Eight states by Jarrod Lyman

Make a new state
By Jarrod Lyman in Portland, Oregon

In all honesty I'd break things up even more so if the map weren't limited to keeping things together by county. Some counties, such as Madera and Mariposa, have two distinct regions with very different priorities.

Demographics

Population Estimated
median income
Voter registration Race/Ethnicity
California
statewide
37,325,068 $61,400
Democrats 43.4%
Republicans 28.4%
Other 28.2%
Asian 13.4%
Black 5.8%
Latino 37.6%
White 40.1%
Other 3.2%
Fertilefornia 4,343,655 $49,148
Democrats 37.0%
Republicans 39.2%
Other 23.8%
Asian 7.0%
Black 4.2%
Latino 45.5%
White 40.2%
Other 3.1%
Desertfornia 4,407,498 $55,680
Democrats 37.4%
Republicans 37.1%
Other 25.5%
Asian 6.1%
Black 6.9%
Latino 48.6%
White 35.6%
Other 2.8%
LA-Fornia 17,208,752 $61,987
Democrats 43.8%
Republicans 27.4%
Other 28.9%
Asian 13.6%
Black 5.9%
Latino 41.9%
White 35.9%
Other 2.6%
Oregon-Fornia 443,045 $42,328
Democrats 31.8%
Republicans 37.8%
Other 30.4%
Asian 2.5%
Black 1.8%
Latino 10.5%
White 78.2%
Other 7.1%
Coastifornia 2,792,520 $78,996
Democrats 45.2%
Republicans 24.1%
Other 30.7%
Asian 22.5%
Black 2.2%
Latino 31.5%
White 40.7%
Other 3.1%
San Franfornia 4,763,089 $76,559
Democrats 53.1%
Republicans 16.9%
Other 30.0%
Asian 23.2%
Black 8.5%
Latino 21.7%
White 42.4%
Other 4.2%
Wineifornia 707,677 $61,391
Democrats 49.8%
Republicans 22.3%
Other 27.8%
Asian 4.5%
Black 1.5%
Latino 25.9%
White 64.7%
Other 3.5%
Sacrifornia 2,658,832 $55,267
Democrats 38.6%
Republicans 34.4%
Other 27.1%
Asian 11.2%
Black 5.9%
Latino 20.5%
White 57.7%
Other 4.7%

Sources: 2012 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, California Secretary of State.

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