Western USA
Western USA: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
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Western USA at a glance
Rolled up from the 310 regions inside Western USA on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads the states inside
From each one's researched profile.
- California — Gavin Newsom Governor (40th Governor of California), Democratic ↗
- Washington State — Bob Ferguson Governor of Washington, Democratic ↗
- Colorado — Jared Polis Governor of Colorado, Democratic ↗
- Oregon — Tina Kotek Governor of Oregon (39th), Democratic ↗
- Utah — Spencer J. Cox Governor, Republican ↗
- Nevada — Joe Lombardo Governor of Nevada, Republican ↗
- Idaho — Brad Little Governor, Republican ↗
- Montana — Greg Gianforte Governor of Montana, Republican ↗
- Wyoming — Mark Gordon Governor, Republican ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey — summed from the province/state summaries; income, rent and rates are population-weighted means of their medians, not national medians.
- Spanish13,173,994 · 19.6%
- Other Indo-European languages1,553,701 · 2.3%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)1,519,675 · 2.3%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages1,022,236 · 1.5%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)945,959 · 1.4%
- Vietnamese696,159 · 1%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages470,142 · 0.7%
- Korean443,261 · 0.7%
- Other and unspecified languages402,335 · 0.6%
- Arabic266,789 · 0.4%
- German or other West Germanic languages223,578 · 0.3%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun217,878 · 0.3%
Provinces and territories
One row per census summary, largest first.
| Name | Population | Median household income | Median rent | Immigrants | Unemployment | Businesses on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 39,242,785 | $96,334 | $1,956 | 26.7% | 6.4% | 1,103,914 |
| Washington | 7,740,984 | $94,952 | $1,682 | 15.1% | 4.9% | 238,464 |
| Colorado | 5,810,774 | $92,470 | $1,693 | 9.6% | 4.4% | 176,532 |
| Oregon | 4,238,714 | $80,426 | $1,450 | 9.7% | 5.4% | 144,487 |
| Utah | 3,331,187 | $91,750 | $1,405 | 8.6% | 3.4% | 57,726 |
| Nevada | 3,141,000 | $75,561 | $1,489 | 19% | 6.8% | 103,960 |
| Idaho | 1,893,296 | $74,636 | $1,150 | 5.7% | 3.7% | 38,215 |
| Montana | 1,105,072 | $69,922 | $1,031 | 2.3% | 3.7% | 33,013 |
| Wyoming | 579,761 | $74,815 | $968 | 3.5% | 3.7% | 23,448 |
Largest places in Western USA
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Los Angeles, California full3,870,000
- 2.San Diego, California full1,400,000
- 3.San Jose, California full989,814
- 4.San Francisco, California full826,079
- 5.Seattle, Washington full784,777
- 6.Denver, Colorado full715,522
- 7.Portland, Oregon full652,503
- 8.Las Vegas, Nevada full641,903
- 9.Fresno, California full542,107
- 10.Sacramento, California full524,943
- 11.Colorado Springs, CO full478,961
- 12.Long Beach, California full466,742
- 13.Oakland, California full440,646
- 14.Bakersfield, California full408,366
- 15.Anaheim, California full344,553
Inside Western USA
9 regions have Western USA as their parent.
- California state
- Colorado state
- Idaho state
- Montana state
- Nevada state
- Oregon state
- Utah state
- Washington State state
- Wyoming state
Companies based in Western USA
3,498 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Western USA. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Western USA are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.