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People QuickFacts | California | USA
Population, 2012 estimate | 38,041,430 | 313,914,040
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 37,253,956 | 308,747,508
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.1% | 1.7%
Population, 2010 | 37,253,956 | 308,745,538
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.7% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.6% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 11.7% | 13.3%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.3% | 50.8%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 74.0% | 78.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 6.6% | 13.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.7% | 1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 13.6% | 5.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.5% | 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 3.6% | 2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 38.1% | 16.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 39.7% | 63.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 84.2% | 84.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 27.2% | 12.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 43.2% | 20.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 80.8% | 85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 30.2% | 28.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,997,566 | 22,215,303
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27 | 25.4
Housing units, 2011 | 13,720,462 | 132,312,404
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 56.7% | 66.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 30.8% | 25.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $421,600 | $186,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 12,433,172 | 114,761,359
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.91 | 2.6
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $29,634 | $27,915
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $61,632 | $52,762
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.4% | 14.3%
Business QuickFacts | California | USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 849,316 | 7,354,043
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 12,698,427 | 113,425,965
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.3% | 1.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 2,814,409 | 22,110,628
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,425,510 | 27,092,908
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.0% | 7.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 1.3% | 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 14.9% | 5.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 16.5% | 8.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.3% | 28.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 491,372,092 | 5,319,456,312
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 598,456,486 | 4,174,286,516
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 455,032,270 | 3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,561 | $12,990
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 80,852,787 | 613,795,732
Building permits, 2012 | 58,549 | 829,658
Geography QuickFacts | California | USA
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 155,779.22 | 3,531,905.43
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 239.1 | 87.4
FIPS Code | 6
(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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts