Ten states by CA Wahine

Make a new state
By CA Wahine in Sacramento,CA

I tried to pair the various counties based on their similarities (gov't, industry) as well as contiguous geographic regions. Regardless, this would still be unworkable. Frankly, you could use the straight line across SLO, Kern & SB and create NorCal and SoCal. Done.

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%
Nor-Nor Cal 980,572 $44,946
Democrats 31.1%
Republicans 39.7%
Other 29.3%
Asian 4.1%
Black 1.6%
Latino 17.0%
White 72.3%
Other 5.1%
Wino Cal 3,188,045 $62,016
Democrats 42.7%
Republicans 30.7%
Other 26.6%
Asian 11.5%
Black 6.8%
Latino 21.9%
White 55.4%
Other 4.5%
Bay Area Cal 6,137,273 $81,450
Democrats 51.2%
Republicans 17.8%
Other 31.0%
Asian 26.4%
Black 6.3%
Latino 23.0%
White 40.4%
Other 3.9%
Coastal Cal 2,250,515 $67,077
Democrats 42.1%
Republicans 30.7%
Other 27.1%
Asian 5.6%
Black 1.8%
Latino 40.6%
White 49.4%
Other 2.7%
Central Val Cal 4,129,362 $48,202
Democrats 37.6%
Republicans 39.0%
Other 23.4%
Asian 7.2%
Black 4.4%
Latino 47.2%
White 38.3%
Other 3.0%
Nevada Cal 33,852 $50,033
Democrats 31.8%
Republicans 39.3%
Other 28.9%
Asian 1.6%
Black 0.7%
Latino 21.9%
White 67.1%
Other 8.8%
Arizona Cal 4,407,498 $55,680
Democrats 37.4%
Republicans 37.1%
Other 25.5%
Asian 6.1%
Black 6.9%
Latino 48.6%
White 35.6%
Other 2.8%
LA Cal 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%
So Cal 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%
Marijuana Cal 235,587 $41,479
Democrats 42.5%
Republicans 24.4%
Other 33.1%
Asian 2.4%
Black 1.0%
Latino 14.3%
White 74.4%
Other 8.0%

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

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