CALIFORNIA
Population:	36 million (2005) Over 40 million projected by 2010
Area:	158,302 square miles
Counties:	58 counties
Government:	California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger California State Senate California State Assembly
	ECONOMY
GDP:	US$1.55 trillion (2005)
Per Capita income:	US$33,403 (2003)
Major Sectors and Products:	Information Technology (Computers, Electronics, Software), Food and Agriculture, Aerospace, Tourism, Media and Entertainment, Medical Equipment, Environmental Technology, Biotechnology, Wireless Communications, High Technology, Financial Services, Waste and Scrap, Chemicals, Electrical Equipment and Components, Machinery, and Consumer Products
	EMPLOYMENT
Labor Force:	17,800,000 (2006)
Unemployment:	4.8% (2006)
California ranks highest in employment for nearly all high-tech sectors
Exports:	US$94 billion (2003) Top exports include Agricultural products, Computer and Electronic Products, Information Technology, Non-Electrical Machinery, Transportation Equipment, Chemicals Perennially the largest U.S. exporting state
To Hong Kong SAR:	US$4.9 billion (2005)
To China:	US$7.9 billion (2005)
Leading Trading Partners: ( in alphabetical order)	Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom

As of 2005, California's economy is larger than all but seven national economies in the world.
Comprised of 10 foreign trade zones and 39 enterprises zones, California is connected to the rest of the world with 12 cargo airports and 11 cargo seaports, including the world's third-busiest port complex. California's economy is larger than that of every Asian country, other than Japan. It accounts for nearly 13% of the U.S. economy. More than US$240 billion in imports pass through California ports every year, much of it from Asia.

Sources: World Bank, US-China Business Council, Government of Hong Kong SAR, US Department of Commerce