Garden Grove, California#Demographics

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Garden Grove was founded by Alonzo Cook in 1874. A school district and Methodist church were organized that year. It remained a small rural crossroads and farming community until the arrival of the Pacific Electric Railroad in 1905. The rail connection helped the town prosper with the influx of tourists, visitors and eventually settlers,{{cite web |title=History of Garden Grove, From Community to Town |url=https://ggcity.org/history#:~:text=By%20the%20time%20Orange%20County,and%20before%20long%2C%20more%20settlers. |website=ggcity.org |publisher=Garden Grove City |access-date=March 11, 2022}} and it was noted for its crops of oranges, walnuts, chili peppers and later strawberries.{{Cite web|title=Garden Grove {{!}} California, United States|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Garden-Grove|access-date=September 1, 2021|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}

In 1933, much of the town's central business district was destroyed by the Long Beach earthquake, and one person was killed at the high school. The post-World War II boom led to rapid development, and Garden Grove was incorporated as a city in 1956 with about 44,000 residents.[https://ggcity.org/history History]

In 1956, Orange County Plaza (now The Promenade) was opened at Chapman and Brookhurst, and upon its expansion in 1959, it had 60 stores, including a J. C. Penney, 2 variety stores and 2 supermarkets, and billed itself as both the largest and the first regional shopping center in Orange County.{{cite news |title=Merchants announce new store opening |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19872435/the-los-angeles-times/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 28, 1956 |page=131}}{{cite news |title=Orange County Plaza Center will have two supermarkets |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55211497/orange-county-plaza/ |work=Independent Press-Telegram |location=Long Beach, California |date=February 23, 1959 |page=53}}{{cite news |title=Sixty Stores Assures Wide Buying Choice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55199824/sixty-stores-assures-wide-buying-choice/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 26, 1959}}

Garden Grove has a rugged set of boundaries with many panhandles. The West Garden Grove neighborhood is west of Beach Boulevard and is largely separated from the rest of Garden Grove by the city of Stanton, with a small bridge of jurisdiction linking the two along Garden Grove Boulevard. A panhandle in the southern part of the town's borders situated between Westminster's Ward Street to the west and Santa Ana's Euclid Street to the east creates a small border with the city of Fountain Valley. Other neighboring cities include Cypress and Anaheim to the north, Orange to the east, and the cities of Seal Beach and Los Alamitos to the west.{{cite web |title=City Boundaries |url=https://data-ocpw.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/32c59c9efe3f4745a8625e1afb225d07?fullScreen=true |website=Orange County GIS |access-date=January 23, 2021}}

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|46.5|km2|mi2|1|abbr=on}}, 0.10% of which is water.

{{US Census population

|1950= 5762

|1960= 84238

|1970= 121155

|1980= 123307

|1990= 143050

|2000= 165196

|2010= 170883

|2020= 171949

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1860–1870{{Cite web|title=1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=September 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907072108/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828190324/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|url-status=live}} 1880-1890{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1900{{Cite web|title=1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812164053/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|url-status=live}} 1910{{Cite web|title=1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823050629/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|url-status=live}} 1920{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}}
1930{{Cite web|title=1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828162810/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|url-status=live}} 1940{{Cite web|title=1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=September 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918190408/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|url-status=live}} 1950{{Cite web|title=1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=September 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921120611/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|url-status=live}}
1960{{Cite web|title=1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812164028/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|url-status=live}} 1970{{Cite web|title=1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812164028/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|url-status=live}} 1980{{Cite web|title=1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823052400/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|url-status=live}}
1990{{Cite web|title=1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814213918/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|url-status=live}}

2000{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau}} 2010{{Cite web|title=2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204210903/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|url-status=live}}
2020

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Garden Grove first appeared as an unincorporated place in the 1950 U.S. Census; and after incorporation, as a city in the 1960 U.S. Census. Prior to 1950, it was part of unincorporated Anaheim Township (pop 26,097 in 1940).

The 2010 United States census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0629000|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715025100/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0629000|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Garden Grove city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}} reported that Garden Grove had a population of 170,883. The population density was {{convert|9,515.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Garden Grove was 68,149 (39.9%) White, 2,155 (1.3%) Black, 983 (0.6%) Native American, 63,451 (37.1%) Asian, 1,110 (0.6%) Pacific Islander, 28,916 (16.9%) from other races, and 6,119 (3.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 63,079 persons (36.9%). Non-Hispanic whites were 22.6% of the population,{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0629000.html |title=Garden Grove (city), California |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=April 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216162656/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0629000.html |archive-date=December 16, 2011 |url-status=dead }} down from 90.6% in 1970.{{cite web|title=Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012 }} Vietnamese Americans numbered 47,331 of the population. At 27.7% this was the highest concentration of any city in the United States except for adjacent Westminster.

