Californie

This airticle is aboot the U.S. state. For ither uisses, see California an Californie (disambiguation).

Californie is a state in the Unitit States o Americae, on the wast coast. Californie haes the maist indwallers o aa the States o the U.S., an is the third lairgest state bi aurie. The state is the maist physically, and ane of the maist demographically diverse forbye. If Californie wis an unthirlt kintra, it woud hae the 6t lairgest economy in the warld (efter the rest o the U.S., Japan, Germany, the Unitit Kinrick, an the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae). The state's offeecial byname is "The Gowden State," hairkin back tae California's 1849 Gowd Rush.

Californie
State
State of California
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  The Golden State
Motto(s):  "Eureka"[1]
Anthem: "I Love You, California"
Map o the Unitit States wi Californie hielichted
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Californie Republic
Admittit tae the Union	9 September 1850 (31st)
Caipital	Sacramento
Lairgest ceety	Los Angeles
Lairgest metro	Greater Los Angeles
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Gavin Newsom (D)
• Lieutenant Governor	Eleni Kounalakis (D)
Legislatur	State Legislatur
• Upper hoose	State Senate
• Lawer hoose	State Assemmly
Judiciar	Supreme Coort o Californie
U.S. senators	Dianne Feinstein (D) Alex Padilla (D)
U.S. Hoose delegation	45 Democrats 7 Republicans 1 Vacant (leet)
Area
• Total	423,970 km2 (163,696 sq mi)
• Laund	403,932 km2 (155,959 sq mi)
• Water	20,047 km2 (7,737 sq mi)  4.7%
Area rank	3rd
Dimensions
• Length	1,240 km (770 mi)
• Width	400 km (250 mi)
Elevation	880 m (2,900 ft)
Highest elevation (Munt Whitney[2][3][4][5])	4,421.0 m (14,505 ft)
Lowest elevation (Badwater Basin[6])	−85.0 m (−279 ft)
Population  (2019)
• Total	39,512,223[7][8]
• Rank	1st
• Density	97.9/km2 (253.6/sq mi)
• Density rank	11t
• Median hooseaud income	$71228 (2018)[9]
• Income rank	9t
Demonym(s)	Californian
Leid
• Offeecial leid	Inglis
• Spoken leid	Leid spoken at hame[10] Inglis: 58.1% Spaingie: 28.8% Ither: 13.1%
Time zone	UTC-08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-07:00 (PDT)
USPS abbreviation	CA
ISO 3166 code	US-CA
Trad. abbreviation	Calif., Cal.
Latitude	32°32′ N tae 42° N
Longitude	114°8′ W tae 124°26′ W
Website	www.ca.gov

References

1. "Chapter 2 of Division 2 of Title 1 of the California Government Code". California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved 23 Februar 2019.
2. "Whitney". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey.
3. "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived frae the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
4. Elevation adjuistit tae North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
5. The summit o Munt Whitney is the heichest pynt in the Contiguous Unitit States.
6. "USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) 1 meter Downloadable Data Collection from The National Map 3D Elevation Program (3DEP)—National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) National Elevation Data Set (NED)". United States Geological Survey. 21 September 2015. Archived frae the original on 25 Mairch 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
7. "USA: States". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 Januar 2020.
8. "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019". U.S. Census Bureau. 9 Januar 2020. Retrieved 9 Januar 2020.
9. "Median Annual Household Income". The US Census Bureau. Retrieved 29 Januar 2020.
10. "Languages in California (State)". Statistical Atlas. Archived frae the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

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