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Costa Mesa

city in Orange County, California, United States
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Summary

Costa Mesa is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,828 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Orange County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: John Stephens[5]
  • Instance of: city of California[6], big city[7]
  • Shares border with: Santa Ana[8], Newport Beach[9], Huntington Beach[10]
  • Postal code: 92626[11], 92627[12], 92628[13]
  • Commons category: Costa Mesa, California[14]
  • Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[15]
  • Local dialing code: 949[16]
  • Inception: 1776[17]
  • Official website: https://www.costamesaca.gov/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Costa Mesa, California[19]
  • Population: 109,960[20], 111,918[21]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Costa Mesa, California[22]
  • Topic has template: Template:Costa Mesa, California[23]
  • Official name: Costa Mesa[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Costa Mesa, California[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Costa Mesa, California[26]
  • Number of households: 40,660[27]
  • Native label: Costa Mesa[28]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Costa Mesa, California[29]
  • Elevation above sea level: 30 m[30]
  • Area: 40.934837 km²[31], 40.661662 km²[32]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.2929 percent[33]
  • Number of viewers/listeners: 694,496[34]

Why It Matters

Costa Mesa has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . costamesaca.gov. Retrieved . costamesaca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Open ISNI for Organizations. Retrieved . isni.ringgold.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Open ISNI for Organizations. Retrieved . isni.ringgold.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → cityofcostamesa-dd713f, cityofcostamesa-1fe400
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Osm name suggestion index id: cityofcostamesa-dd713f, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  2. 19w ago · Alexis Jazz · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+44291'}
    Population → {'amount': '+109960'}, {'amount': '+111918'}
    Number of households → {'amount': '+40660'}
    Coordinates → —
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Costa Mesa 01 Photo Don Ramey Logan.jpg"
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