Counting California



California Statistical Abstract


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Producer:  State of California, Department of Finance, Economic Research Unit

Abstract:  Includes land and water areas, acreage of national and State parks and other recreation areas and elevations and climatological data, by weather station; data on the population of the State of California, its counties and cities, comparisons of California's population with the totals for the Nation are also shown; selected data on population by race and age; statistics relating to the civilian labor force of California, including employment, hours of work, earnings, apprenticeships, work injuries, and illnesses; data on Gross State Product, business and personal income, minimum wage, poverty guidelines, consumer expenditures, and the Consumer Price Index; tables relating to vital statistics, mental health, rehabilitation, and social insurance; data relating to libraries, and to public and private education in California, both at the elementary and high school levels and at the collegiate levels; data relating to five basic resources of California: water, agriculture, forestry, fishing, and mining; data on manufacturing industries; annual data on California building permits issued for housing units, and the valuation of building permits issued for both residential and nonresidential units; selected transportation statistics and data summarizing the operations of public utilities, statistical data relating to highway transportation providing information on mileage, fuel distribution, construction and maintenance mileage, vehicle registrations, licensed drivers, and accidents, California's electrical energy generation and representative utility bills for selected cities; information from the Economic Censuses on wholesale and retail trade, and services in California, data on taxable sales, licensed vocational and professional personnel, and foreign trade; bank and savings and loan association statistics; data relating to the financial operation of governmental agencies in California; information includes federal government revenues and expenditures from and to California as well as revenues and expenditures of state and local governments, selected data on property taxes in the state; summary tables showing the number and procedural movement of persons under commitment to the two State correctional agencies, the Departments of Corrections and Youth Authority; information relating to registrations and voting, registrations by principal political parties, the total vote cast, and a statement of the vote for major candidates at recent elections; economic, social, and demographic comparisons.

Topics:  Agriculture and Natural Resources; Banking, Finance and Insurance; Business and Industry; Crime, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice; Education; Elections; Energy and Public Utilities; Health and Vital Statistics; Housing Characteristics and Costs; Income, Poverty and Cost of Living ; Land, Water and Climate; Population and Demographics; Public Finance, Government and Taxes; Social Services and Public Assistance; Transportation; Work, Labor and Employment

Time Period Covered:  Varies

Geographic Areas Covered:  State, MSA, County, City