California

=== Income ===
{{See also|California locations by per capita income}}
[[File:Sleeping Beauty Castle 2019.jpg|thumb|left|California is the most visited state in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-popular-us-states-for-tourism-2014-10|title=A Detailed Look At How Americans Travel Within The US|first=Jennifer|last=Polland|website=Business Insider}}</ref> [[Disneyland]] in [[Anaheim]] is a major tourist destination, with 16.9 million annual visits in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/reports/AECOM-Theme-Index-2022.pdf |title = TEA/AECOM 2022 Global Attractions Attendance Report |date = 2023 |access-date = August 16, 2023 }}</ref>]]
[[List of U.S. states by GDP per capita|Per capita GDP]] in 2007 was $38,956, ranking eleventh in the nation.<ref name="BEA State Personal Income 2006">{{Cite press release |title=State Personal Income 2006 |date=March 27, 2007 |publisher=[[Bureau of Economic Analysis]] |url=https://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2007/spi0307.htm |access-date=January 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704133957/http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2007/spi0307.htm |archive-date=July 4, 2007}}</ref> [[California locations by per capita income|Per capita income]] varies widely by geographic region and profession. The Central Valley is the most impoverished, with [[migrant worker|migrant farm workers]] making less than [[minimum wage]]. According to a 2005 report by the [[Congressional Research Service]], the [[San Joaquin Valley]] was characterized as one of the most economically depressed regions in the United States, on par with the region of [[Appalachia]].<ref name="CRS San Joaquin Valley">{{Cite web |last=Cowan |first=Tadlock |date=December 12, 2005 |title=California's San Joaquin Valley: A Region in Transition |url=http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/links/CRS%20San%20Joaquin%20Valley%20Report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324221541/http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/links/CRS%20San%20Joaquin%20Valley%20Report.pdf |archive-date=March 24, 2009 |access-date=January 29, 2010 |publisher=Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress |page=2}}</ref>

Using the supplemental poverty measure, California has a [[Poverty in the United States|poverty rate]] of 23.5%, the highest of any state in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Berlinger |first=Joshua |date=November 12, 2012 |title=A New Poverty Calculation Yields Some Surprising Results |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/new-census-data-on-poverty-rates-yields-some-pretty-shocking-results-2012-11 |access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> However, using the official measure the poverty rate was only 13.3% as of 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: United States |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/US |access-date=August 2, 2019 |website=www.census.gov}}</ref> Many coastal cities include some of the wealthiest per-capita areas in the United States. The high-technology sectors in Northern California, specifically [[Silicon Valley]], in [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara]] and [[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo counties]], have emerged from the economic downturn caused by the [[dot-com bubble|dot-com bust]].

In 2019, there were 1,042,027 millionaire households in the state, more than any other state in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=May |first=Patrick |title=How many millionaires do we have in California? Hint: It's a big number |url=https://www.chicoer.com/2019/02/05/how-many-millionaires-do-we-have-in-california-hint-its-a-big-number/ |access-date=May 3, 2020 |website=Enterprise Record|date=February 5, 2019 }}</ref> In 2010, California residents were ranked first among the states with the best average credit score of 754.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bukszpan |first=Daniel |date=March 29, 2012 |title=States With the Best Credit Scores |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2012/03/29/States-With-the-Best-Credit-Scores.html |website=Cnbc.com}}</ref>

