California

Population Density
People per square mile, 1990:	190.82
People per square mile, 2000:	217.2

*Note: Chart numbers showing a population of 0 is due to there being no Census figures from that time for the State of California.

Year	Population		Year	Population		Year	Population
1790	0		1880	864,694		1970	19,971,069
1800	0		1890	1,213,398		1980	23,667,764
1810	0		1900	1,485,053		1990	29,760,021
1820	0		1910	2,377,549		2000	33,871,648
1830	0		1920	3,426,861		2010	38,067,134
1840	0		1930	5,677,251		2020	42,206,743
1850	92,597		1940	6,907,387		2030	46,444,861
1860	379,994		1950	10,586,223
1870	560,247		1960	15,717,204

Population By County

	Census 2000 Population	Change from 1990	Percent Change
California	33,871,648	4,111,627	13.82
Alameda County	1,443,741	164,559	12.86
Alpine County	1,208	95	8.54
Amador County	35,100	5,061	16.85
Butte County	203,171	21,051	11.56
Calaveras County	40,554	8,556	26.74
Colusa County	18,804	2,529	15.54
Contra Costa County	948,816	145,084	18.05
Del Norte County	27,507	4,047	17.25
El Dorado County	156,299	30,304	24.05
Fresno County	799,407	131,917	19.76
Glenn County	26,453	1,655	6.67
Humboldt County	126,518	7,400	6.21
Imperial County	142,361	33,058	30.24
Inyo County	17,945	-336	-1.84
Kern County	661,645	118,168	21.74
Kings County	129461	27992	27.59
Lake County	58309	7678	15.16
Lassen County	33,828	6,230	22.57
Los Angeles County	9,519,338	656,174	7.40
Madera County	123,109	35,019	39.75
Marin County	247,289	17,193	7.47
Mariposa County	17,130	2,828	19.77
Mendocino County	86,265	5,920	7.37
Merced County	210,554	32,151	18.02
Modoc County	9,449	-229	-2.37
Mono County	12,853	2,897	29.10
Monterey County	401,762	46,102	12.96
Napa County	124,279	13,514	12.20
Nevada County	92,033	13,523	17.22
Orange County	2,846,289	435,733	18.08
Placer County	248,399	75,603	43.75
Plumas County	20,824	1,085	5.50
Riverside County	1,545,387	374,974	32.04
Sacramento County	1,223,499	182,280	17.51
San Benito County	53,234	16,537	45.06
San Bernardino County	1,709,434	291,054	20.52
San Diego County	2,813,833	315,817	12.64
San Francisco County	776,733	52,774	7.29
San Joaquin County	563,598	82,970	17.26
San Luis Obispo County	246,681	29,519	13.59
San Mateo County	707,161	57,538	8.86
Santa Barbara County	399,347	29,739	8.05
Santa Clara County	1,682,585	185,008	12.35
Santa Cruz County	255,602	25,868	11.26
Shasta County	163,256	16,220	11.03
Sierra County	3,555	237	7.14
Siskiyou County	44,301	770	1.77
Solano County	394,542	54,121	15.90
Sonoma County	458,614	70,392	18.13
Stanislaus County	446,997	76,475	20.64
Sutter County	78,930	14,515	22.53
Tehama County	56,039	6,414	12.92
Trinity County	13,022	-41	-0.31
Tulare County	368,021	56,100	17.99
Tuolumne County	54,501	6,045	12.48
Ventura County	753,197	84,181	12.58
Yolo County	168,660	27,568	19.54
Yuba County	60,219	1,991	3.42

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census

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