California Profile

Los Angeles is nestled between the mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

Lying on the Pacific Ocean, it is bordered by Mexico and the U.S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona. California is the largest state in population and the third largest in area (158,633 sq mi [410,858 sq km]), extending about 800 mi (1,300 km) north to south and 250 mi (400 km) east to west. Its capital is Sacramento. Within 85 mi (137 km) of each other lie Mount Whitney and Death Valley, the highest and lowest points in the 48 contiguous states. California was inhabited originally by Native Americans. The first European coastal expansion took place in 1542–43 when Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo established a Spanish claim to the area. The first mission was established by Junípero Serra at San Diego in 1769. The region remained under Spanish and, after the 1820s, Mexican control until it was taken by U.S. forces in the Mexican War and ceded to the U.S. by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. Though settlement had begun by the U.S. in 1841, it was greatly accelerated by the 1848 gold rush. California was admitted to the union in 1850 as a nonslavery state under the Compromise of 1850. Its already expanding population grew immensely in the 20th century. It has the largest economy of any U.S. state. It has suffered severe earthquakes, most destructively those of San Francisco in 1906 and 1989 and Los Angeles in 1994.

Encyclopedia Britannica: California (state, United States)

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California Statistics

Population, 2007 estimate	36,553,215
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007	7.9%
Housing units, 2007	13,308,346
Median household income, 2007	$59,928
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	155,959.34
Persons per square mile, 2000	217.2

U.S. Census Bureau: California QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

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California Links

There's more information than I could possibly list here but I want to provide links to further your investigation if you so choose. So, here's a link the Official State Home Page of California. The official tourism Web site of California is aptly located on VisitCalifornia.com.

Weather information is also available by cities. Just visit California Weather - Average Temperatures and Rainfall and then click on the name of the city you are interested in to find data for that specific city. And what state profile would be complete without a link to their Top Attractions and Oddities?!?

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