Nine states by Name

Takes into account common political differences, income, ethnic differences, geographic features, the percentage of the area that is actually inhabited relative to the size of the land area, and major population centers.

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%

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%

Orange/San Diego

6,122,340

$69,318

Democrats	33.4%
Republicans	36.9%
Other	29.8%

Asian	14.7%
Black	3.2%
Latino	32.8%
White	46.3%
Other	3.0%

Mojave-East Sierra

4,440,153

$55,639

Democrats	37.4%
Republicans	37.1%
Other	25.6%

Asian	6.1%
Black	6.9%
Latino	48.4%
White	35.8%
Other	2.8%

Central Coastal California

1,988,175

$67,059

Democrats	40.3%
Republicans	32.8%
Other	26.8%

Asian	5.8%
Black	1.9%
Latino	41.7%
White	48.0%
Other	2.6%

San Francisco Bay

7,433,922

$78,111

Democrats	51.1%
Republicans	18.5%
Other	30.4%

Asian	23.2%
Black	6.2%
Latino	23.7%
White	43.1%
Other	3.9%

South San Joaquin

2,514,144

$46,280

Democrats	36.2%
Republicans	39.8%
Other	24.1%

Asian	5.8%
Black	4.4%
Latino	52.0%
White	35.1%
Other	2.8%

Sacramento

4,056,860

$55,971

Democrats	39.0%
Republicans	35.9%
Other	25.2%

Asian	10.9%
Black	5.5%
Latino	28.1%
White	51.3%
Other	4.2%

Shasta

614,700

$42,938

Democrats	29.7%
Republicans	41.1%
Other	29.3%

Asian	2.9%
Black	1.5%
Latino	13.9%
White	76.5%
Other	5.2%

North Coastal California

314,750

$40,841

Democrats	41.6%
Republicans	25.3%
Other	33.1%

Asian	2.3%
Black	1.5%
Latino	15.5%
White	73.1%
Other	7.6%

Nine states by Name

Demographics