CITIES BY STATE

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California Cities
City Type
City Type	West Coast, Wine Country	Wine Country	Mountains, Golf	Lakes & Rivers, Mountains, Casinos	West Coast, College Town, Wine Country	West Coast	West Coast, Mountains, Wine Country	Mountains, National Parks	na
Population (2007)
Population (Current)	28,478	74,247	47,906	23,374	43,516	79,554	12,336	3,457	64,621
Population (1990)	31,954	61,842	40,181	21,585	41,958	66,643	8,886	3,475	45,518
Land Area (sq mi)	8	18	94	10	11	15	6	2	31
Persons Per Square Mile	3,560	4,125	510	2,337	3,956	5,304	2,056	1,729	2,035
Home Prices
2009	$635,224	$411,383	$297,467	$347,588	$473,703	$1,252,098	$613,448	$346,656	$322,000
Total Appreciation ('01 to '09)	35.2%	15.0%	40.5%	26.5%	50.2%	60.5%	-8.0%	47.2%	18.0%
Annual Appreciation ('08 to '09)	5.8%	-20.1%	-21.3%	-15.1%	-12.8%	-22.5%	-27.7%	-6.3%	-12.0%
Avg Annual Appreciation ('01 to '09)	3.8%	1.8%	4.3%	3.0%	5.2%	6.1%	-1.0%	5.7%	2.1%
Big City Prices ('09)	$566,000	$538,000	$346,000	$192,000	$346,000	$499,000	$538,000	$192,000	$220,000
Affordability Index	112%	76%	86%	181%	137%	251%	114%	181%	145%
Big City	San Jose	San Francisco Bay area	Los Angeles	Reno	Los Angeles	Anaheim-Santa Ana	San Francisco Bay area	Reno	na
Cost of Living (2009)
Cost of Living	198%	147%	121%	133%	161%	337%	193%	133%	121%
Air Quality - Annual Avg (2001-2007)
Good Days	98%	81%	25%	68%	83%	57%	88%	73%	79%
Moderate Days	2%	17%	42%	24%	16%	37%	11%	20%	19%
Unhealthy for Sensitive Persons Days	0%	1%	24%	7%	1%	5%	1%	2%	2%
Unhealthy Days	0%	0%	9%	1%	0%	0%	0%	5%	1%
Water Quality (2002-2006)
Good	7%	7%	47%	28%	33%	3%	8%	3%	40%
Threatened	0%	21%	20%	3%	1%	17%	13%	11%	4%
Impaired	93%	73%	34%	70%	67%	80%	79%	87%	56%
Nearest Large City
Distance to Nearest City	75 miles	42 miles	109 miles	100 miles	122 miles	14 miles	30 miles	204 miles	97 miles
City	San Jose	Oakland	Los Angeles	Sacramento	Bakersfield	Santa Ana	San Francisco	Reno	na
Recreation
National Parks	12	12	2	1	1	4	13	5	7
National Campgrounds	5	13	37	106	15	64	3	96	26
State Parks	30	18	5	18	10	14	63	1	11
Medical Care (2009)
Accredited Hospitals	1	3	3	1	2	12	2	1	4
Building Permits (single family homes)
2008	7	75	61	20	69	82	15	1	185
2007	7	126	206	52	48	79	19	0	319
Gain ('00 to '08)	-66.7%	-67.1%	-65.9%	-54.5%	102.9%	-24.1%	-60.5%	-75.0%	-55.5%

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Population Distribution (2006)
Median Age (yrs)	36	36	47	33	26	42	39	40	36
White	80.8%	85.9%	78.3%	75.7%	84.1%	89.9%	77.3%	84.6%	83.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.0%	3.9%	0.8%	1.5%	0.3%	3.9%	0.2%	6.9%
Native American Indian and Alaska Native	0.6%	1.3%	0.9%	1.0%	0.6%	0.4%	0.4%	2.0%	0.8%
Asian	7.4%	2.2%	3.8%	6.0%	5.3%	6.3%	3.4%	1.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
Other Race	3.9%	7.8%	9.8%	12.5%	4.8%	1.8%	0.1%	6.5%	3.3%
Multiple Races	4.4%	1.6%	3.1%	3.9%	3.6%	1.4%	11.0%	5.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	36.1%	23.7%	26.7%	11.7%	7.1%	3.8%	17.4%	8.7%
Income and Housing (2005)
Family Income	$58,757	$58,788	$45,318	$40,572	$56,319	$111,166	$92,204	$34,423	$55,423
Occupied Housing	94%	97%	67%	67%	97%	89%	97%	90%	86%
Vacant Housing	6%	3%	33%	33%	3%	11%	3%	10%	14%
Home Ownership	39%	61%	61%	na	42%	56%	na	na	54%
Persons Per Family	2.82	3.20	2.88	3.15	2.90	2.70	3.20	2.90	2.91
Taxes (2008)
Local and State	10.5%	10.5%	10.5%	10.5%	10.5%	10.5%	10.5%	10.5%	9.3%
Local, State and Federal	120 days	120 days	120 days	120 days	120 days	120 days	120 days	120 days	112 days
Climate - Average Temperatures (1971-2000)
Climate Type	Temperate & Dry	Temperate & Dry	Warm & Dry	Cool & Dry	Temperate & Dry	Temperate & Dry	Temperate & Dry	Cool & Dry	Temperate & Humid
January Low Temp	43 F	39 F	44 F	15 F	42 F	48 F	43 F	19 F	27 F
July High Temp	68 F	83 F	108 F	79 F	80 F	71 F	65 F	83 F	86 F
Annual Precipitation	20 in	27 in	5 in	20 in	24 in	12 in	28 in	13 in	35 in
Elevation	385 ft	35 ft	425 ft	6,254 ft	315 ft	10 ft	16 ft	6,797 ft	1,660 ft
Natural Hazard Risk
Total Hazard Risk	Higher	Higher	Higher	Higher	Higher	Higher	Higher	Higher	Moderate
Earthquake	70%	90%	100%	70%	40%	80%	80%	90%	.6%
Tsunami	Risk	No Risk	No Risk	No Risk	Risk	No Risk	Risk	No Risk	No Risk
Hurricane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Flood	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High
Tornado	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Low
Volcano	No Risk	Low Ash Fall	Low Ash Fall	High Ash Fall	No Risk	Low Ash Fall	Low Ash Fall	High Volcanic	No Risk
Wildfire	High	High	High	High	High	High	Low	High	Low
Crimes per 10,000 Population - Annual Avg (2001-2008)
Violent Crimes	59	39	80	66	36	17	17	66	42
Property Crimes	409	287	698	250	420	306	191	458	454
Home Energy Use - Annual Avg (1971-2000)
Heating Degree Days	3,092	2,689	951	8,300	2,138	1,719	3,754	6,513	4,677
Cooling Degree Days	74	529	4,224	38	476	543	11	281	1,249
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