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Quick Facts About Los Angeles California

• The Los Angeles five-county area has a population of more than 20 million people. It includes Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino Counties.

• If the five-county Los Angeles area were a state, it would be the fourth largest in the United States. .

• Los Angeles has more than 80 stage theaters and 300 museums, more than any U.S. city.

• The Port of Los Angeles is the busiest in the U.S. and one of the busiest in the world.

• Temperatures are moderate all year, and evenings are always cool. Skies are clearest in winter, especially on the day after a winter rain.

• U.S. Highway 101 is the major route linking Los Angeles from Los Angeles; also available are Metrolink commuter trains and Amtrak.

• Twenty-four million people come to Los Angeles every year for their vacation. Because the metropolitan area is so dense, it is impossible to separate Los Angeles, or even Los Angeles County, from the surrounding metropolitan areas, except by planting a city limits sign.

• California is responsible for 14% of American gross domestic product, which at nearly $1.4 trillion is greater than that of every country in the world save for the United States, Japan, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

More Facts About California

Capital: Sacramento

Governor: Arnold Schwarzenegger, R (to Jan. 2007)

Lieut. Governor: Cruz M. Bustamante, D (to Jan. 2007)

Senators: Barbara Boxer, D (to Jan. 2005); Dianne Feinstein, D (to Jan. 2007)

Secy. of State: Kevin Shelley, D (to Jan. 2007)

Atty. General: Bill Lockyer, D (to Jan. 2007)

Treasurer: Phil Angelides, D (to Jan. 2007)

Entered Union (rank): Sept. 9, 1850 (31)

Present constitution adopted: 1879

Motto: Eureka (I have found it)

Nickname: Golden State

Origin of name: From a book, Las Sergas de Esplandián, by Garcia Ordónez de Montalvo, c. 1500

10 largest cities (2003 est.): Los Angeles, 3,819,951; San Diego, 1,266,753; San Jose, 898,349; San Francisco, 751,682; Long Beach, 398,844; Fresno, 451,455; Sacramento, 445,335; Oakland, 398,844; Santa Ana, 342,510; Anaheim, 332,361

Land area: 155,959 sq mi. (403,934 sq km)

Geographic center: In Madera Co., 38 mi. E of Madera

Number of counties: 58

Largest county by population and area: Los Angeles, 9,637,494 (2001); San Bernardino, 20,062 sq mi.

National forests: 18

State parks and beaches: 264

Residents: Californian

2003 resident population est.: 35,484,453

2000 resident census population (rank): 33,871,648 (1). Male: 16,874,892 (49.8%); Female: 16,996,756 (50.2%). White: 20,170,059 (59.5%); Black: 2,263,882 (6.7%); American Indian: 333,346 (1.0%); Asian: 3,697,513 (10.9%); Other race: 5,682,241 (16.8%); Two or more races: 1,607,646 (4.7%); Hispanic/Latino: 10,966,556 (32.4%). 2000 percent population 18 and over: 72.7; 65 and over: 10.6; median age: 33.3.

State Symbols:

Flower: Golden poppy (1903)

Tree: California redwoods ( Sequoia sempervirens & Sequoiadendron giganteum) (1937, 1953)

Bird: California valley quail (1931)

Animal: California grizzly bear (1953)

Fish: California golden trout (1947)

Colors: Blue and gold (1951)

Song: "I Love You, California" (1951)