The census reported that 168,942 people (98.9% of the population) lived in households, 1,234 (0.7%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 707 (0.4%) were institutionalized.

There were 46,037 households, out of which 21,361 (46.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 26,659 (57.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 6,866 (14.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3,588 (7.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,025 (4.4%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 269 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 6,491 households (14.1%) were made up of individuals, and 2,842 (6.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.67. There were 37,113 families (80.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.94.

The population was spread out, with 43,763 people (25.6%) under the age of 18, 17,383 people (10.2%) aged 18 to 24, 49,105 people (28.7%) aged 25 to 44, 42,106 people (24.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 18,526 people (10.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 7.7 males.

There were 47,755 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,659.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 26,240 (57.0%) were owner-occupied, and 19,797 (43.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.6%. 96,308 people (56.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 72,634 people (42.5%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States census, Garden Grove had a median household income of $59,988, with 15.5% of the population living below the federal poverty line.{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0629000.html|title=Garden Grove (City) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|access-date=April 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216162656/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0629000.html|archive-date=December 16, 2011|url-status=dead}}

According to the city's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,{{cite web |title=City of Garden Grove ACFR 2023 |url=https://ggcity.org/sites/default/files/fy22-23-acfr.pdf}} the top employers in the city are:

Garden Grove is home to two stage theaters, the Gem Theater and the Festival Amphitheater. The Festival Amphitheater hosts Shakespeare Orange County, which presents an annual Shakespeare Festival each summer. Both venues are owned by the City of Garden Grove, but operated by outside entities.

The Garden Grove Playhouse used to be an active theatre, now closed down. It was operated by a non-profit group of the same name.

An annual event held over Memorial Day weekend, the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival is one of the largest community festivals in the western United States, attracting an estimated 250,000 visitors.{{cite news|last=Bharath|first=Deepa|title=Strawberry Festival kicks off today|url=http://www.ocregister.com/news/festival-250817-children-grove.html|access-date= June 1, 2010|newspaper=The Orange County Register|date=May 27, 2010}}{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.strawberryfestival.org/about.htm|work=Garden Grove Strawberry Festival website|access-date=June 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323082703/http://www.strawberryfestival.org/about.htm|archive-date=March 23, 2010|url-status=dead}} It began in 1958 and celebrates the city's agricultural past, which includes cultivating crops such as chili peppers, oranges, walnuts and strawberries. Part of the festivities include the cutting of the world's largest strawberry shortcake, carnival rides, food vendors, live music, and a celebrity-filled parade.[http://strawberryfestival.org/events.htm Garden Grove Strawberry Festival- EVENTS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823084317/http://www.strawberryfestival.org/events.htm |date=August 23, 2011 }} Retrieved April 20, 2011{{cite web|title=History - Strawberry Festival|url=https://strawberryfestival.org/history/|access-date=November 9, 2021}} Numerous Garden Grove organizations, including the Miss Garden Grove Scholarship Program, are part of the Memorial Day weekend festivities every year. In commemoration of Garden Grove's 50th anniversary, the city painted some of its fire hydrants with a design that featured a strawberry, recognizing the festival as a big part of Garden Grove's history.{{cite web|title=Turning Golden|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/city-32496-garden-grove.htm|access-date=September 30, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Showing off fire hydrants painted to note the city's 50th anniversary|url=http://www.ocregister.com/sections/printer/photo/?id=32496&pic=4|access-date= September 30, 2013|date=March 6, 2009|last1=Luna|first1=Nancy|website=The Orange County Register}}

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{{see also|List of mayors of Garden Grove, California}}

Garden Grove uses a council-manager form of government. In July 2015, the city was sued by a resident who claimed that the longstanding at-large elections had affected the Latino vote and was in violation of the California Voting Rights Act. On January 26, 2016, the city council voted to settle the lawsuit, and therefore adopted that council members would be voted by district (six districts total) and no longer at-large; the mayor, however, will continue to be elected at-large.{{cite news|last=Vo|first=Thy|title=Garden Grove Mayor Will Continue to be Elected on At-Large Basis|url=http://voiceofoc.org/2016/01/garden-grove-mayor-will-continue-to-be-elected-on-at-large-basis/|access-date= December 13, 2016|newspaper=The Voice of OC|date=January 27, 2016}} The city council consists of mayor Steve Jones, Phat Bui, George S. Brietigam III, John R. O'Neill, Thu-Ha Nguyen, Stephanie Klopfenstein, and mayor pro tem Kim B. Nguyen.{{cite web |url=https://ggcity.org/city-council |title=City of Garden Grove Mayor and Council Members |publisher=City of Garden Grove |access-date=December 22, 2018}} According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $206.0 million in revenues, $193.0 million in expenditures, $1,098.9 million in total assets, $251.5 million in total liabilities, and $196.3 million in cash and investments.{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us/internet/pdf/finance/cafr_08.pdf|title=City of Garden Grove CAFR}}

In the California State Senate, Garden Grove is in {{Representative|casd|36|fmt=sdistrict}}.

