Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in the U.S. state of [California]. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,010,232, making it the third-most populous county in California, the sixth most populous in the U.S., and more populous than 21 U.S. states. Although mostly suburban, it is the second most densely populated county in the state, behind San Francisco County. Each of the county's three most populous cities, [Anaheim], [Santa Ana] (the county seat), and [Irvine] has a population exceeding 200,000. [Huntington Beach], the fourth most populous city, has a population of slightly under 200,000 people. Six cities are on the Pacific coast, including [Seal Beach], [Huntington Beach], [Newport Beach], [Laguna Beach], [Dana Point], and [San Clemente][1].

Orange County is a charter county of [California]; its seat is [Santa Ana].

The elected offices of the county government consist of the five-member [Board of Supervisors|OC Board of Supervisors], [Assessor], [Auditor-Controller], [Clerk-Recorder], [District Attorney-Public Administrator], [OC Sheriff-Coroner], and [Treasurer-Tax Collector]. Except for the Board of Supervisors, each of these elected officers are elected by the voters of the entire county and oversee their own County departments.[1] 

! Cities and Communities

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* [Aliso Viejo]
* [Anaheim]
* [Brea]
* [Buena Park]
* [Costa Mesa]
* [Coto de Caza]
* [Cypress]
* [Dana Point]
* [Fountain Valley]
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* [Fullerton]
* [Garden Grove]
* [Huntington Beach]
* [Irvine]
* [La Habra]
* [La Palma]
* [Ladera Ranch]
* [Laguna Beach]
* [Laguna Hills]
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* [Laguna Niguel]
* [Laguna Woods]
* [Lake Forest]
* [Las Flores]
* [Los Alamitos]
* [Midway City]
* [Mission Viejo]
* [Newport Beach]
* [North Tustin]
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* [Orange]
* [Placentia]
* [Rancho Santa Margarita]
* [Rossmoor]
* [San Clemente]
* [San Juan Capistrano]
* [Santa Ana]
* [Seal Beach]
* [Stanton]
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* [Tustin]
* [Villa Park]
* [Westminster]
* [Yorba Linda]
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! Footnotes
[#] [Wikipedia:Orange_County,_California]