Brea (; ) is a city in northern

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, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 47,325. It is southeast of

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. Brea is part of the

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. The city began as a center of

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production and was later propelled by

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production. It is a significant retail center, including the Carbon Canyon Dam,

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Brea Mall The Brea Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in the Orange County city of Brea, California. Since 1998, the mall has been owned and operated by the Simon Property Group. It is home to four major department stores, 179 specialty shops and ...

and downtown Brea. The city has an extensive

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program that began in 1975 and has over 140 artworks placed throughout the city.

History

Indigenous

The area began as part of the homelands of the

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, who lived in the area for thousands of years before any contact was made with Europeans. The Tongva established extensive routes for travel and trade between Tongva villages as well as with neighboring Indigenous nations. The closest known village site to the city of Brea today is

Hutuknga Hutuknga (alternative spellings: Hotuuknga or Hutuukuga) was a large Tongva village located in the foothills along the present channel of the Santa Ana River in what is now Yorba Linda, California. People from the village were recorded in mission ...

Spanish era

The area was visited on July 29, 1769, by the Spanish

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, the first Europeans to see inland parts of

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. The party camped in Brea Canyon, near a large native village and a small pool of clean water. The village of

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was founded in present-day Carbon Canyon at the beginning of the 19th century. Many entrepreneurs came to the area searching for "black gold" (petroleum).

Mexican era

The majority of the current city borders of Brea were within the Rancho San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana. The cessation of territory to the United States in 1848 ushered in a new era of decline for the ranchos as rigorous title-proving processes enacted in 1851 and drought in 1860 caused most owners to sell their land.

American era

The 1880s saw the development of agriculture in northern Orange County, particularly in the form of Valencia Oranges after it was found that the crop grew better in the cool foothills. Additionally, the construction of the Santa Fe Railroad as well as the discovery of oil in the area created an environment that kept winter frost from damaging the plant. Nearby oil fields provided supply for a process called "smudging", subsequently causing a grimy fog to settle over the area which reportedly caused health issues for the workers. In 1894, the owner of the land,

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, sold west of Olinda to the newly created

Union Oil Company of California Union Oil Company of California, and its holding company Unocal Corporation, together known as Unocal was a major petroleum explorer and marketer in the late 19th century, through the 20th century, and into the early 21st century. It was headqu ...

, and by 1898 many nearby hills began sporting wooden oil drilling towers on the newly discovered Brea-Olinda Oil Field. In 1908 the village of Randolph, named for railway engineer Epes Randolph, was founded just south of Brea Canyon for oil workers and their families. Baseball legend

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grew up in Olinda at the start of the 20th century, working in the surrounding

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. Olinda and Randolph grew and merged as the economy boomed. On January 19, 1911, the town's map was filed under the new name of Brea, from the Spanish language word for natural asphalt, also called bitumen, pitch, or tar. With a population of 752, Brea was incorporated on February 23, 1917, as the eighth official city of Orange County. As oil production declined, some agricultural development took place, especially lemon and orange groves. In the 1920s, the Brea

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promoted the city with the slogan “Oil, Oranges, and Opportunity.” In 1950, Brea had a population of 3,208, 641 more than ten years earlier. The citrus groves gave way gradually to industrial parks and residential development. In 1956, Carl N. Karcher opened the first two

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restaurants in

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and Brea. The opening of the

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(57) and the

in the 1970s spurred further residential growth, including large planned developments east of the 57 Freeway in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. In the late 1990s, a swath of downtown Brea centered on Brea Boulevard and Birch Street was redeveloped into a shopping and entertainment area with movie theaters, sidewalk cafes, a live comedy club from

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chain, numerous shops and restaurants, and a weekly farmer's market. It is locally known and signed as Downtown Brea. The downtown area opened in 2000.

Geography

According to the

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, the city has an area of . of it is land and 0.26% is water. It is bordered by unincorporated Orange County and

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to the north and east,

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to the west, Fullerton to the southwest, Placentia to the south,

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to the northwest, and

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to the southeast.

Climate

According to the

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system, Brea has a

hot-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.

Demographics

Brea first appeared as a city in the

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as part of Brea Township.

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Brea had a population of 47,325. The population density was . The racial makeup of Brea was 45.1%

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, 1.8%

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, 0.8% Native American, 28.0% Asian, 0.2%

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, 10.3% from other races, and 14.0% from two or more races.

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of any race were 27.4% of the population. The census reported that 99.4% of the population lived in households, 0.3% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.2% were institutionalized. There were 17,069 households, out of which 33.4% included children under the age of 18, 56.6% were married-couple households, 5.3% were

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couple households, 24.1% had a female householder with no partner present, and 14.0% had a male householder with no partner present. 20.4% of households were one person, and 9.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.76. There were 12,553

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(73.5% of all households). The age distribution was 21.2% under the age of 18, 8.2% aged 18 to 24, 27.5% aged 25 to 44, 26.6% aged 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 40.1years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males. There were 17,881 housing units at an average density of , of which 17,069 (95.5%) were occupied. Of these, 61.5% were owner-occupied, and 38.5% were occupied by renters. In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $124,837, and the

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was $53,128. About 4.5% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the poverty line.

