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- 164,707 square miles (411,013 square kilometers)
- Population: 36.7 million as of July 2008 - largest state in population
- Third largest state in the U.S. in land size
- Sixth largest economy in the world
- 58 Counties
- 840 miles of coastline
- Nickname: "The Golden State"
- 31st state admitted: Sept. 9, 1850
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