High technology leads the manufacturing sector. Total employment numbered 1.2 million in 1995 and labor force skills are wide ranging. Real Estate and Housing Home prices in Orange County cover a wide range. According to the California Association of Realtors, the average resale value of an existing single family home in California in 1998 was 197,900. Areas of Opportunity University of California, Irvine is the site for a high-tech research center known as CHIP, aimed at improving U.S. competitiveness in basic technology.
Orange County is a forerunner in the fast-growing biotechnology and biomedical industries.
This ideal Pacific Rim location is in close proximity to Los Angeles and Long Beach, two of the nation's major ports where exports are growing.