It's about politics and this puts as many people where they want to be as possible, while allowing the East a fraction of northern coastline and the West a bit of farmland. Counties would have to be broken up to put the O.C. with its GOP brethren.
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California statewide |
37,325,068 | $61,400 |
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| California | 33,511,025 | $63,138 |
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| East California | 3,814,043 | $50,090 |
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Sources: 2012 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, California Secretary of State.
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