Chapter XVIII

Statistics



The state of California lies between the parallels 32° and 42° north latitude, extending over a space represented on the eastern coast by the country between Edisto Inlet, South Carolina, and the northern point of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Its northern third lies between 120° and 124° 26' west longitude. From Cape Mendocino, its most westerly point, the coast trends southeastward to San Diego Bay. The total coast line on the Pacific is 1200 miles.

The state's greatest width is 235 miles, which is between Point Conception and the northern end of the Amaragosa Range on the Nevada line. It is narrowest between Golden Gate and the southern end of Lake Tahoe. Its area is 158,297 sq. miles, second only to Texas of all the states.

The population of California, according to the United States census of 1920, is 3,426,861, which has since been greatly increased. The following table shows the counties of the State: -



Counties of California

Name	Origin and Meaning of Name	Area Sq. Mi.	Population 1920	Population 1910	Valuation of Property (1903)	County Seat
Alameda	Sp., Shaded promenade	764	344,127	246,131	128,681,766	Oakland
Alpine		710	243	309	422,063	Markleeville
Amador	Sp., Sweetheart	632	7,793	9,086	4,918,908	Jackson
Butte	Fr., Rounded, detached hill	1,660	30,030	27,301	16,057,766	Oroville
Calaveras	Sp., Skul's (from Indian battle ground)	1,080	6,183	9,171	6,177,285	San Andreas
Colusa	Ind.	1,088	9,290	7,732	12,188,096	Colusa
Contra Costa	Sp., Opposite coast	728	53,889	31,674	21,753,956	Martinez
Del Norte	Sp., Of the North	992	2,759	2,417	2,882,445	Crescent City
Eldorado	Sp., The gilded (name given to fabled land of gold)	1,796	6,426	7,492	4,668,840	Placerville
Fresno	Sp., Ash tree	6,152	128,779	75,657	34,302,205	Fresno
Glenn		1,270	11,853	7,172	10,645,524	Willow
Humboldt	(named for Baron von Humboldt)	3,496	37,413	33,857	24,911,492	Eureka
Imperial		4,200	43,383	13,591		El Centro
Inyo		10,294	7,031	6,974	2,316,319	Independence
Kern		8,050	54,843	37,715	24,050,871	Bakersfield
Kings		1,176	22,032	16,230	7,883,009	Hanford
Lake		1,328	5,402	5,526	3,258,020	Lakeport
Lassen		4,520	8,507	4,802	4,590,748	Susanville
Los Angeles	Sp., The angels	4,200	936,438	504,132	169,268,166	Los Angeles
Madera	Sp., Timber	2,062	12,203	8,368	6,732,495	Madera
Marin	Ind.	549	27,342	25,114	14,489,582	San Rafael
Mariposa	Sp., Butterfly	1,510	2,775	3,956	2,270,246	Mariposa
Mendocino	Sp., (from Mendoza, viceroy of Mexico)	3,626	24,116	23,929	13,131,995	Ukiah
Merced	Sp., Mercy	1,932	24,579	15,148	14,877,086	Merced
Modoc	Ind.	3,741	5,425	6,191	4,076,680	Alturas
Mono	Sp., Monkey, or pretty	3,020	960	2,042	1,151,109	Bridgeport
Monterey	Sp., King's forest	3,340	27,980	24,146	18,962,554	Salinas
Napa	Ind.	780	20,678	19,800	13,840,291	Napa
Nevada	Sp., Heavy fall of snow	972	10,850	14,955	7,203,349	Nevada City
Orange	(named for its chief product)	750	61,375	34,436	13,812	Santa Ana
Placer	Sp., Loose (from placer mines)	1,365	18,584	18,237	9,677,724	Auburn
Plumas	Sp., Feathers	2,694	5,681	5,259	2,792,091	Quincy
Riverside		7,323	50,297	34,696	16,373,296	Riverside
Sacramento	Sp., The Sacrament	1,000	90,978	67,806	41,333,337	Sacramento
San Benito	Sp., St. Benedict	1,388	8,995	8,041	6,499,068	Hollister
San Bernardino	Sp., St. Bernard	19,947	73,401	56,706	21,392,228	San Bernardino
San Diego	Sp., St. James	4,278	112,248	61,665	20,807,594	San Diego
San Francisco	Sp., St. Francis (of Assisi)	47	506,676	416,912	564,070,301	San Francisco
San Joaquin	Sp., name of a saint	1,396	79,905	50,732	34,740,353	Stockton
San Luis Obispo	Sp., St. Louis the Bishop	3,310	21,893	19,383	13,680,235	San Luis Obispo
San Mateo	Sp., St. Matthew	434	36,781	26,585	18,999,564	Redwood City
Santa Barbara	Sp., St. Barbara	2,632	41,097	27,738	18,849,976	Santa Barbara
Santa Clara	Sp., name of a saint	1,286	100,588	83,539	61,390,817	San Jose
Santa Cruz	Sp., Holy Cross	424	26,269	26,240	12,560,071	Santa Cruz
Shasta	Fr., Chaste, pure	3,876	13,311	18,920	10,902,036	Redding
Sierra	Sp., Sawtoothed Ridge	960	1,783	4,098	1,844,560	Downieville
Siskiyou		5,991	13,545	18,801	10,560,650	Treks
Solano	Sp., name of a mission	900	40,602	27,559	20,195,481	Fairfield
Sonoma	Ind., Valley of the Moon	1,620	51,990	48,394	30,380,419	Santa Rosa
Stanislaus		1,456	43,557	22,522	12,834,108	Modesto
Sutter	(named for J. A. Sutter)	622	10,115	6,328	6,621,047	Yuba City
Tehama		3,008	12,882	11,401	11,674,562	Red Bluff
Trinity		3,282	2,552	3,301	1,651,362	Weaverville
Tulare	Sp., Reed-covered	4,952	59,032	35,440	17,447,042	Visalia
Tuolumne	Ind., Stone wigwams	2,208	7,768	9,979	7,089,725	Sonora
Ventura	Sp.	1,722	28,724	18,347	11,171,219	Ventura
Yolo	Ind., Rushes	996	17,105	13,926	17,640,436	Woodland
Yuba	Sp., Uba, wild grapes	636	10,375	10,042	5,898,350	Marysville