Moving to Westminster, California

About Westminster, California
Westminster

Westminster is a city in western Orange County, California, United States. Westminster was founded in 1870 by Rev. Lemuel Webber as a Presbyterian temperance colony and was incorporated in 1957.

Westminster is bordered by the city of Seal Beach on the west, by Garden Grove on the north and east, and by Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley on the south. Santa Ana, the county seat of Orange County, is east of Westminster.

Westminster has one of the largest Vietnamese populations in the US. They settled largely in Little Saigon, and the city is known as the "capital" of overseas Vietnamese with 39,799 Vietnamese Americans, or 43.8% of the total population, as of the 2020 United States Census.

In the court case Mendez v. Westminster (1947), a Hispanic man sued the Westminster School District for forcing his daughter, Sylvia Mendez, to attend a school for Mexican children. They eventually won and thus began the process of desegregation. Sylvia Mendez was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama on February 15, 2011.

Westminster won the All-America City Award in 1996.

Gender
Gender Westminster California Country
Female 50.8% 50.3% 50.8%
Male 49.2% 49.7% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Westminster California Country
Less than $10,000 6.8% 4.7% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 4.2% 3.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 9.7% 6.9% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 7.8% 7.1% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 10.6% 10% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 15.2% 15.3% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 11.3% 12.3% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 16.4% 17.1% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 8.4% 9.4% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 9.6% 13.3% 8.3%
Education


Education Westminster California Country
< 9th Grade 12% 8% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 10% 7% 7.0%
High School or GED 23% 20% 27.0%
Other College 20% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 8% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 19% 22% 20.0%
Master's Degree 5% 9% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 3% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 2% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Westminster California Country
White 21.8% 36.5% 60.1%
African American 0.9% 5.4% 12.2%
American Indian 0.1% 0.3% 0.6%
Asian 51% 14.6% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.4% 0.3% 0.2%
Other 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 2.7% 3.4% 2.8%
Hispanic 22.9% 39.1% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity