Indigenous people didn't count when California became a state. 99% of the rest were white.[1] [1] https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1850/1

Indigenous people didn't count when California became a state. 99% of the rest were white.[1] [1] https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1850/1850a/1850a-47.pdf#page=8 https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1850/...