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A Quick Look At California's Changing Demographics

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There are roughly 40 million people in California.

That's more people than live in the 21 smallest states combined. Combined.

California is so diverse that it’s famous for being a majority minority state, where no ethnic group claims more than 50% of the population.

We're about to get a new look at who lives among us in the Golden State. But there are big worries that the 2020 U.S. Census will undercount Californians.

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