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Assessing patterns of diversity and change

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Featured Blog Post · November 19, 2025

More California Students Are Attending College Elsewhere

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Fact Cards

1 in 5 Share of young adults in California who identify as LGBTQ+.
A majority of recent immigrants to California were born in Asia.
No race or ethnic group constitutes a majority of California’s population.
80% Share of California immigrants who are citizens or have legal residency status.
Population loss in California’s rural counties is twice that of its urban counties.
Nearly half of the nation’s unsheltered homeless population resides in California.
Californians age 65 and older are expected to outnumber children in the state by 2030.

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Vice President and Director of the Economic Policy Center and Senior Fellow

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