California - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Sacramento September 9, 1850 the 31st state State nickname Name for residents State motto The Golden State Californians Eureka (I have found it) Abbreviation CA LAND Total area 423,971 sq km 163,696 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 3rd 403,973 sq km 155,975 sq mi Highest point Mount Whitney 4,418 m/14,494 ft Forested land as a share of total area Federally owned land as a share of land area 40.3 percent (2002) 47 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 36,553,215 (2007 estimate) 1st 13.8 percent (1990-2000) 90 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 234 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 94.4 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Los Angeles 3,849,378 (2006) San Diego 1,256,951 (2006) San Jose 929,936 (2006) San Francisco 744,041 (2006) Long Beach 472,494 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 59.5 percent (2000) Asians 10.9 percent (2000) Blacks 6.7 percent (2000) Native Americans Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 1 percent (2000) 0.3 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 21.5 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 32.4 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 75.9 years (1989-1991) 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 383 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 515 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) 18.8 percent (2006) 21.1 (2003) Government spending per student (K-12) $8,740 (2002-2003) Share of students attending private school 10.3 percent (1999) Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 80.1 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 40 members Assembly, 80 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 53 Electoral votes 55 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $1.73 trillion (2006) $35,172 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 1.4 percent (2004) Industry Construction 4.6 percent (2004) Manufacturing 11.3 percent (2004) Mining 0.8 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 4.1 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 22.6 percent (2004) G overnment 10.8 percent (2004) Information technology 7 percent (2004) Retail trade 7 percent (2004) Wholesale trade Other services 5.6 percent (2004) 25.2 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 17,902,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 4.9 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 16.5 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 11.9 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 19.8 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 18.1 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 50.2 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 142 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 59.6 percent (2003 estimate) 5.3 books per person (2002) 273,437 km (2005) 169,906 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 3,959 km (2005) 2,460 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 9,328 km (2004) 5,796 mi (2004) Airports 37 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