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File:USA-World Nominal GDP.PNG|If California was an independent country, its gross domestic product (nominal) would rank [[List of U.S. states and territories by GDP|fifth in the world]] (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=5. Report for Selected Countries and Subjects |url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=69&pr.y=15&sy=2018&ey=2018&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=512%2C672%2C914%2C946%2C612%2C137%2C614%2C546%2C311%2C962%2C213%2C674%2C911%2C676%2C193%2C548%2C122%2C556%2C912%2C678%2C313%2C181%2C419%2C867%2C513%2C682%2C316%2C684%2C913%2C273%2C124%2C868%2C339%2C921%2C638%2C948%2C514%2C943%2C218%2C686%2C963%2C688%2C616%2C518%2C223%2C728%2C516%2C558%2C918%2C138%2C748%2C196%2C618%2C278%2C624%2C692%2C522%2C694%2C622%2C142%2C156%2C449%2C626%2C564%2C628%2C565%2C228%2C283%2C924%2C853%2C233%2C288%2C632%2C293%2C636%2C566%2C634%2C964%2C238%2C182%2C662%2C359%2C960%2C453%2C423%2C968%2C935%2C922%2C128%2C714%2C611%2C862%2C321%2C135%2C243%2C716%2C248%2C456%2C469%2C722%2C253%2C942%2C642%2C718%2C643%2C724%2C939%2C576%2C644%2C936%2C819%2C961%2C172%2C813%2C132%2C199%2C646%2C733%2C648%2C184%2C915%2C524%2C134%2C361%2C652%2C362%2C174%2C364%2C328%2C732%2C258%2C366%2C656%2C734%2C654%2C144%2C336%2C146%2C263%2C463%2C268%2C528%2C532%2C923%2C944%2C738%2C176%2C578%2C534%2C537%2C536%2C742%2C429%2C866%2C433%2C369%2C178%2C744%2C436%2C186%2C136%2C925%2C343%2C869%2C158%2C746%2C439%2C926%2C916%2C466%2C664%2C112%2C826%2C111%2C542%2C298%2C967%2C927%2C443%2C846%2C917%2C299%2C544%2C582%2C941%2C474%2C446%2C754%2C666%2C698%2C668&s=NGDPD&grp=0&a= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323111307/https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=69&pr.y=15&sy=2018&ey=2018&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=512%2C672%2C914%2C946%2C612%2C137%2C614%2C546%2C311%2C962%2C213%2C674%2C911%2C676%2C193%2C548%2C122%2C556%2C912%2C678%2C313%2C181%2C419%2C867%2C513%2C682%2C316%2C684%2C913%2C273%2C124%2C868%2C339%2C921%2C638%2C948%2C514%2C943%2C218%2C686%2C963%2C688%2C616%2C518%2C223%2C728%2C516%2C558%2C918%2C138%2C748%2C196%2C618%2C278%2C624%2C692%2C522%2C694%2C622%2C142%2C156%2C449%2C626%2C564%2C628%2C565%2C228%2C283%2C924%2C853%2C233%2C288%2C632%2C293%2C636%2C566%2C634%2C964%2C238%2C182%2C662%2C359%2C960%2C453%2C423%2C968%2C935%2C922%2C128%2C714%2C611%2C862%2C321%2C135%2C243%2C716%2C248%2C456%2C469%2C722%2C253%2C942%2C642%2C718%2C643%2C724%2C939%2C576%2C644%2C936%2C819%2C961%2C172%2C813%2C132%2C199%2C646%2C733%2C648%2C184%2C915%2C524%2C134%2C361%2C652%2C362%2C174%2C364%2C328%2C732%2C258%2C366%2C656%2C734%2C654%2C144%2C336%2C146%2C263%2C463%2C268%2C528%2C532%2C923%2C944%2C738%2C176%2C578%2C534%2C537%2C536%2C742%2C429%2C866%2C433%2C369%2C178%2C744%2C436%2C186%2C136%2C925%2C343%2C869%2C158%2C746%2C439%2C926%2C916%2C466%2C664%2C112%2C826%2C111%2C542%2C298%2C967%2C927%2C443%2C846%2C917%2C299%2C544%2C582%2C941%2C474%2C446%2C754%2C666%2C698%2C668&s=NGDPD&grp=0&a= |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |access-date=December 15, 2018}}</ref>
File:California counties by GDP 2021.png|California counties by GDP (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=GDP by county in 2021|url=https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/lagdp1222.pdf}}</ref>
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