People QuickFacts California USA Population, 2011 estimate 37,691,912 311,591,917 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 37,253,956 308,745,538 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.2% 0.9% Population, 2010 37,253,956 308,745,538 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.7% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.6% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.7% 13.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.3% 50.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 74.0% 78.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.6% 13.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.7% 1.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 13.6% 5.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.6% 2.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 38.1% 16.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 39.7% 63.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 84.0% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 27.2% 12.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 43.0% 20.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 80.7% 85.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 30.1% 27.9% Veterans, 2006-2010 2,051,959 22,652,496 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 26.9 25.2  Housing units, 2011 13,720,462 132,312,404 Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 57.4% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 30.7% 25.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $458,500 $188,400 Households, 2006-2010 12,392,852 114,235,996 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.89 2.59 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $29,188 $27,334 Median household income 2006-2010 $60,883 $51,914 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 13.7% 13.8%     Business QuickFacts California USA Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 849,875 7,396,628 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 12,536,402 111,970,095 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -2.7 -1.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,814,409 22,110,628  Total number of firms, 2007 3,425,510 27,092,908 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.0% 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.3% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 14.9% 5.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.3% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.5% 8.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 30.3% 28.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 491,372,092 5,338,306,501 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 598,456,486 4,174,286,516 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 455,032,270 3,917,663,456 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,561 $12,990 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 80,852,787 613,795,732 Building permits, 2011 45,471 624,061     Geography QuickFacts California USA Land area in square miles, 2010 155,779.22 3,531,905.43 Persons per square mile, 2010 239.1 87.4 FIPS Code 06 (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts