Brown’s final State of the State address Thursday was chock full of numbers and statistics. Among them:
- 2.8 million: Jobs created in the past eight years; “Very few places in the world can match that record,” Brown said.
- $27 billion: Budget deficit in 2011
- $154 billion: California’s personal income in 1975
- $2.4 trillion: California’s personal income now
- 78: Days added to California’s fire season over the last 40 years.
- 331: Prisoners per 100,000 California residents
- 125: Prisoners per 100,000 California residents in 1970
- 5,000: Separate criminal provisions in California that specify “what is criminal, what the penalties should be, what enhancements should be added and what credits might be earned”
- $5.8 billion: Increase in annual higher education funding since 2011
- 2.5 million: Californians between 25 and 34 who are in the workforce but lack a postsecondary degree or certificate.
- 17: Sites that more than 1,500 construction workers are working at to build the state’s high-speed rail system.
- 3: Percent of 1970 budget spent on prisons
- 8.9: Percent of current budget spent on prisons
- 234,000: Words in the California Penal Code in 1965
- 1.2 million: Words in the California Penal Code today; “By comparison, the Ten Commandments run just under 300 words.”
- 10: Commandments; “There are still ten,” Brown confirmed.
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