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California located on the west coast of United States is the most populous state with 38 Million people and is the 3rd largest by area after Alaska and Texas. Sacremento has been the state capital since 1854. If California were a country, it would be the 8th or the 9th largest economy in the world.
1. Capital City: Sacramento
2. Size: 158,706 square miles (3rd largest state)
3. Population: 37,679,000 - highest state population
4. Statehood: September 9, 1850
5. Largest Cities: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno
6. Border States: Arizona, Nevada, Oregon
7. State Nickname: The Golden State
8. State Motto: Eureka (“I have found it”)
9. State Animal: California Grizzly Bear
10. State Bird: California Valley Quail
11. State Flower: Golden Poppy
12. State Song: I Love You, California
13. State Amphibian: California Red Legged Frog
14. State Colors: Combination of Blue & Gold
15. State Dance: West Coast Swing Dance
16. State Fife & Drum Band: The California Consolidated Drum Band
17. State Fish: The golden trout (Salmo agua-bonita)
18. State Flag: Grizzly bear with a single star on the top left hand side and a red stripe in the bottom
19. State Folk Dance: Square Dancing
20. State Fossil: The saber-toothed cat (Smilodon californicus)
21. State Gemstone: ‘Benitoite’. Sometimes called the "blue diamond"
22. State Gold Rush Ghost Town: Bodie
23. State Grass: Nassella pulchra, also called Purple needlegrass
24. State Historical Society: the California Historical Society
25. State Insect: The California dogface butterfly also called dog head (Zerene eurydice)
26. State Marine Fish: The garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus)
27. State Marine Mammal: The California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
28. State Marine Reptile: The Pacific leatherback turtle. Oct 15th is designated as Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle Conservation Day
29. State Military Museum: The California State Military Museum and Resource Center, located at 1119 Second Street in the Old Sacramento State Historical Park.
30. State Mineral: Gold
31. State Prehistoric Artifact: chipped stone bear
32. State Quarter: The California Quarter with the "John Muir/Yosemite Valley"
33. State Reptile: The desert tortoise (gopherus agassizi)
34. State Rock: ‘Serpentine’ contains deposits of chromite, magnesite, and cinnabar.
35. State Seal: The Roman goddess of wisdom, Minerva, has at her feet a grizzly bear and clusters of grapes representing wildlife and agricultural richness. A miner works near the busy Sacramento River, below the Sierra Nevada peaks. The Greek word "Eureka" meaning "I have found it", probably refers to the miner's discovery of gold. Near the upper edge of the seal are 31 stars representing the number of states with California's anticipated admission
36. State Silver Rush Ghost Town: Calico
37. State Soil: The San Joaquin Soil
38. State Tall Ship: ‘The Californian It has nine sails for a total of 7,000 square feet of canvas, weighs 130 tons and measures 145 feet in length
39. State Tartan: The California Tartan recognizes the contributions to California by residents of Scottish ancestry. The legislation also stated that the official State Tartan may be claimed by any resident of the state. The official State Tartan is described as a pattern or sett consisting of alternate squares of meadow green and pacific blue that are separated and surrounded by narrow charcoal bands. The squares of meadow green are divided by a gold seam that is supported by charcoal lines on each side. There are three redwood stripes, the middle of which is broader, that are added to each side of the gold seam. The pacific blue square is divided by a sky blue stripe, which is supported on each side by charcoal lines. The tartan's blue reflects the sky, the ocean, and the state' s rivers and lakes, while the green stands for the state's mountains, fields, and parks. The red, gold, and blue seams signify the arts, sciences, agriculture, and industry of California
40. State Theatre: ‘The Pasadena Playhouse’ a 680-seat main stage theatre hosts a year-round season of six plays, giving 306-322 performances annually.
41. State Tree: The California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
42. State Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The California Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Sacramento's Capitol Park commemorates the 5,822 Californians who died or went missing in action while serving in the Vietnam War. The dedication monument memorialises them with the inscription, "All gave some. Some gave all."