California

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Background • Federal Census Summary • Counties • Links to State ResourcesBackground

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California was part of the region acquired from Mexico in 1848, and was admitted as a State on September 9, 1850 with essentially its present boundaries.

Federal Census Summary

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Although the 1850 census covered the whole State, the 1850 returns are incomplete; those for Contra Costa and Santa Clara Counties were lost before reaching Washington, and those for San Francisco County were destroyed by fire.

1790: ---	1800: ---	1810: ---	1820: ---	1830: ---	1840: ---	1850: 92,597	1860: 379,994
1870: 560,247	1880: 864,694	1890: 1,213,398	1900: 1,485,053	1910: 2,377,549	1920: 3,426,861	1930: 5,677,251	1940: 6,907,387
1950: 10,586,223	1960: 15,717,204	1970: 19,953,134	1980: 23,667,902	1990: 29,760,021	2000: 33,871,648

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

State Resources

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References

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Forstall, Richard L., Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 1996.

Perry, Marc J., et. al., Population Change and Distribution: Census 2000 Brief, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 2001.