QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau: California

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

California



California
People QuickFacts California USA
Population, 2005 estimate 36,132,147 296,410,404
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 6.7% 5.3%
Population, 2000 33,871,648 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 7.4% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 26.9% 24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 10.7% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2005 50.1% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a) 77.0% 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) 6.7% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 1.2% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 12.2% 4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.4% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 2.4% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 35.2% 14.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 43.8% 66.9%
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, 2005 12,989,254 124,521,886
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, 2003 $48,440 $43,318
Per capita money income, 1999 $22,711 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 13.8% 12.5%
Business QuickFacts California USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 841,7741 7,387,724
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 13,264,9181 115,074,924
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 3.0%1 0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 2,508,801 19,523,741
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, 2005 205,020 2,155,316
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 232,387,1681 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts California USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 155,959 3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000 217.2 79.6
FIPS Code 06
1: Includes data not distributed by county.
2: Includes data not distributed by state.

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:04:30 EST

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