Prisoners per 100,000: Ranks 8th
Percent of population over 25 completing high school: ranks 47th
Public school expenditures per student: ranks 48th
Personal income per capita: Ranks 41st
Source: The World Almanac of the U.S.A.
California does have a higher crime rate, but better weather plus an ocean.
,,, when I've passed thru California and stayed in hotels there have been stickers with messages in English and Spanish in the bathrooms asking me to conserve water wherever possible. I saw an armed holdup not far from Mann's Chinese theatre too. That sort of entertainment is one up from Disneyland. As for the water situation, how can they take on population growth the way it is now?