DID YOU KNOW THESE FACTS ABOUT CALIFORNIA?
- California has a population of 37,253,956.
- The name California is most commonly believed to have derived from a fictional paradise peopled by Black Amazons and ruled by Queen Calafia.
- The state has the fifth-largest population of African Americans in the U.S., an estimated 2,250,630 residents.
- California had over 6.2 million school students in the 2005–06 school year. A 2007 study concluded that California's public school system was "broken".
- As of 2010, the gross state product (GSP) is about $1.9 trillion, the largest in the United States. California is responsible for 13 percent of the United States' gross domestic product (GDP).
- Much of the state has a Mediterranean climate, with cool, rainy winters and dry summers.
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