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Resident population in California from 1960 to 2023 (in millions)

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Release date

June 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1960 to 2023

Supplementary notes

1960 to 2000 data as of April 1, data for other years as of July 1. Insofar as possible, the population shown for all years is that of the present area of the state.
* The April 1, 1990, census counts include corrections processed through August 1997, results of special censuses and test censuses, and do not include adjustments for census coverage errors.
Data from previous years can be found .

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In 2023, the resident population of California was million. This is a slight decrease from the previous year, with million people in 2022. This makes it the most populous state in the U.S.

Californian demographics

Along with an increase in population, California’s gross domestic product (GDP) has also been increasing, from *** trillion U.S. dollars in 2000 to **** trillion U.S. dollars in 2023. In the same time period, the per-capita personal income has almost doubled, from * U.S. dollars in 2000 to * U.S. dollars in 2022.

In 2023, the majority of California’s resident population was Hispanic or Latino, although the number of white residents followed as a close second, with Asian residents making up the third-largest demographic in the state.

The dark side of the Golden State

While California is one of the most well-known states in the U.S., is home to Silicon Valley, and one of the states where personal income has been increasing over the past 20 years, not everyone in California is so lucky: In 2023, the poverty rate in California was about ** percent, and the state had the fifth-highest rate of homelessness in the country during that same year, with an estimated ** homeless people per 10,000 of the population.