Five states by Chaz P

Make a new state
By Chaz P in Never been to Cali. :-p

Just lookin' at the possibility and aiming for a somewhat even split of land, while trying to keep median wages approximately equal... I know this doesn't work in reality as one MUST consider the geographic boundaries, which I know not, but this looks good to an outside eye! :-)

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 Bay 864,289 $44,456
Democrats 37.3%
Republicans 32.2%
Other 30.5%
Asian 4.7%
Black 1.4%
Latino 19.3%
White 68.6%
Other 5.9%
North California 2,590,074 $57,069
Democrats 37.0%
Republicans 36.3%
Other 26.7%
Asian 10.7%
Black 6.0%
Latino 18.4%
White 60.2%
Other 4.7%
Central Bay 8,556,382 $72,187
Democrats 49.0%
Republicans 22.6%
Other 28.4%
Asian 19.0%
Black 5.8%
Latino 29.5%
White 42.0%
Other 3.7%
East California 1,781,044 $45,964
Democrats 36.6%
Republicans 40.0%
Other 23.4%
Asian 6.3%
Black 3.7%
Latino 51.0%
White 36.0%
Other 2.9%
South California 22,725,524 $60,001
Democrats 42.2%
Republicans 29.6%
Other 28.2%
Asian 11.7%
Black 6.1%
Latino 43.2%
White 36.3%
Other 2.7%

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

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