Las Flores (Spanish for "The Flowers") is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Orange County, California, located adjacent to the City of Rancho Santa Margarita, California.

[2] The Rancho Santa Margarita dog/skate park is located in the CDP and is served by the Orange County Sheriff's Dept.

[3][4] Although Las Flores lies in the land grant of Rancho Mission Viejo, it is named after the land grant about twenty-five miles (40 km) south Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores.

Las Flores is bordered by the city of Rancho Santa Margarita to the northwest, the census-designated place (CDP) Coto de Caza to the north, the CDP Ladera Ranch to the south, and the city of Mission Viejo to the west.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of Las Flores was 4,488 (75.2%) White (64.6% Non-Hispanic White),[10] 91 (1.5%) African American, 23 (0.4%) Native American, 780 (13.1%) Asian, 12 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 261 (4.4%) from other races, and 316 (5.3%) from two or more races.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Las Flores had a median household income of $128,301, with 3.6% of the population living below the federal poverty line.

It is named in reference to Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores.

It was established when Rancho Santa Margarita was unincorporated in the 1990s and was never officially annexed when RSM incorporated in 2000.

[13] In the California State Legislature, Las Flores is in the 36th Senate District, seat currently vacant, and in the 73rd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Cottie Petrie-Norris.