California

Seven states by Megan Garvey/Los Angeles Times

Make a new state
By Megan Garvey/Los Angeles Times in Long Beach

I like it as is, but if you're going to break it up it makes sense to group it by climate and scenery -- and I think the residents match the locales.

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%
LaLaLand 17,208,752 $61,987
Democrats 43.8%
Republicans 27.4%
Other 28.9%
Asian 13.6%
Black 5.9%
Latino 41.9%
White 35.9%
Other 2.6%
HotHotHot 6,789,501 $52,303
Democrats 37.0%
Republicans 37.9%
Other 25.0%
Asian 6.1%
Black 6.0%
Latino 49.7%
White 35.4%
Other 2.8%
Naturia 4,002,617 $55,642
Democrats 38.4%
Republicans 36.7%
Other 24.9%
Asian 10.5%
Black 5.6%
Latino 28.8%
White 51.0%
Other 4.1%
South Oregon 746,272 $42,519
Democrats 32.0%
Republicans 37.9%
Other 30.1%
Asian 2.9%
Black 1.5%
Latino 12.5%
White 76.9%
Other 6.1%
Winotopia 5,094,807 $80,551
Democrats 51.6%
Republicans 16.4%
Other 32.0%
Asian 28.6%
Black 5.7%
Latino 23.6%
White 38.2%
Other 3.8%
Unaffordabilia 2,741,332 $69,500
Democrats 49.2%
Republicans 23.3%
Other 27.5%
Asian 10.7%
Black 6.4%
Latino 24.5%
White 54.2%
Other 4.2%
Chillaxia 741,787 $60,282
Democrats 42.7%
Republicans 31.5%
Other 25.8%
Asian 5.1%
Black 2.4%
Latino 42.8%
White 47.2%
Other 2.5%

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

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