Seven states by Chris

Make a new state
By Chris in Chicago, IL

Most of the choices I made were based on the landscape and already established cities. For example, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento are all separate states because of population or politics, whereas larger states are based on geography and landscape.

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%
North 2,195,530 $58,086
Democrats 44.9%
Republicans 26.5%
Other 28.6%
Asian 6.9%
Black 4.1%
Latino 21.7%
White 62.6%
Other 4.8%
West 8,199,831 $69,367
Democrats 47.7%
Republicans 24.2%
Other 28.0%
Asian 19.6%
Black 5.7%
Latino 32.8%
White 38.3%
Other 3.6%
East 1,361,747 $56,726
Democrats 30.4%
Republicans 42.1%
Other 27.5%
Asian 4.7%
Black 1.5%
Latino 18.7%
White 71.0%
Other 4.1%
South 13,497,833 $62,041
Democrats 35.2%
Republicans 37.1%
Other 27.8%
Asian 9.7%
Black 4.3%
Latino 40.6%
White 42.5%
Other 2.9%
San Francisco 807,755 $73,802
Democrats 56.0%
Republicans 8.4%
Other 35.6%
Asian 33.7%
Black 5.7%
Latino 15.1%
White 41.8%
Other 3.8%
Sacramento 1,422,348 $55,846
Democrats 43.5%
Republicans 30.8%
Other 25.7%
Asian 15.2%
Black 9.7%
Latino 21.5%
White 48.4%
Other 5.1%
Los Angeles 9,840,024 $56,241
Democrats 50.7%
Republicans 20.8%
Other 28.5%
Asian 13.9%
Black 8.2%
Latino 47.7%
White 27.8%
Other 2.4%

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

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