Population Trend Graph & Race Chart for California and United States from 2000 to 2012

The population of California went from 33,994,571 to 38,041,430 from 2000 to 2012 for a total growth of 4,046,859. The population of the United States for that same time period went from 282,171,957 to 313,914,040 for a total population growth of 31,742,083. California had a total percentage growth for those 12 years of 11.9 percent which was faster than the overall United States total percentage growth which was 11.2 over those same years. The trends of growth for both the United States and California can be seen on the graph below. The graph which is logarithmic indicates that although the growth was faster for California than the United States the trends were similar.

Population of California and the United States Annually from 2000 to 2012
Territory	7/1/2012	7/1/2011	7/1/2010	7/1/2009	7/1/2008	7/1/2007	7/1/2006	7/1/2005	7/1/2004	7/1/2003	7/1/2002	7/1/2001	7/1/2000
United States	313,914,040	311,591,917	309,330,219	307,006,550	304,374,846	301,579,895	298,593,212	295,753,151	293,045,739	290,326,418	287,803,914	285,081,556	282,171,957
California	38,041,430	37,691,912	37,338,198	36,961,664	36,580,371	36,226,122	35,979,208	35,795,255	35,558,419	35,251,107	34,876,194	34,485,623	33,994,571

Annual Estimates and data of the Resident Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (NST-EST2009-01)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Release Date: December 2009
Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States and States: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 (NST-EST2011-01)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Release Date: December 2011

Graph of California's population growth trend.

The race percentages for California are shown with the table and charts below that indicate there have been changes from 2000 to 2012. The percentage of the population of white only has decreased from 47.2 to 39.4. The percent of the black only population has only decreased from 6.5 to 5.8. The percent of population of hispanic / mixed has increased from 32.5% to 38.2% and other/mixed races have increased from 13.8% to 16.6%.

Population by Race for California
Race	1-Jul-00	% of Total	1-Jul-12	% of Total
White Only	16,041,289	47.2	14,971,342	39.4
Black Only	2,212,229	6.5	2,202,040	5.8
Hispanic* / Mixed	11,054,553	32.5	14,537,666	38.2
Other / Mixed Non-Hispanic	4,679,906	13.8	6,330,382	16.6
Total Races with Hispanic*	33,987,977	100.00	38,041,430	100.0

*Hispanics are technically not considered a race but rather an ethnicity.

Population by race of California for the year 2000. California pie chart by race for the year 2012.

Population Density Map of California by Square Mile

Darker orange color indicates areas of higher population density.
Map shows a higher population density surrounding major cities.

Population density map for California.

References:

Population Estimates, 2013, United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/popest/data/historical/2010s/index.html

List of U.S. states and territories by population, 2013, Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population

U.S. Population Density, ArcGis, http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=302d4e6025ef41fa8d3525b7fc31963a

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