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FACT SHEET · JANUARY 2024

California’s Population

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Fact Sheet · January 2024

Immigrants in California

California is home to more than 10 million immigrants—almost a quarter of the foreign-born population nationwide. Almost half of California’s immigrants are from Latin America, but a majority of recent arrivals come from Asia.

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Arrests in California

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Fact Sheet · January 2024

California’s County Jails

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Law Enforcement Staffing in California

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Making Sense of California’s Economy

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A Hiring Incentive that Works: The California Competes Tax Credit

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Report · November 2023

Understanding the Reach of the California Earned Income Tax Credit

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Policy Brief: Understanding the Reach of the California Earned Income Tax Credit

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Report · December 2023

Factors and Future Projections for K–12 Declining Enrollment

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Policy Brief · December 2023

Policy Brief: Factors and Future Projections for K–12 Declining Enrollment

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Financing California’s Public Schools

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Statewide Survey · December 2023

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Statewide Survey · November 2023

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Fact Sheet · January 2024

Immigrants in California

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Fact Sheet · January 2024

California’s Population

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California’s Higher Education System

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Fact Sheet · December 2023

College Access in California

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College Readiness in California

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Statewide Survey · December 2023

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

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Report · November 2023

Priorities for California’s Water

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Managing Water and Farmland Transitions in the San Joaquin Valley

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Water Use in California

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Testimony: Retail Theft in California

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Reconciling Signs of a Strong Economy with California’s Budgetary Woes

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Slowing Climate Change by Capturing Carbon

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January 2024

California’s Population

Hans Johnson, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Eric McGhee

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January 2024

Immigrants in California

Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Cesar Alesi Perez, Hans Johnson

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January 2024

Arrests in California

Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin, Andrew Skelton

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January 2024

California’s County Jails

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January 2024

Law Enforcement Staffing in California

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California’s Higher Education System

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Featured Fact Sheet · August 2023

California Voter and Party Profiles

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Fact Cards

55% Most California adults favor providing health care to undocumented immigrants.
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About 2 in 3 Californians support the state making its own policies to address climate change.
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Safety net programs kept more than 14% of children out of poverty in early 2023.
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California added more than 5 million people since 1990, yet urban water use changed little.
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Gun incidents drove well over half of the rise in violent crime since 2019.
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77% Most Californians say housing affordability is a problem in their part of the state.
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Schools were a key source of food for low-income families despite closures during the pandemic.
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A majority of the nearly 6 million students in California’s public schools are “high need”—low-income, English Learner (EL), homeless, or foster youth.
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In 2020, California lost population for the first time in state history.
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