Most populous state 1 out of every 8 Americans a Californian Destination for Migrants: international, interstate

Demography Study of population characteristics Change: NIR, TFR Density Structure: population pyramid

Total Population by County Los Angeles– 10.3 million San Diego– 3.1 million Orange– 3.1 million San Bernardino– 2 million Riverside– 1.9 million Santa Clara– 1.76 million Alameda– 1. 51 million Sacramento– 1.4 million Contra Costa—1.03 million Fresno– 900,000 Ventura– 820,000 San Francisco– 800,000

Population Density by County San Francisco—16,260 people/sq mi Orange—3,000 people/sq mi Los Angeles—2344 people/sq mi Alameda San Mateo Santa Clara Contra Costa *all are above 1000/sq mi

Cities by Population & Density Size Density Los Angeles 3.8 mill San Francisco 17,160 San Diego 1.3 mill Santa Ana 11,793 San Jose 930,000 Long Beach 9, 191 San Francisco 800,000 Los Angeles 7, 544 Long Beach 495,000 Oakland 5, 009 Fresno– 465,000 Sacramento 4, 660 Sacramento– 450,000 Fresno 4, 404 Oakland– 414,000 San Diego 3, 722 Santa Ana– 354,000 Anaheim– 350,000 Berkeley 10, 752

Migration Interstate Net in-migration since Gold Rush Exceptions

Scene from The Grapes of Wrath The Dust Bowl in the 1930s led to forced migration from the Great Plains to California and elsewhere.

Intrastate Interregional Rural to Urban Coast to Inland

Net Migration by County, 2000-04 Fig. 3-15: Rural counties in the southwest and Florida have had net in-migration, while there has been net out-migration from rural counties in the Great Plains

Intraregional Migration Urban to Suburban Suburban to Exurban Inland Empire 66% pop increase 1980-1990 African-American pop increased by 119% Rialto: 20% African-American by 1990 Moreno Valley: 13% African-American by 1990

The Cultural Landscape—Carl Sauer Sequent Occupance—H.J. de Blij Historical Geography Pre-European CA: to 1769 Spanish CA: to 1824 Mexican CA: to 1848 Anglo-American CA: to present