Nine states by Jonathan Hilts

Kids need to have lots of states around them so they can entertain themselves with the license plate game when they travel. Dividing California into nine stripes will help them.

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%

Really North California

82,714

$38,319

Democrats	31.3%
Republicans	40.3%
Other	28.4%

Asian	2.1%
Black	2.1%
Latino	13.4%
White	74.4%
Other	8.0%

Really South California

3,273,987

$62,511

Democrats	35.4%
Republicans	32.7%
Other	31.9%

Asian	10.8%
Black	4.7%
Latino	34.6%
White	46.6%
Other	3.4%

North California

360,331

$43,309

Democrats	31.9%
Republicans	37.3%
Other	30.8%

Asian	2.6%
Black	1.7%
Latino	9.8%
White	79.0%
Other	6.9%

South California

5,214,822

$67,650

Democrats	33.2%
Republicans	40.7%
Other	26.1%

Asian	13.1%
Black	3.4%
Latino	38.6%
White	42.2%
Other	2.7%

Somewhat North California

1,123,188

$52,607

Democrats	32.1%
Republicans	39.3%
Other	28.6%

Asian	5.0%
Black	1.2%
Latino	17.7%
White	71.6%
Other	4.5%

Somewhat South California

14,236,715

$57,114

Democrats	46.9%
Republicans	25.1%
Other	28.0%

Asian	11.4%
Black	7.4%
Latino	46.9%
White	31.8%
Other	2.5%

Sorta Central California

2,876,932

$60,545

Democrats	44.6%
Republicans	28.7%
Other	26.7%

Asian	11.9%
Black	7.4%
Latino	22.8%
White	53.2%
Other	4.6%

Sorta South Central California

4,490,455

$63,711

Democrats	43.1%
Republicans	28.9%
Other	28.0%

Asian	16.7%
Black	2.9%
Latino	41.5%
White	35.9%
Other	3.0%

Central California

5,665,924

$70,948

Democrats	50.7%
Republicans	20.6%
Other	28.7%

Asian	20.7%
Black	7.2%
Latino	25.3%
White	42.9%
Other	4.0%

Nine states by Jonathan Hilts

Demographics