California is the most populous U.S. state, stretching along the Pacific coast of the Western United States between Oregon, Nevada, Arizona and Mexico. Admitted to the Union in 1850 as the 31st state, its capital is Sacramento while Los Angeles is its largest city. The state's geography spans Sierra Nevada peaks, the Central Valley and the Mojave and Colorado deserts, and its economy is the largest of any U.S. state. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Population2025 estimate from California's own Wikipedia infobox. Population Estimate Year Area (sq km) Admission YearAdmitted to the Union September 9, 1850 (31st state), per the infobox. Connections
Adjacent To
Source Arizona (Wikipedia)
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Associated With
Source Berkeley, California (Wikipedia)
Fresno, Cities Fresno is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California.
Source Fresno (Wikipedia)
Los Angeles is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
Source Los Angeles (Wikipedia)
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.
Source Oakland (Wikipedia)
Source Pasadena, California (Wikipedia)
Sacramento, Cities Sacramento is in the U.S. state of California.
Source Sacramento (Wikipedia)
San Diego is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California.
Source San Diego (Wikipedia)
San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in California.
Source San Francisco (Wikipedia)
Source Stanford, California (Wikipedia)
United States, Countries California is a state of the United States.
Source California (Wikipedia)
Has Capital
Sacramento, Cities Sacramento is the capital of California.
Source Sacramento (Wikipedia)
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1. California (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, capital
Capital Sacramento
Infobox, population
Population (2025) Total 39355309
Infobox, area
Area Total 423970 km2
Infobox, admitted to the union
Admitted to the Union September 9, 1850 (31st)
Page header, coordinates
wgCoordinates lat 37, lon -120
Introduction
California is a U.S. state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast.
Adjacent To: Nevada, Lead section, borders Nevada
It borders Oregon to the north, and Nevada and Arizona to the east
Adjacent To: Oregon, Lead section, borders Oregon
It borders Oregon to the north, and Nevada and Arizona to the east
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Los Angeles is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California.
Pasadena, California (Wikipedia)
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Stanford, California (Wikipedia)
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Berkeley, California (Wikipedia)
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Arizona (Wikipedia)
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sharing the Four Corners region with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the northwest and California to the west, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest.
Fresno (Wikipedia)
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Oakland (Wikipedia)
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San Diego (Wikipedia)
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San Francisco (Wikipedia)
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