In the California State Assembly, Garden Grove is in {{Representative|caad|70|fmt=adistrict}}.

In the United States House of Representatives, Garden Grove is in {{Representative|cacd|45|fmt=district}}.

According to the California Secretary of State, as of October 22, 2018, Garden Grove has 72,768 registered voters. Of those, 26,604 (36.56%) are registered Democrats, 21,449 (29.48%) are registered Republicans, and 21,941 (30.15%) have declined to state a political party/are independents.{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/15day-gen-2018/politicalsub.pdf|title=CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – October 22, 2018|website=ca.gov|access-date=February 16, 2019}}

Donald Trump won Garden Grove by 2.5 percent in 2024 after voting for Biden by 1 percent in 2020.

Although Democrat Kamala Harris easily won California and also won Orange County in the 2016 United States Senate election, Democrat Loretta Sanchez easily won Garden Grove by a 67%–33% margin, her widest margin of victory for any city in Orange County.{{cite web|url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/gen2016/sov.pdf |title=SOV.xls |publisher=www.ocvote.com |date=2016 |access-date=May 31, 2020}}

The Garden Grove Unified School District (GGUSD) serves most of the city. Other school districts with portions in Garden Grove include: Westminster School District (elementary only) Huntington Beach Union High School District (includes the Westminster SD area), Anaheim Elementary School District, Anaheim Union High School District, and the Orange Unified School District{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06059_orange/DC20SD_C06059.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Orange County, CA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2024-07-16|page=1 (PDF p. 2/4)}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06059_orange/DC20SD_C06059_SD2MS.txt Text list]

GGUSD operates the following high schools in Garden Grove:

• Bolsa Grande High School
• Garden Grove High School
• Pacifica High School
• Rancho Alamitos High School
• Santiago High School

King of Kings Christian Academy is an accredited private school (preK–8th grade) associated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) in Garden Grove.{{cite web|url=http://www.schoolkokgg.org/|title=Home |publisher=King of Kings Lutheran School in Garden Grove, CA}}

Asahi Gakuen, a part-time Japanese school, leases La Quinta High School in Westminster (another high school operated by GGUSD) on Saturdays for its Orange County campus.{{cite web|url=https://www.asahigakuen.com/|title=Home|publisher=Asahi Gakuen|access-date=2024-07-15|quote=オレンジ校 La Quinta High School}} Previously Bolsa Grande High,{{cite web|url=http://www.asahigakuen.com/results.tpl?doc=or.tpl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011216201043/http://www.asahigakuen.com/results.tpl?doc=or.tpl|title=Orange|publisher=Asahi Gakuen|archive-date=2001-12-16|access-date=2024-07-16|quote=BOLSA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL 9401 Westminster Ave., CA 92644}} and later Santiago High, housed the Asahi Gakuen Orange County campus."[https://web.archive.org/web/20120409012108/http://www.asahigakuen.com/orange.html オレンジ校]." Asahi Gakuen. Retrieved on March 30, 2014. "SANTIAGO HIGH SCHOOL 12342 Trask　Ave., Garden Grove, CA.92843 "

===Emergency services===

The Garden Grove Police Department provides law enforcement, with mutual aid assistance offered at times by the Anaheim Police Department's helicopter and the Orange County Sheriff's Department Air Unit.

