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 by 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
Created with Raphaël 2.2.051%49%Female50.8%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.07%4%10%8%11%15%11%16%8%10%$100K to $150K16.4%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

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
Created with Raphaël 2.2.012%10%23%20%8%19%5%2%1%High School or GED23%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

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
 Westminster California  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K6.84.75.84.23.94.19.76.98.57.87.18.610.6101215.215.317.211.312.312.816.417.115.68.49.47.19.613.38.3
Education
 Westminster California  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade12851077232027202120889192220599232121
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.022%1%0%51%23%0%3%0%Asian51%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

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
 Westminster California  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0017.53552.570Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite21.836.560.10.95.412.20.10.30.65114.65.60.40.30.20.20.30.32.73.42.822.939.118.2