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Lake Forest, CA is a vibrant city with a population of 85,516 people and a population density of 5,130 people per square mile. Located in Orange County, this city offers year-round outdoor activities such as hiking trails at Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park, kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding at Irvine Lake, camping at O’Neill Regional Park, and golfing at the El Toro Country Club. The local businesses in Lake Forest include antique stores like The Vintage Finders Market, restaurants such as El Pollo Loco, and clothing boutiques such as Tilly's. Other organizations that are popular in Lake Forest include the Boys & Girls Club of Lake Forest/Mission Viejo and the Canyon Hills Friends Church. Some of the local sporting events are the City Championships held by the Lake Forest Sports Park every year.

The population in Lake Forest is 85,516. There are 5,142 people per square mile aka population density. The median age in Lake Forest is 40.1, the US median age is 38.4. The number of people per household in Lake Forest is 2.9, the US average of people per household is 2.6.

Family in Lake Forest
- 55.3% are married
- 9.2% are divorced
- 40.7% are married with children
- 10.5% have children, but are single
Race in Lake Forest

- 54.0% are White
- 1.8% are Black
- 15.4% are Asian
- 0.4% are Native American
- 0.2% claim Other
- 24.5% claim Hispanic ethnicity
- 3.5% Two or more races
- 0.2% Hawaiian, Pacific Islander

   Estimated Total Population by Age

  PeopleLake Forest, CaliforniaUnited States
  85,516.0329,725,481.0
  50.8%50.5%
  49.2%49.5%
  40.138.4
 
  84,666.0326,569,308.0
  77,506.0309,327,143.0
  58,707.0285,036,114.0
  58,656.0251,960,433.0
  45.4%15.6%
  45.5%30.8%
 
  5141.793.4
  16.6323531905.423
  0.078264836.791
 
  49.6%59.4%
  2.3%12.2%
  18.6%5.6%
  0.1%0.6%
  0.1%0.2%
  0.5%0.4%
  4.7%3.2%
  23.9%18.4%
 
  55.3%49.8%
  54.2%48.0%
  1.1%1.8%
  44.7%50.2%
  30.7%33.8%
  10.0%10.8%
  4.0%5.6%
 
  2.852.6
  29,870.0124,010,992.0
  21,677.080,755,759.0
  37.9%30.5%
  43.1%42.9%
  8,193.043,255,233.0
  8.3%15.8%
  10.6%10.8%
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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 and a half years and it's the worst. There's no way to describe the inherent awful nature of Lake Forest without sounding like I'm exaggerating.  More

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