Three states by Minh Thuy Nguyen

Make a new state
By Minh Thuy Nguyen in Stockton, CA

I just divided the state into 3 smaller states because I think with such a large population, California would need more representatives so instead of 2 representatives as a whole, there can be 6 now.

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%
Northern California 2,567,647 $54,700
Democrats 37.1%
Republicans 34.3%
Other 28.6%
Asian 5.1%
Black 1.5%
Latino 19.1%
White 69.8%
Other 4.5%
Central California 11,571,546 $67,195
Democrats 47.5%
Republicans 24.3%
Other 28.2%
Asian 18.9%
Black 6.3%
Latino 29.7%
White 41.3%
Other 3.8%
Southern California 23,185,875 $59,667
Democrats 42.1%
Republicans 29.8%
Other 28.1%
Asian 11.5%
Black 6.0%
Latino 43.5%
White 36.3%
Other 2.7%

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

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