May 2, 2008
SACRAMENTO – California's population has topped 38 million, making it home to one in every eight Americans.
The state Department of Finance estimates that the Golden State topped the 38 million benchmark by nearly 50,000 residents Jan. 1. That's up by nearly half a million people, or more than 1 percent, from a year ago.
California now has about the same population as that of Poland.
The department also says Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest city, now has more than 4 million residents. That's about half as many as in New York City.
Finance officials previously thought Los Angeles topped 4 million last year. But revised estimates released yesterday lowered the 2007 projection.
California's fastest-growing city was San Joaquin, which added just 4,500 residents. That was enough for a 17 percent increase in the small Central Valley community.
With the addition of 19,240 people, San Diego, the state's second-largest city, has an estimated 1.3 million residents.
The San Diego County population has reached 3.15 million.
$38 million is about 1.5x the entire population of Australia!! Wow!!
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