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The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. [1] The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. [ 2 ]
About 3.0% of the Gold Rush "Argonauts" before 1850 were female or about 3,500 female gold rushers, compared to about 115,000 male California gold rushers. By California's 1852 "special" state census, the population had already increased to about 200,000, of which about 10% or 20,000 were female. [60]
During and after the California Gold Rush, it is estimated that miners and others killed about 4,500 Indigenous people of California between 1849 and 1870. [1] As of 2005, California is the state with the largest self-identified Native American population according to the U.S. Census at 696,600. [2]
A Gold Rush was on in California. ... More than 150 years later, California is by far the leading state in the U.S. in terms of both GDP and population. Its nearly $2 trillion in GDP is driven by ...
Coloma is most noted for being the site where James W. Marshall found gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills, at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848, [4] leading to the California Gold Rush. Coloma's population is 529. The settlement is a tourist attraction known for its ghost town and the centerpiece of the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park.
Chinese miners were not present in California in a substantial manner at the beginning of the Gold Rush. The population of Chinese miners in California did not break 1,000 people until 1851 with 2,700 miners being counted in the census. In the years proceeding 1852, Chinese miner populations developed rapidly, moving to 20,000 miners in 1852.
The California Gold Rush of the mid-1800s transformed the United States population as gold seekers ventured out to the West Coast in search of the precious metal in the Golden State's rivers and ...
California's population growth has slowed dramatically in the 21st century. [9] [10] In 2010, ... also known as the California gold rush immigrants.