The Golden State
- State Site: Official Web Site of the State of California
- Capital City:
- Capitol:
- Abbreviations:
- Postal: CA
- Traditional: Calif.
- Admission to Union:
- Ancestry / Genealogy:
- Apartments: California Apartments
- Area: California Geography
- Area Codes: California Area Codes
- Biographies: Notable Californians
- Bird:
- Birth Records: Birth Certificate Requests
- Border States:
- North, Oregon
- East, Nevada and Arizona
- California is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the south by the country of Mexico.
- Citizens: California Citizens
- Climate: Climatology For California
- Constitution: California Constitution, 25th state to enter the Union.
- County Profile: California Counties
- Courts: California Courts
- Current Events: California News
- Death Records: Death Certificate Request
- Department of: State Agency Index
- Driving: Office of Driver Services
- Economy:
- Agriculture: California leads the states in farm income. Livestock and livestock
products include milk, beef cattle, eggs, sheep, turkeys, hogs and horses. California grows over 200
different crops, some grown nowhere else in the nation. Crops include grapes, almonds, strawberries,
oranges and walnuts. California produces almost all of the country's almonds, apricots, dates, figs,
kiwi fruit, nectarines, olives, pistachios, prunes, and walnuts. It leads in the production of
avocados, grapes, lemons, melons, peaches, plums, and strawberries. Only Florida produces more oranges.
The most important vegetable crops are lettuce and tomatoes. Again, California leads the way. Broccoli
and carrots rank second followed by asparagus, cauliflower, celery, garlic, mushrooms, onions, and
peppers. Only Texas grows more cotton than California. Hay, rice, corn, sugar beets, and wheat are also
grown in large quantities. [Find out more]
- Manufacturing: Electrical equipment, components and military communication
equipment, are California's leading manufactured products including electronic systems for aircraft and
missiles. Other products are audiotape and videotape, lighting equipment, and telephone equipment.
Manufacture of computer machinery ranks second in production, followed by food product processing of baked
goods, beverages, canned fruits and vegetables.
- Services: Community, business, and personal services form California's leading
service industry, including private health care, law firms and engineering companies, hotels and
entertainment companies, and repair shops. Real estate, finance and insurance form the second-ranking
service industry in California followed by wholesale and retail trade in food products, medical supplies,
motor vehicles and petroleum products.
- Mining: California is also among the country's leading mining states with producing
a greater variety of mined products than any other state. Oil is the number one product. California
mines all of the boron that is produced in the United States. It's the leading producer of diatomite,
sand and gravel, sodium compounds, and tungsten and among the top producers of gold, gypsum, magnesium
compounds, molybdenum, perlite, potash, and pumice.
- Flag:
- Fishing:
- Flower:
- Genealogical Resources:
- Geographic Center: California Geography
- Governor:
- Highest Point: Mt. Whitney, 14,494 feet above sea level, the highest point in the continental United States.
- Highway Markers: California
- History:
- Hunting:
- Judiciary: California Courts
- Largest Cities: 10 Largest Cities
- Legislature: California State Legislature
- Library: California State Library
- License Plates: California
- Lottery: California Lottery - Winning Numbers
- Lowest Point: California Geography
- Maps: California Maps
- Marriage: California Marriage License, Registration and Ceremony Information
- Media:
- Motor Vehicles: Office of Motor Vehicles
- Motto:
- Museums: California Museums
- National Forests:
- National Parks: National Parks in California
- Natural Resources: California is unusually rich in minerals and timber. The state's soil and climate make it possible for farmers to grow an enormous variety of crops.
- Newspapers: California
- Nickname: for California
- Non-transients: Find A Grave
- Online Services:
- Origin of State's name: California
- Political Cartoons: PoliticalCartoons.com
- Population:
- Representatives:
- Road Side America: California
- Senior Citizens: Department of Aging
- Song: I Love You, California
- State Parks: California State Parks
- State Quarter: California
- Symbols: California Symbols
- Tax Forms:
- Topography: State Topography Image: California
- Travel:
- Tree:
- Unclaimed Funds: Unclaimed Property
- Veteran Affairs: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Vital Records: Office of Vital Records
- Weather:
- Web Cams: California Webcams
- Zip Codes:
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