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

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

3. 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– million
Sacramento– 1.4 million
Contra Costa—1.03 million
Fresno– 900,000
Ventura– 820,000
San Francisco– 800,000

4. 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

5. Cities by Population & Density
Size Density
Los Angeles 3.8 mill San Francisco 17,160
San Diego 1.3 mill Santa Ana ,793
San Jose 930, Long Beach , 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, Berkeley 10, 752

6. Migration Interstate Net in-migration since Gold Rush Exceptions

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

8. Intrastate
Interregional
Rural to Urban
Coast to Inland

9. 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

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

11. 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