Facts about California

California's nick name is the Golden State.

Mt. Whitney is the highest point in the state of California. It is 14,494 ft high.

An ex movie super star Arnold Schwarzenegger is the governer of California these days.

California has more population than any other state in USA i.e. 33,871,648 according to the 2000 census, out of which only 59.5% are whites.

Totaling nearly three million acres, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the country.

More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in the United States.

California has the largest economy in the states of the union.

One out of every eight United States residents lives in California.

California is the first state to ever reach a trillion dollar economy in gross state product.

If California's economic size were measured by itself to other countries, it would rank the 7th largest economy in the world.