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California Census Data

California Atlas People QuickFacts California USA Population, 2005 estimate 36,132,147 296,410,404 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 6.7% 5.…

California Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over25,596,144100.0In labor force15,977,87962.4Civilian labor force15,829,20261.8Employed14,718,92857.5Unemployed1,110,2744.3Percent of…

California Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units12,214,549100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached6,883,49356.41-unit, attached931,8737.62 units327,0242.73 or 4 units697,7795.75 to 9 units722,8275.910 to 19…

California Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school10,129,990100.0Nursery school, preschool547,0665.4Kindergarten554,3615.5Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,349,86742.9High…

California Map Quiz

California is a state filled with diverse geography, stunning landscapes, and rich cultural history. This quiz will test your knowledge on various topics related to California's geography, including…

Banning

(Encyclopedia) Banning, resort city (2020 pop. 31,193), Riverside co., S Calif., in a fruit-growing area between Mt. San Jacinto and Mt. San Gorgonio;…

Palm Desert

(Encyclopedia) Palm Desert, city (1990 pop. 23,252), Riverside co., S Calif., on the Whitewater River. A suburb of Palm Springs, Palm Desert is a rapidly growing resort and retirement community.…

Wesleyan University

(Encyclopedia) Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Conn.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1831. There are special cooperative study programs with the California Institute of Technology and the…

sequoia

(Encyclopedia) sequoiasequoiasĭkwoiˈə [key], name for the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and for the big tree, or giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), both huge, coniferous evergreen trees of…

Munk, Walter Heinrich

(Encyclopedia) Munk, Walter Heinrich, 1917–2019, American oceanographer and geophysicist, b. Vienna (then in Austria-Hungary), B.S. California Institute of Technology, 1939, Ph.D Univ. of California…