Six states by Greg Yorke

Make a new state
By Greg Yorke in Redondo Beach, CA

California's major regions each have their own culture: Bay Area, SoCal beach, farm, desert, mountain. Draper's proposal ignores this, but let's keep like-minded people together!

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%
SoCal 17,478,873 $61,944
Democrats 43.6%
Republicans 27.6%
Other 28.8%
Asian 13.5%
Black 5.9%
Latino 41.6%
White 36.4%
Other 2.6%
SoDry 4,425,972 $55,625
Democrats 37.4%
Republicans 37.1%
Other 25.5%
Asian 6.1%
Black 6.9%
Latino 48.5%
White 35.7%
Other 2.8%
SiliSF 7,914,481 $76,457
Democrats 51.0%
Republicans 18.8%
Other 30.2%
Asian 22.1%
Black 6.0%
Latino 25.3%
White 42.8%
Other 3.8%
South Oregon 807,373 $42,213
Democrats 33.8%
Republicans 35.8%
Other 30.4%
Asian 2.9%
Black 1.1%
Latino 14.3%
White 75.5%
Other 6.2%
TheFarm 5,785,518 $50,837
Democrats 39.8%
Republicans 35.9%
Other 24.3%
Asian 9.5%
Black 5.6%
Latino 41.0%
White 40.3%
Other 3.6%
Sierra 912,851 $62,717
Democrats 29.2%
Republicans 43.4%
Other 27.5%
Asian 4.2%
Black 1.5%
Latino 13.2%
White 77.2%
Other 4.0%

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

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