2010

The 2010 United States census reported that Brea had a population of 39,282. The population density was . The racial makeup of Brea was 26,363 (67.1%)

(52.7% Non-Hispanic White), 549 (1.4%)

, 190 (0.5%) Native American, 7,144 (18.2%) Asian, 69 (0.2%)

, 3,236 (8.2%) from other races, and 1,731 (4.4%) from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 9,817 persons (25.0%). The census reported that 39,213 people (99.8% of the population) lived in households, 69 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 14,266 households, out of which 5,043 (35.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 8,132 (57.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,605 (11.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 632 (4.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 569 (4.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 100 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 3,070 households (21.5%) were made up of individuals, and 1,265 (8.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75. There were 10,369

(72.7% of all households); the average family size was 3.23. The population was spread out, with 9,057 people (23.1%) under the age of 18, 3,654 people (9.3%) aged 18 to 24, 10,669 people (27.2%) aged 25 to 44, 10,952 people (27.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,950 people (12.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males. There were 14,785 housing units at an average density of , of which 9,266 (65.0%) were owner-occupied, and 5,000 (35.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.3%. 26,889 people (68.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 12,324 people (31.4%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States census, Brea had a median household income of $82,055, with 5.6% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

Government

Local

Brea is governed by a council-manager system. The five-member city council is elected to four-year terms in elections held every two years to fill alternately two and three seats. The council is made up of the mayor, the mayor pro tem and three councilmembers. The council elects a mayor from the serving councilmembers to serve a one-year term as mayor. The city council hires a city manager to direct the city's departments and advise the council. The council appoints members of the Planning Commission; Parks, Recreation and Human Services Commission; Cultural Arts Commission, and Traffic Committee.

Federal, State, and County Representation

In the

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, Brea is split between , and . In the

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, Brea resides within the 59th Assembly District, represented by Republican Phillip Chen. In the

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, Brea is split between two districts * The 30th Senatorial District, represented by Democrat Bob Archuleta. * The 32nd Senatorial District, represented by Republican Kelly Seyarto. In the

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, Brea resides within the 4th District represented by Doug Chaffee.

Politics

Brea is traditionally a Republican stronghold at the presidential level, Democratic nominee

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carried the city in 2020. According to th
Orange County Registrar of Voters
as of May 14, 2025, Brea has 30,626 registered voters. Of those, 9,991 (40.33%) are registered Republicans, 7,370 (29.75%) are registered Democrats, and 6,466 (26.10%) have declined to state a political party or are independents.

Crime

The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), collected annually by the FBI, compiles police statistics from local and state law enforcement agencies across the nation. The UCR records Part I and Part II crimes. Part I crimes become known to law enforcement and are considered the most serious crimes including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Part II crimes only include arrest data. The 2023 UCR Data for Brea is listed below:

Economy

Top employers

According to the city's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the city's top employers are:

Education

Brea is primarily served by the Brea Olinda Unified School District, which operates six elementary schools, one junior high school (Brea Junior High School), one high school (

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), and one continuation high school (Brea Canyon High School).

Infrastructure

Transportation The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) operates four local bus routes servicing 68 stops within Brea.

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Route 286 terminates at Brea Mall. City Services Fire protection for Brea is provided by the Brea Fire Department, and law enforcement is provided by the Brea Police Department. Within Carbon Canyon, in the

neighborhood of Brea, is the Olinda Landfill, a waste management facility serving Orange County.

Health Care

Brea is serviced by very few medical facilities:
Kindred Hospital Brea
(Long-term acute care)
Brea Urgent Care
(Urgent Care)

Water Services

Water in Brea is supplied by the City of Brea Utilities Water Division, which sources its water from the

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, importing water from the Colorado River and the State Water Project, drawing from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Additionally, Cal Domestic in Whitter imports groundwater from the Main San Gabriel groundwater basin.

Registered Historic Places

* Brea City Hall and Park

Notable people

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, Broadway actress/singer *

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, film director/producer/screenwriter * JoAnn Dean Killingsworth, actress & dancer, first person to play

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, Major League baseball player (

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) *

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, quarterback for the

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* Kyle Fogg, professional basketball player * Tommy Gallarda, pro football player (

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) *

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, musician (

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) *

, Major League baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators * Randy Jones, Major League baseball player (

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) *

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, Major League baseball manager (

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) * Alli Mauzey, Broadway actress/singer *

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, pro football player (

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) * Jeanette Pohlen, Women's National Basketball Association player (

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) *

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, jurist *

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, YouTuber and former NASA and Apple engineer *

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, animator & co-founder of

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, figure skater *

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, model and actress *

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, singer

Sister cities

Brea is twinned with: *

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, South Korea (2011) *

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, Japan (1980) *

Lagos de Moreno Lagos de Moreno () is a city and municipality in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. Lagos is located in the region of Los Altos de Jalisco, within the macroregion of the Bajío, one of the most highly developed areas in Latin America. Lagos de Moreno ...

, Mexico (1969)

References

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External links

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