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"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." Martin Luther King, Jr.















The unemployment rate for the state of California was 11.8% in June of 2011.
The unemployment rate for the United States was 9.1% in July of 2011. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

  • 46.6 Million People in the United States are without Health Insurance (15.9% of the population)*
  • The US ranks 37th in Health Care in the World**
  • The US ranks 24th in Life Expectancy**

*U.S. Census Bureau 2005
**World Health Organization





About our City and State

Placerville Facts
County: El Dorado
Established: as town in 1854, as city in 1903
Population: app. 10,389 (2010)
Population per square mile: 1,791 (2010)
Square miles (land): 5.80

California Facts
Capital : Sacramento
Economy:
  Agriculture: Vegetables, fruits and nuts, dairy products, cattle, nursery stock, grapes
  Industry: Electronic components and equipment, aerospace, film production, food
  processing, petroleum, computers and computer software, tourism
Highest Point : Mt.Whitney; 14,494 feet
Number of counties: 58
Population: 37,253,956 (2010)
Population per square mile: 227 (2010)
Square miles: 163,707 (3rd largest state)
State Animal : Grizzly Bear
State Bird : California Quail
State Colors: Blue and Gold
State Flag : Adopted in 1911
State Flower : Golden Poppy
State Motto: "Eureka" (I have found it)
State Nickname: The Golden State
State Seal : Adopted in 1849
State Song : I Love You California
State Tree
: Redwood
Statehood: September 9, 1850 ~ 31st State in the Union

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