - NFL running back
*[[William Hodgman (prosecutor)|William Hodgman]] - lawyer and prosecutor known for his work in the [[O. J. Simpson murder case]]
* [[Daniel Hoffman (violinist)|Daniel Hoffman]] - musician, film producer 
*[[Mark Kostabi]] - modern artist and composer
*[[John N. Lotz]] - [[Air National Guard]] brigadier general
*[[Ann Meyers]] - basketball player, Olympian, first player to be part of the U.S. National team while still in high school
*[[Dave Meyers (basketball)|Dave Meyers]] - basketball player, two-time NCAA Champion teams at UCLA, played for [[Milwaukee Bucks]] 1975-80
*[[Margarita McCoy]] - urban planner
*[[Alan Newman (baseball)|Alan Newman]] - Major League Baseball (MLB) player
*[[Richard Nixon]] - U.S. President, opened a law office in La Habra in 1938<ref>{{Cite book
  | last = Black
  | first = Conrad
  | year = 2007
  | author-link = Conrad Black
  | title = Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full
  | publisher = PublicAffairs Books
  | location = New York
  | isbn = 978-1-58648-519-1
  | page = 44
  }}</ref>
*[[Enrique Ornelas]] - Mexican boxer in the [[middleweight]] division and younger brother of Librado; raised in La Habra.
*[[Anne Ramsay]] - actress
*[[Cruz Reynoso]] - first Latino Justice on California Supreme Court
*[[Bubby Rossman]] - MLB pitcher for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]
*[[Josh Staumont]] - MLB pitcher for the [[Kansas City Royals]]
*[[Nadya Suleman]] - mother of the longest-living octuplets, also known as the "Octomom"
*[[Diane Wakoski]] - poet and essayist, winner of the William Carlos Williams award for her book ''Emerald Ice''
*[[Jonwayne]] - rapper and producer, previously signed to [[Stones Throw Records]], more recently released music via his Authors Recording Company imprint
*[[Zebrahead]] - punk rock/pop punk band
*[[Norma Zimmer]] - honorary mayor of the City of La Habra in 1975 and featured singer and "Champagne Lady" of the ''Lawrence Welk Show''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://www.lahabracity.com/ Official website]
* [http://lahabrachamber.com La Habra Chamber of Commerce]

{{Geographic location|Centre = La Habra
|North = [[La Habra Heights]]
|Northeast = Unincorporated Los Angeles County
|East = [[Brea, California|Brea]]
|Southeast = [[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]]
|South = [[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]]
|Southwest = [[La Mirada]]
|West = [[East Whittier, California|East Whittier]]<br />[[La Mirada, California|La Mirada]]
|Northwest = [[Whittier, California|Whittier]]
}}
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