CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Growing California
05-04-10
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
California added 393,000 new residents in 2009, putting the state's January 1st
population total at 38,648,000 according to the latest population report released
by the California Department of Finance.
The fastest growing cities in the state by percentage are: Colfax in Placer County,
increasing by (5.7 percent); Beaumont in Riverside County (5.5 percent), Sand City
in Monterey County (5.4 percent), Coachella in Riverside County (3.8 percent), and
Oakley in Contra Costa County (3.3 percent). These cities added a proportionally
large number of new residents apparently from recent housing increases or from
occupancy resulting from previously reported housing units.
The biggest numeric increases typically occurred were in some of the state's largest
cities – Los Angeles (44,037), San Diego (17,041), San Jose (16,237), and San Francisco
(9,485).
The review of the 2009 report lists 480 California cities, of which 445 had gains in
population, five experienced no change, and 30 lost population.
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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