Demographic Research
The Demographic Research Unit of the California Department of Finance is designated as the single official source of demographic data for state planning and budgeting.
- Demographic Research Unit Overview
- California State Data Center
- Meetings and Workshops
- Reports and Research Papers—city and county population estimates, population projections, immigration and census reports.
- Data Files by Age, Race, and Sex
- Price and Population Factors Used for Appropriation Limits
What's New
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May 7, 2012
- Interim Population Projections for California and Its Counties 2010-2050 provides Interim Projections of Total Population for California and Counties July 1, 2015 to 2050 (5-year increments) and Projections of 5-Year Age Groups for California for the same time period. These Projections were developed to fill an immediate need by some organizations for an update of currently available projections. These interim projections reflect currently available 2010 census data and recent changes in demographic trends.Â
May 1, 2012
January 1, 2012 Population and Housing Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State:
- E-1 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State — January 1, 2011 and 2012
- E-5 Population and Housing Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State, 2011 and 2012
April 19, 2012
- 2010 Census Summary File 2—Summary File 2 provides demographic characteristics by detailed race, American Indian tribe, and Hispanic origin including individual years of age by sex, households and families, group quarters, household relationship, unmarried partner households, type of family, families by presence of children, owner and, size of household and much more. Comparable profiles from the 2000 Census for Hispanics and not Hispanic major races and detailed Asian and Pacific Islanders races are also available.
Comments and suggestions? Please e-mail ficalpop@dof.ca.gov.


