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selected: California

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Table

California
Population estimates, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 39,250,017
People
Population
Population estimates, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 39,250,017
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2016) 37,254,522
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2016, (V2016) 5.4%
Population, Census, April 1, 2010 37,253,956
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 6.3%
Persons under 5 years, percent, April 1, 2010 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 23.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, April 1, 2010 25.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 13.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, April 1, 2010 11.4%
Female persons, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 50.3%
Female persons, percent, April 1, 2010 50.3%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 72.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 6.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 1.7%
Asian alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 14.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(a) 0.5%
Two or More Races, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016)(b) 38.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 37.7%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2011-2015 1,777,410
Foreign born persons, percent, 2011-2015 27.0%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2016, (V2016) 14,060,525
Housing units, April 1, 2010 13,680,081
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2011-2015 54.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2011-2015 $385,500
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2011-2015 $2,155
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2011-2015 $500
Median gross rent, 2011-2015 $1,255
Building permits, 2016 102,350
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2011-2015 12,717,801
Persons per household, 2011-2015 2.96
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2011-2015 85.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2011-2015 43.9%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2011-2015 81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2011-2015 31.4%
Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2011-2015 6.8%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent
8.3%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2011-2015 63.1%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2011-2015 57.2%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 90,830,372
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 248,953,592
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 512,303,164
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 666,652,186
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)(c) 481,800,461
Total retail sales per capita, 2012(c) $12,665
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2011-2015 28.0
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2015 dollars), 2011-2015 $61,818
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2015 dollars), 2011-2015 $30,318
Persons in poverty, percent
14.3%
Businesses
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2015 908,1201
Total employment, 2015 14,325,3771
Total annual payroll, 2015 ($1,000) 856,954,2461
Total employment, percent change, 2014-2015 3.5%1
Total nonemployer establishments, 2015 3,206,958
All firms, 2012 3,548,449
Men-owned firms, 2012 1,852,580
Women-owned firms, 2012 1,320,085
Minority-owned firms, 2012 1,619,857
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012 1,819,107
Veteran-owned firms, 2012 252,377
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012 3,176,341
Geography
Geography
Population per square mile, 2010 239.1
Land area in square miles, 2010 155,779.22
FIPS Code 06
Value Notes
  • 1Includes data not distributed by county.

This geographic level of poverty and health estimates is not comparable to other geographic levels of these estimates

Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. Click the Quick Info icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.

The vintage year (e.g., V2016) refers to the final year of the series (2010 thru 2016). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.

Fact Notes
  • (a)Includes persons reporting only one race
  • (b)Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories
  • (c)Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
Value Flags
  • -Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.
  • DSuppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
  • FFewer than 25 firms
  • FNFootnote on this item in place of data
  • NANot available
  • SSuppressed; does not meet publication standards
  • XNot applicable
  • ZValue greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, 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.