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California Population 2024 Census 2024. July 2023 projections released by the. Discover california’s population & how it has changed over time.

It is the 3rd largest state by area. At the last official united states census carried out in 2020, the population of california was declared at 39,538,223 which makes the state the most populous by a wide margin over 2nd place texas (29 million).