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California At A Glance
Last Updated November 18, 2003
The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 163,696 square miles
- Population in 2000: 33,871,648; 94.5% urban; 5.5% rural
- Population in 1990: 29,760,021
- Population Change: Up
13.6% 1990-2000; Up
25.7% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 1st of 50; 12.0% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Los Angeles (3,694,820);
San Diego (1,223,400);
San Jose (894,943);
San Francisco (776,733);
Long Beach (461,522)
- Registered Voters:
6,733,858 D
(44.4%);
5,341,974 R
(35.2%);
3,092,431 unaffiliated and minor parties
(20.4%)
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 25 D 15 R
- State Assembly: 48 D 32 R
- State Legislative Term Limits: Yes
Key Elected Officials:
The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
15,816,790 (46.7%) white;
2,181,926 (6.4%) black;
3,648,860 (10.8%) Asian;
178,984 (0.5%) American Indian;
103,736 (0.3%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
903,115 (2.7%) two-plus races;
71,681 (0.2%) other;
10,966,556 (32.4%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
8.0% German,
6.3% Irish,
6.1% English,
3.5% Italian,
2.7% USA
- State Natives: 50.2% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 15.9% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 62.2% English;
22.4% Spanish;
8.6% Asian
- Education:
76.8% high school graduates;
26.6% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
2,569,340 (10.4%);
WWII: (20.5%);
Korea: (13.7%);
Vietnam: (32.4%);
First Gulf War: (9.8%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
1.9% agriculture;
6.2% construction;
6.9% finance;
3.9% information;
17.8% manufacturing;
30.1% professional;
4.5% public administration;
15.2% trade;
13.4% other
- Work Force: 21.2% blue collar; 62.7% white collar; 16.1% gray collar
- Work Sector: 76.5% private; 14.7% government; 8.5% self-employed; 0.4% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 6.9% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$47,493
- 14.2% are below the poverty line
- 14.0% less than $15,000
- 22.9% $15-35,000
- 15.2% $35-50,000
- 30.7% $50-100,000
- 10.4% $100-150,000
- 6.9% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $198,900
- 5.1% less than $50,000
- 11.3% $50-100,000
- 34.0% $100-200,000
- 20.8% $200-300,000
- 17.8% $300-500,000
- 11.0% more than $500,000
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