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California

Ranked #35 out of 50 of the Best places to Live with a Gross State Product of $1,543,835,000,000.00


California Facts VS. USA :

Population, 2006 estimate 36,457,549 299,398,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 7.6% 6.4%
Population, 2000 33,871,648 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 7.3% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 26.1% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 10.8% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2006 50.0% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 76.9% 80.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 6.7% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 1.2% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 12.4% 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) 0.4% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 2.4% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 35.9% 14.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 43.1% 66.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 50.2% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 26.2% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 39.5% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 76.8% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 26.6% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 5,923,361 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 27.7 25.5
Housing units, 2006 13,174,378 126,316,181
Homeownership rate, 2000 56.9% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 31.4% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $211,500 $119,600
Households, 2000 11,502,870 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.87 2.59
Median household income, 2004 $49,894 $44,334
Per capita money income, 1999 $22,711 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 13.2% 12.7%
Business QuickFacts California USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 860,8661 7,499,702
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 13,382,4701 116,317,003
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 3.9%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 2,609,258 20,392,068
Total number of firms, 2002 2,908,758 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 3.9% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 1.3% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 12.8% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.2% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 14.7% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 29.9% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 378,661,414 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 655,954,708 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 359,120,365 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,264 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 55,559,669 449,498,718
Building permits, 2006 160,502 1,838,903
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 232,387,1681 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts California USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 155,959.34 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 217.2 79.6
FIPS Code 06