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California has a total area of 163,695.75 square miles (423970 km²).

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Population :	39,512,223
Country :	United States of America
Different from :	California
Head of government :	Governor of California
Area :	423970 km²
Water as percent of area :	4.84%
Land as percent of area :	95.16%
Continent :	North America
Legislative body :	California State Legislature
Named for :	Island of California
Official language :	English
Altitude :	2,900 feet / 884 meters
Capital :	Sacramento
Establishment :	September 09, 1850 (170 years ago)
Time Zone :	America/Los_Angeles
Local time :	02:44:36 (19th April 2021)

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California has 4 neighbors .

Estado de Baja California state of Mexico
Nevada state of the United States of America
Arizona state of the United States of America
Oregon state of the United States of America

Santa Barbara County
San Diego County
Santa Cruz County
Plumas County
Riverside County
Modoc County
Fresno County
San Francisco County
Tulare County
Humboldt County
Sacramento County
Calaveras County
Lassen County
Tehama County
Stanislaus County
San Benito County
Inyo County
Amador County
Placer County
San Bernardino County
Madera County
Tuolumne County
San Joaquin County
Lake County
Kings County
San Luis Obispo County
Imperial County
Orange County
Sierra County
San Mateo County
Mono County
Solano County
Mariposa County
Santa Clara County
Yuba County
Del Norte County
Butte County
Marin County
Sonoma County
Merced County
Ventura County
El Dorado County
Colusa County
Trinity County
Yolo County
Glenn County
Siskiyou County
Mendocino County
Los Angeles County
Alameda County
Contra Costa County
Monterey County
Alpine County
Kern County
Shasta County
Napa County
Sutter County
Nevada County

Year	Population	Method
1850	92,597	census
1860	379,994	census
1870	560,247	census
1880	864,694	census
1890	1,213,398	census
1900	1,485,053	census
1901	1,550,000	census
1902	1,623,000	census
1903	1,702,000	census
1904	1,792,000	19840383
1905	1,893,000	19840383
1906	1,976,000	census
1907	2,054,000	census
1908	2,161,000	census
1909	2,282,000	census
1910	2,377,549	census
1911	2,534,000	census
1912	2,668,000	census
1913	2,811,000	census
1914	2,934,000	census
1915	3,008,000	demographic balance
1916	3,071,000	census
1917	3,171,000	census
1918	3,262,000	census
1919	3,339,000	census
1920	3,426,861	census
1930	5,677,251	census
1940	6,907,387	census
1950	10,586,223	census
1960	15,717,204	census
1970	19,953,134	census
1980	23,667,902	census
1990	29,760,021	census
2000	33,871,648	census
2010	37,253,956	census
2011	37,638,369	estimation process
2012	37,948,800	estimation process
2013	38,260,787	estimation process
2014	38,596,972	estimation process
2015	38,918,045	estimation process
2016	39,167,117	estimation process
2017	39,358,497	estimation process
2018	39,461,588	estimation process
2019	39,512,223	estimation process

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People born in California (200)

People born in California, including R&B singer, songwriter and record producer Miguel, artist Channa Horwitz, sound engineer Loren L. Ryder, you can see a list of people who born in California.

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Pamelia Kurstin (American musician)
Robert Elswit (American cinematographer)
Farnsworth Wright (American editor)
Özlem Tekin (Turkish singer)
Lee Greenwood (American musician)
Jim White (American singer)
Don Eddy (American artist)
Jake Holmes (American singer-songwriter and jingle writer)
Scotty Beckett (actor (1929-1968))
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John R. Leonetti (American cinematographer and film director)
Frederick C. Weyand (American general)
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California, Pennsylvania borough in Pennsylvania
California, Missouri town in Missouri
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Largest Cities in California (more)

Cities, Towns, Villages, Neighborhoods & Other Populated Places in California.

City Name	Title	County	Population
Los Angeles	County seat of Los Angeles County, California; second largest city in the United States by population	Los Angeles	3,979,576
San Diego	City in San Diego County, California, United States, eighth largest city in the country by population	San Diego	1,423,851
Laguna	Former census-designated place	Sacramento	1,370,232
San Jose	County seat of Santa Clara County, California; tenth largest city in the United States by population	Santa Clara	1,021,795
San Francisco	Consolidated city-county in California, United States	City and of San Francisco	881,549
Fresno	County seat of Fresno County, California, United States	Fresno	531,576
Sacramento	City in and county seat of Sacramento County, California, United States, that is also the capitol of California	Sacramento	513,624
Long Beach	City in Los Angeles County, California, United States	Los Angeles	462,628
Oakland	Port city and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States	Alameda	433,031
Bakersfield	County seat of Kern County, California, United States	Kern	384,145
Anaheim	City in California	Orange	350,365
Santa Ana	County seat and city of Orange County, California, United States	Orange	332,318
Riverside	County seat of Riverside County, California, United States	Riverside	331,360
Stockton	County seat of San Joaquin County, California, United States	San Joaquin	312,697
Irvine	City in Orange County, California, United States	Orange	287,401
Chula Vista	City in California	San Diego	274,492

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California Counties (more)

Towns, Neighborhoods & Other Populated

County Name	Population
Los Angeles County	10,039,107
San Diego County	3,338,330
Orange County	3,175,692
Riverside County	2,470,546
San Bernardino County	2,180,085
Santa Clara County	1,927,852
Alameda County	1,671,329
Sacramento County	1,552,058
Contra Costa County	1,153,526
Fresno County	999,101
City and County of San Francisco	883,869
Ventura County	846,006
San Mateo County	766,573
San Joaquin County	762,148
Stanislaus County	550,660
Sonoma County	494,336