California Population Growth 2024

California Population Growth 2024. The state’s population increased by 0.17% — or more than 67,000 people — between jan. 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).

The new data will show that california’s population, as of jan. In 2020 california’s population shrank for the first time since it joined the union in 1850.