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Organization in San Francisco, United States
California’s nominal GDP is roughly $4.1 trillion–$4.2 trillion in the latest state and federal estimates, making it by far the largest U.S. state economy and placing it among the top four or five nat...
California’s estimated population as of January 1, 2025 is , based on provisional state reporting that counts an increase of . This figure comes from the California Department of Finance and was reite...
California has the largest absolute number of millionaires in the U.S., with multiple 2024–25 reports saying the state leads in millionaire households and high-net-worth residents (e.g., Empower says ...
California has roughly 22–23 million registered voters; party shares reported around 23–25% Republican depending on the source and date. The state’s official February 2025 Report of Registration shows...
California’s nominal GDP reached roughly $4.1 trillion in 2024, making it one of the world’s largest subnational economies, while recent reporting shows the state’s nominal GDP averaged 7.5% growth fr...
California remains a global economic heavyweight — its 2023 GDP was about $3.9 trillion and the state accounts for roughly 14% of U.S. GDP, and California has been described as rivaling or exceeding l...
Recent statewide polls show a majority of Californians approve of Governor Gavin Newsom’s job performance — PPIC reports 55% of likely voters and 54–55% of adults approve — while other surveys find na...
Gavin Newsom’s approval in California is fractured and variable: recent polls report job-approval figures ranging from the mid-30s to the mid-50s, with several surveys showing and many voters unwillin...
The best available reporting and state-level estimates point to Texas and Florida as the states that experienced the largest increases in unauthorized (undocumented) immigrant populations in the recen...
California’s total GDP is by far the largest of any U.S. state—about $4.1 trillion in recent BEA/compilation estimates—making it roughly 14% of U.S. GDP and the fifth‑largest economy in the world if i...
California voters who register without a major party label — officially called or commonly described as “independent” — make up roughly of registered voters based on state registration records and rec...
California currently elects 52 members to the U.S. House of Representatives; the 2024 elections likewise filled 52 seats . That number most recently changed after the 2020 census apportionment process...
Gavin Newsom’s approval in California sits in the mid-40s to low-50s depending on the poll, a recovery from deeper lows earlier in 2025 and a recent uptick that Morning Consult identified as the large...
California’s nominal GDP is reported between about $3.9 trillion and $4.1 trillion in recent sources, making it the largest U.S. state economy and placing it among the top five national economies glob...
Estimates in 2025 for California’s undocumented population cluster around about 1.8 million people in many reputable analyses and advocacy reports, a figure widely cited as the 2022–2025 baseline (Pew...
California’s undocumented population is estimated differently across reputable sources: recent Pew and PPIC reporting cites about 1.8–1.85 million undocumented residents in 2021–2022 , while Departmen...
California was widely reported in 2024 as hosting a small set of highly competitive U.S. House races that both parties called “swing” or “toss‑ups,” with many outlets pointing to six key districts as ...
Gavin Newsom’s highest approval comes from , with surveys showing approval in the high 60s to high 70s, while his lowest approval is among , often in the single digits. Polls differ on overall statewi...
Proposition 50 proposes a one-time redraw of California’s congressional map that advocates say would shift five seats toward Democrats and create a new Los Angeles County seat, while critics include a...
Proposition 50 would temporarily replace California’s current congressional maps with legislatively drawn maps through 2030, impose on counties and the state, and includes a nonbinding federal policy ...