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Population

Assessing patterns of diversity and change

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Blog Post · January 26, 2023

California’s Plunging Birth Rates

Fact Sheet · January 2023

California’s Population

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Blog Post · March 28, 2022

Who’s Leaving California—and Who’s Moving In?

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Blog Posts

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February 22, 2023

California’s African American Community

Eric McGhee

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February 21, 2023

Homeless Populations Are Rising around California

Jennifer Paluch, Joseph Herrera

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February 8, 2023

Shifting Gender Employment Patterns and California’s Care Sector

Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Vicki Hsieh

Fact Sheets

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March 2023

Income Inequality in California

Tess Thorman, Daniel Payares-Montoya, Joseph Herrera

January 2023

California’s Population

Hans Johnson, Eric McGhee, Marisol Cuellar Mejia

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January 2023

Immigrants in California

Cesar Alesi Perez, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Hans Johnson

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October 2022

Poverty in California

Caroline Danielson, Patricia Malagon, Sarah Bohn

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June 2022

California’s Digital Divide

Joseph Hayes, Niu Gao, Darriya Starr

Featured Blog Post · January 27, 2023

COVID-19’s Sobering Effect on Life Expectancy

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Fact Cards

In 2020, California lost population for the first time in state history.
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Blacks and Latinos make up 40% of California’s population, but 60% of people in lowest-income families.
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No race or ethnic group constitutes a majority of California’s population.
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About 3 in 10 Californians think that when today’s children grow up, they will be worse off financially than their parents.
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A majority of the nearly 6 million students in California’s public schools are “high need”—low-income, English Learner (EL), homeless, or foster youth.
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94% Most Californians say housing affordability is a problem in their part of the state.
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The average age at first marriage has surpassed 30 years for women in California.
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Meet the Team

Sarah Bohn

Vice President of Research and Senior Fellow

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Marisol Cuellar Mejia

Research Fellow

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Joseph Hayes

Research Associate

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Laura Hill

Policy Director and Senior Fellow

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Hans Johnson

Senior Fellow

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Eric McGhee

Senior Fellow

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Jennifer Paluch

Research Associate

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Cesar Alesi Perez

Research Associate

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Tess Thorman

Research Associate

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