August 1, 1873 California became the 38th state. Today is also the anniversary of the first census in 1790 with a population of 3,929,214 land area 864,746 for 4.5 people per square mile.
2000 census 281,424,603 with 79.6 people per square mile. Freedom brings growth and prosperity. Let us pray that we continue to live in freedom .