California Population 2024 Trends By State

California Population 2024 Trends By State. At the last official united states census carried out in 2020, the population of california was declared at 39,538,223 which makes the state the most populous by a wide margin over 2nd place texas (29 million). And comparing how each county voted from the 2020 election to 2024, the median vote margin in the country shifted to the right 3.2 percentage points.

California is the most populous state in the us with a nominal gdp at $3.9 trillion usd, 5th highest in the world and 14.2% of the united states nominal. In 2023 california’s population grew by nearly 0.2%, or about 67,000 residents (see chart).