In August 2019, the city of Garden Grove entered into a 10-year contract with the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) for fire and rescue services, and merged all existing Garden Grove Fire Department personnel and equipment into the OCFA.{{cite web|url=https://ggcity.org/city-approves-move-to-ocfa|title=City Approves Move to OCFA | City of Garden Grove|website=ggcity.org}}

• Justin Chon, actor
• Wally George, talk-show host
• Scott Klopfenstein, backup singer, keyboardist, trumpeter and guitarist for the ska-punk band Reel Big Fish
• Dexter Holland, lead singer, The Offspring, also wrote the song "The Kids Aren't Alright" about the city{{cite web|title=The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2465|access-date= August 31, 2010}}
• Steve Martin, actor, comedian, musician and writer; graduate of Garden Grove High School
• Jennette McCurdy, podcaster, author and actress, iCarly and Sam & Cat
• Monique Powell, lead singer, Save Ferris
• Eunice Pringle, actress, notably who accused movie mogul Alexander Pantages in 1929 of rape
• Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman, lead guitarist, The Offspring
• Atreyu, a metalcore band
• Kieu Chinh, actress
• Poreotics, dance crew
• Dave Mustaine, guitarist, lead singer, Megadeth; played baseball in Garden Grove Eastside Little League, lived on Pearce Ave
• Vicky Nguyen, news reporter, KFYR-TV, NBC Affiliate
• Shubhendra Shankar, musician, composer and graphic artist
• Mick Mars, musician and guitarist for Mötley Crüe
• David J. Peterson, creator of the Dothraki and Valyrian languages from HBO's Game of Thrones

• Bert Blyleven, Major League Baseball pitcher, Hall of Famer, color commentator, graduate of Santiago High School
• Anthony Calvano, soccer player{{Cite web |title=Anthony Calvano |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/15dc68a2/Anthony-Calvano |access-date=February 24, 2025 |website=FBref}}
• Ed Caruthers, Olympic silver medalist, 1968 Mexico City. Taught at Bolsa Grande High School.
• Bobby Crosby, MLB Rookie of the Year (2004), attended Pacifica High School and La Quinta High School
• Mary Decker, runner in National Track and Field Hall of Fame; grew up in Garden Grove
• Lenny Dykstra, MLB player with Mets, Phillies; graduate of Garden Grove High School
• Amanda Freed, Olympic gold medalist in softball (2004), attended Pacifica High School, Bell Intermediate and Patton Elementary
• Luis Gil, soccer player{{Cite web |title=Luis Gil |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/luis-gil/ |access-date=February 24, 2025 |website=Major League Soccer}}
• Gary Hall Sr., Olympic swimmer, silver medalist
• Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison, legendary surfer and surfing innovator
• Mike Iupati, football player
• Jeremy Jackson, mixed martial artist
• Norm Johnson, NFL kicker
• Darryl Kile, MLB pitcher
• Leah O'Brien, softball infielder, Olympic gold medalist 1996
• Craig Paquette, MLB third baseman, graduate of Rancho Alamitos High School
• Nam Phan, mixed martial artist
• Troy Polamalu, NFL player with the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Dennis Sigalos, motorcycle speedway rider, winner of the 1982 Speedway World Pairs Championship
• Leo Sutherland, MLB player
• Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder and artist
• Alan Trammell, MLB shortstop and manager for the Detroit Tigers
• Matt Treanor, MLB catcher
• Randy Vataha, football player at Stanford, Jim Plunkett's favorite receiver

• Jim Silva, former California Assemblyman, former Member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, former mayor of Seal Beach
• Bill Thomas, retired U.S. Congressman and former Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee (and alumnus of Garden Grove High School)
• Robert K. Dornan, former U.S. Congressman.{{cite book |last1=Barone |first1=Michael |author-link1=Michael Barone (pundit) |last2=Ujifusa |first2=Grant |title=The Almanac of American Politics 1988|work=National Journal |year=1987 |page=166|title-link=The Almanac of American Politics }}
• Janet Nguyen, Orange County supervisor
• Curt Pringle, former State Assemblyman, Speaker of the California State Assembly and former mayor of Anaheim
• Paul Jeffrey Watford, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Assumed office May 22, 2012, born in Garden Grove August 25, 1967

• Steve Fossett, aviator and adventurer
• Michael A. Monsoor, Navy SEAL, Medal of Honor recipient
• Tibor Rubin, Medal of Honor recipient
• Robert H. Schuller, television evangelist{{Cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/news/business/21647976-robert-schuller-entrepreneur-televangelism-and-megachurches-died-april-2nd-retail |magazine=The Economist |title=Retail religion |date=April 9, 2015 |access-date=April 13, 2015}}
• Nicole Brown Simpson, murder victim and former wife of O.J. Simpson

• {{flagicon|KOR}} Anyang, South Korea{{cite web|url=https://ggsistercity.org/anyang|title=Garden Grove to Anyang|publisher=Garden Grove Sister City Association}}

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• Christ Cathedral (Garden Grove, California)
• List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations

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Category:Cities in Orange County, California

Category:Incorporated cities and towns in California

Category:Populated places established in 1874

Category:Populated places on the Santa Ana River

Category:1874 establishments in California