Helicopter sprays Santiago Fire in Foothill Ranch during 2007

Foothill Ranch is a master planned community in

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, United States. The population was 10,899 at the 2000 census. Foothill Ranch was incorporated into the city of

Lake Forest, California Lake Forest is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 85,858 at the 2020 census. Lake Forest incorporated as a city on December 20, 1991. Prior to incorporation, the community had been known as El Toro. Following a vote in 20 ...

, in 2000. Prior to that, it was a

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. Foothill Ranch is notable for companies such as Oakley, Inc.,

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, Kawasaki, Hampton Products/Brinks,

TAE Technologies TAE Technologies, formerly Tri Alpha Energy, is an American company based in Foothill Ranch, California developing aneutronic fusion power. The company's design relies on an advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC), which combin ...

, Viking Technology, Image Options and

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. It is also the home of

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Geography

Foothill Ranch is located at . According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. The ZIP Code for Foothill Ranch is 92610.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 10,899 people, 3,816 households, and 2,976 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 3,858.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,492.2/km²). There were 3,873 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 74.38%

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, 1.92%

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, 0.29% Native American, 14.96%

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, 0.28%

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, 3.38% from

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, and 4.78% from two or more races. 10.85% of the population were

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of any race. There were 3,816 households, out of which 49.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% were

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living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 16.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 0.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.27. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 31.5% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 47.5% from 25 to 44, 14.6% from 45 to 64, and 2.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $89,038, and the median income for a family was $97,897. Males had a median income of $67,791 versus $41,786 for females. The

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for the CDP was $36,013. About 1.4% of families and 1.6% of the population were below the

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, including 2.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. Foothill Ranch was completed in 1996 and was annexed to Lake Forest in 2000.

Politics

In the state legislature, Foothill Ranch is located in the 37th

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District, represented by Democrat

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, and in the 70th

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District, represented by Republican

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. In the

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, Foothill Ranch is in .

References

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External links

Foothill Ranch
is the Home Owners Association web page for Foothill Ranch Neighborhoods in Lake Forest, California Former census-designated places in California