What are the largest cities in Orange County — not by population, but by actual land area? Here are the top five:
1. Irvine — 65.6 sq. mi.
2. Anaheim — 50.3 sq. mi.
3. Huntington Beach — 27.0 sq. mi.
4. Orange — 25.7 sq. mi.
5. Newport Beach — 23.8 sq. mi.
Irvine is more than 2.5× the land area of Newport Beach! Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, land area in square miles, 2020, rounded to one decimal place.
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