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Almanac
Admitted to Union ] September 9, 1850
Capital Sacramento,   [ Find out more ]
Nickname The Golden State, The Land of Milk and Honey,   [ Find out more ]
Motto Eureka,   [ Find out more ]
Total Area 163,707 square miles Rank 3rd
Total Land Area 155,973 square miles Rank 3rd
Total Water Area 7,734 square miles Rank 6th
Length 770 miles
Width 250 miles
Highest Point 14,494 feet (Mount Whitney) Rank 2nd
Lowest Point -282 feet (Death Valley) Rank 1st
Mean Elevation 2,900 feet Rank 11th
Highest Temp 134 degrees on Jul. 10, 1913 at Greenland Ranch
Lowest Temp -45 degrees on Jan. 20, 1937 at Boca.
Highest Monthly Avg Temp 92.2 degrees Rank 12th
Lowest Monthly Avg Temp 14.3 degrees Rank 16th
Population
(U.S. Census, April, 2000)		 33,871,648 Rank 1st
Population per square mile
(Population/Total Land Area)		 217.16 Rank 12th
Ten Largest cities by population
State Capital in Red
(U.S. Census, April, 2000)

1. Los Angeles 3,694,820   6. Fresno 427,652
2. San Diego 1,223,400 7. Sacramento 407,018
3. San Jose 894,943 8. Oakland 399,484
4. San Francisco 776,733 9. Santa Ana 337,977
5. Long Beach 461,522 10. Anaheim 328,014
Median Age 31.5
Average Lifetime (1979-1981) 74.57 Rank 19th
Crimes Reported per 100,000 (1992-1993) 6,456.9 Rank 5th
Violent Crimes 1,077.8 Rank 3rd
Property 5,379.1 Rank 9th
Per capita income (2000)
Source:Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce		 $32,149 Rank 8th
Disposable personal income per capita (2000)
Source:Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce		 $26,401 Rank 10th
Median income of households(1993) $34,073 Rank 14th

We've gathered some of this information from "The World Almanac® of the U.S.A." by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, published by World Almanac Books (An Imprint of K-III Reference Corporation, A K-III Communications Company). Copyright 1996.

This book is chock full of statistical data, historical information and items of interest for all 50 states. We can recommend it as an excellent resource. If you would like to have this book, click here to purchase this book from

For the specifics on California, go right to the source with California Almanac edited by James Fay. This is the 7th edition of this well done and popular volume.
Additional Sources:
United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov.
To Arkansas almanac. To Colorado almanac.
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