California's 172nd Anniversary of Statehood (1850):
September 9, 2022

California joined the Union on September 9, 1850. Explore the stats and facts below to learn more about the 31st state to join the Union. 

Population, Demographics, and More

Use our QuickFacts tool to discover more about California's people, places, and economy.

The Golden State added 2,284,267 people between 2010 and 2020, a 6.1% increase to 39,538,223.

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About Geographic Areas

California has 1,523 places, 480 incorporated places, and 1,043 census designated places (CDPs). The incorporated places consist of 459 cities and 21 towns. In California, an incorporated place can legally exist only in a single county.

California has 8,057 census tracts, 23,212 block groups, and 710,145 blocks.

New Business Formations in California

Our Business Formation Statistics (BFS) provide timely and high-frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States. BFS measures business initiation activity and the cycle from initiation to realized business formation. Get an early look at business formation activity within the U.S. at a detailed state and regional level.

Monthly State Retail Sales: California

Monthly State Retail Sales is a Census Bureau experimental data product featuring modeled state-level retail sales. This is a blended data product using Monthly Retail Trade Survey data, administrative data, and third-party data.

Explore data for California using our data visualization. 

State Sales Tax Collections: California

Monthly state tax collections provide data for sales taxes from general sales, lodging, alcoholic beverages, motor fuel, tobacco products, and individual income and corporate income taxes. 

Use our interactive data visualization to explore data for California.

View California Statistics in Our COVID-19 Data Hub

View the state COVID-19 impact planning report. Take a look at new survey data and estimates.

Other Resources for State Data

Check out these other resources to find state and community data.

• My Community Explorer
• Community Resilience Estimates
• Census Business Builder

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