California: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- California Department of Health Services: 1501 Capitol Avenue Suite 6001, Sacramento
Population:
- Total Population: 33,871,648
- Males: 16,843,062
- Females: 17,028,586
Top 58 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (19,014,880)
- Spanish (8,105,445)
- Tagalog (626,300)
- Chinese (526,895)
- Vietnamese (406,970)
- Korean (297,945)
- Armenian (155,120)
- Japanese (154,590)
- Persian (154,125)
- Cantonese (152,150)
- German (141,635)
- French (134,235)
- Russian (118,195)
- Arabic (108,090)
- Mandarin (92,820)
- Italian (84,190)
- Portuguese (78,325)
- Hindi (75,910)
- Mon-Khmer, Cambodian (70,995)
- Panjabi (67,775)
- Miao, Hmong (65,300)
- Formosan (41,735)
- Laotian (41,145)
- Thai (39,890)
- Hebrew (34,545)
- Gujarathi (32,935)
- Urdu (31,395)
- Samoan (29,860)
- Greek (28,699)
- Dutch (27,670)
- Polish (23,309)
- Romanian (21,195)
- Ilocano (20,830)
- Indonesian (20,825)
- Hungarian (19,080)
- Syriac (18,815)
- Tamil (16,850)
- Amharic (15,455)
- Kru, Ibo, Yoruba (14,315)
- India, n.e.c. (13,870)
- Telugu (13,620)
- Miao-Yao, Mien (13,420)
- Ukrainian (13,325)
- Swedish (13,285)
- Bengali (12,420)
- Tongan (11,195)
- Burmese (10,385)
- Serbocroatian (9,810)
- Turkish (8,880)
- Yiddish (8,850)
- Croatian (8,610)
- Danish (8,435)
- Marathi (7,455)
- Czech (7,065)
- Bisayan (6,360)
- Chamorro (6,030)
- Norwegian (5,740)
- Kannada (5,060)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (10,079,310)
- Jewish Estimate (994,000)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The (529,575)
- Southern Baptist Convention (471,119)
- Assemblies of God (310,522)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 10,592,411
- Sensory: 913,785
- Physical: 2,223,419
- Mental: 1,406,498
- Self-care: 767,697
- Go outside home: 2,440,399
- Employment: 2,770,128
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 294,969
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 11,502,870
- Utility gas: 8,114,829
- Bottled or LP gas: 434,972
- Electricity: 2,505,406
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 36,675
- Coal or Coke: 734
- Wood: 204,699
- Solar Energy: 13,508
- Other fuel: 27,791
- No fuel used: 164,256
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 20,751,636
- No vehicle: 1,896,116
- 1 or more vehicle: 18,855,520
Education Attainment:
- No School: 691,925
- No High School: 1,754,399
- Some High School: 2,496,419
- High School: 4,288,452
- Some College: 4,879,336
- Associate's Degree: 1,518,403
- College Degree: 3,640,157
- Master's Degree: 1,287,844
- Professional Degree: 492,504
- Doctoral Degree: 249,461
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 11,502,870
- Owners with phone: 6,510,872
- Owners without phone: 35,365
- Renters with phone: 4,823,969
- Renters without phone: 132,664
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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