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Location of California in the United States. California is the most populous and third largest U.S. state by area, located on the West Coast of the United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, California's population is 39,538,223 and has 155,858.33 square miles (403,671.2 km 2) of land. [1]
Part of the county's territory went to Del Norte County in 1857, and in 1874 the remainder was divided between Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. Pautah County, California was created in 1852 out of territory which, the state of California assumed, was to be ceded to it by the United States Congress from territory in what is now the state of Nevada.
This list of current: cities; towns, unincorporated communities; counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of California.; Information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper ZIP code bounds, if applicable are also included.
Pages in category "Census-designated places in California" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,075 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 20,105 square miles (52,070 km 2), of which 20,057 square miles (51,950 km 2) is land and 48 square miles (120 km 2) (0.2%) is water. [21] It is the largest county by area in California and the largest in the United States (excluding boroughs in Alaska). [22]
The U.S. State of California currently has 42 statistical areas that have been delineated by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB).. On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated seven combined statistical areas, 25 metropolitan statistical areas, and ten micropolitan statistical areas in California. [1]
California has 2.3 million African Americans as of 2010, the largest population of black or African Americans of the Western US states, [66] and the 5th largest black population in the United States. African Americans are concentrated in Greater Los Angeles, the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, and Sacramento region. [67]
Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. [8] Its county seat is Bakersfield. [10]Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area.