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California

38,965,192 Population
155,859.1 square miles 250 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,013 ±$250 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$95,521 ±$611 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12% ±0.2% (4,588,687  ±71,646) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.2 minutes ±0.1 (465,548,030  ±2,732,201) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

13,699,816 ±20,966 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.8 ±40.6 (38,073,200  ±-555,555,600) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.8% ±0.1% (450,412  ±12,915) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

14,762,527 ±428 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$725,800 ±$2,850 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.5% ±0.2% (4,056,831  ±59,611.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

84.8% ±0.3% (22,875,415  ±78,978.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
37.5% ±0.2% (10,110,325  ±48,413.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

45% ±0.2% (16,604,364  ±70,281.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about double the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

27.3% ±,389.3% (10,640,017  ±60,440) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4.1% ±0.1% (1,242,882  ±19,495) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
1,242,882 Total veterans ±19,495 1,120,115 Male ±17,781 122,767 Female ±6,217

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