November 17, 2011, 12:05 AM
Just a little more than half of California residents were born in the Golden State, with about another quarter born in a foreign country, according to current estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Most people in the United States reside in the state in which they were born. In Louisiana, more...
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November 3, 2011, 12:05 AM
Historically, California's population was centered in the northern half of the state, but it has steadily moved southward, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is now in Shafter, a city just outside Bakersfield. In its 2010 Guide to State and Local Census Geography, the bureau...
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September 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
In all but eight of California's 26 metropolitan areas, minorities make up more than half the population. A new study from the Brookings Institute, a think tank in Washington, D.C., analyzed the demographic makeup of the nation's 100 largest metro areas and found minorities accounting...
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June 30, 2011, 12:05 AM
The number of U.S. children living with at least one grandparent in their homes increased 64 percent between 1991 and 2009, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released yesterday. There were 7.8 million children living with at least one grandparent in 2009, up from 4.7 million...
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June 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
California Department of FinanceCalifornia's population is projected to increase 11.5 percent by 2020. Click image to enlarge. California will gain more than 4.3 million people over the next decade – an 11.5 percent increase but 2.5 million people short of pre-recession projections,...
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May 31, 2011, 12:05 AM
Nuclear power plants are often located in highly populated areas. That’s because they were designed to provide electricity for people. And the closer the plants are to those people, the less energy required to get that power there. So, just how close are these plants to people? And...
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May 27, 2011, 12:05 AM
The Hispanic/Latino population in California grew at a substantially slower clip over the past decade than in the rest of the nation, according to figures released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau. From 2000 to 2010, the U.S. Hispanic/Latino population grew 43 percent to nearly 50.5...
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December 22, 2010, 12:05 AM
As many predicted, California failed to gain a seat in the House of Representatives for the first time since 1920. The U.S. Census reported 37,253,956 California residents in its official count of the population, a growth of 10 percent, the slowest rate in a century. These official numbers...
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December 10, 2010, 12:05 AM
California's population grew less than 1 percent this past fiscal year, continuing a modest growth trend, according to new state estimates released yesterday. The state added 350,174 residents between July 2009 and July 2010, bringing the total population to more than 38.8 million, the...
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October 8, 2010, 12:05 AM
Following a sharp decline in births during the recession, the number of babies born in California is expected to grow more than 12 percent over the next decade, according to a recent projection by the state. The Demographic Research Unit's report, which is used to predict public school...
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September 2, 2010, 12:05 AM
The number of illegal immigrants in the United States has declined for the first time in 20 years, and California's share of the undocumented population has shrunk, from 42 percent in 1990 to 23 percent in 2009, according to a study released yesterday by an independent research group. The...
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