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Population density. The center of population of California is located at in Kern County, near the town of Shafter. [16] No single ethnic group forms a majority of California's population, making the state a minority-majority state.
Population density is defined as the population divided by land area. Data are from the US Census unless otherwise specified. Population data are for the year 2023 [2] and area data are for the year 2010. [3] Some population estimates for territories are from the United Nations Commission on Population and Development. [4]
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 includes the 50 most densely-populated counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia, plus the 9 highest-density municipalities (county-equivalents) of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is the only U.S. territory with population densities (of county-equivalents) high enough to be on this list. [11]
Placer and Yuba were also in the top 10 for population growth, and Yuba County’s growth rate of .76% was the highest in California. The six-county region’s population stood at 2.58 million ...
A map of the counties and county equivalents of the United States. The 100 most populous counties are highlighted, with counties having more than one million residents in orange and counties having fewer than one million residents in green, based on the results of the April 1, 2020 United States census.
According to the 2020 United States Census, the largest municipality by population and land area is Los Angeles with 3,898,747 residents and 469.49 square miles (1,216.0 km 2). Amador City is the smallest municipality by population with 200 people and the smallest by land area at 0.31 square miles (0.80 km 2). [1]
The county also is home to UC Davis, perhaps accounting for some of the growth. Overall, California's population loss slowed considerably from the first year of the data set to the second. In 2020 ...