How do we make our money? For the most part, the old-fashioned way: We work for it. In 1990, Orange County residents earned total personal income of $60,930,015. By far the largest share of that total, 56%, came from wages and salaries. That is consistent with the pattern during the last five years with the exception of 1987, when 60% of the total was from wages and salaries. Last year, no other income category generated half as much. Here's where the money came from during 1990:

Wages / salaries: 56%

Property income: 22%

Proprietorship / other: 10%

Residence adjustment*: 9%

Transfer payments**: 3%

* Income for residents who work outside Orange County

** Includes payments such as food stamps, AFDC (welfare), Social Security and unemployment insurance

Source: Chapman College Economic & Business Review; California Department of Finance

Researched by: DALLAS M. JACKSON / Los Angeles Times