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In Brief
Fall 2007
December 18, 2007
CSU Enrollments Are Still On the
Rise
Chart A. Fall Term Enrollment and Full-Time
Equivalent Students (FTES) from Fall 1997 to Fall 2007
FTES represent the number of
students that would be served if they all attempted a full-time course load.
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The California State
University enrollment in fall 2007 surpassed last year’s student
headcount. The current enrollment
figure of 433,017 students is 15,905 higher than the 417,112 students
recorded in fall 2006. This
represents an annual increase of 3.8 percent.
Higher fall enrollments
occurred at all but one CSU campuses.
The largest annual gains were at San Jose (up 2,302 students), San
Diego (up 2,254 students), Long Beach (up 1,294 students), Fullerton (up
1,209 students), and San Luis Obispo (up 1,055 students). Other campuses with
large annual gains were Pomona (up 967 students) and Northridge (up 886
students). The System’s newest
campus, Channel Islands, grew by 476 students.
Another way to gauge
enrollments is to convert student headcounts into full-time equivalent
students (FTES). In the past this was
accomplished by dividing total student credit units attempted by 15, the
normative workload for students pursuing a degree in 4 years. In spring 2006 the state approved a new
formula for determining the FTE of graduate students (i.e., students seeking
a master's or doctorate degree). Now 12
units attempted by graduate students equal one FTE.
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However, for students seeking
a baccalaureate or credential, the formula remained the same: 15 units
attempted equal one FTE.
The current number of FTES is
357,746. Last year’s figure was
343,199; so the annual gain in FTES from the prior year is 14,547 or a 4.2
percent increase. Half of that gain is
due to real growth and half is due to the new calculation for FTE.
The two graph lines in the
chart displayed above illustrate the relationship between enrollment numbers
and FTES, and they chart the enrollment trend from fall 1997 to fall
2007. Tables 1 and 2, shown on the
following pages, list the exact systemwide numbers used to plot the lines and
they list campus-specific numbers.
For the third year in a row, Fullerton recorded the
highest campus enrollment for the system (37,130). However, San Diego leads in FTES (31,178). Long Beach and Northridge also continue
to be two of the System’s larger campuses, with headcount enrollment numbers
quite similar to Fullerton.
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Table 1. Selected
Fall Term Enrollment in the California State University, from Fall 1997(1)
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Campus
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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Fullerton
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24,906
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25,675
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27,167
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28,381
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30,357
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32,143
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32,592
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32,744
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35,040
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35,921
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37,130
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Long
Beach
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27,809
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28,637
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30,011
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30,918
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33,259
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34,566
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34,715
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33,479
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34,547
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35,574
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36,868
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San
Diego
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30,593
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31,453
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31,413
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31,609
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34,171
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34,304
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33,676
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32,936
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32,693
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34,305
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36,559
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Northridge
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27,653
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27,203
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27,947
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29,066
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31,448
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32,070
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33,426
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31,341
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33,243
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34,560
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35,446
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San
Jose
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26,897
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26,628
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26,937
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26,698
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28,007
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30,350
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28,932
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29,044
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29,975
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29,604
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31,906
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San
Francisco
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26,982
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27,446
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27,701
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26,826
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26,866
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28,378
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29,686
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28,804
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28,950
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29,628
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30,125
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Sacramento
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23,478
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23,676
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24,530
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25,714
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26,923
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28,558
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28,375
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27,972
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27,932
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28,529
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28,829
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Fresno
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18,113
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18,101
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18,321
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19,056
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20,007
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21,272
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22,342
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19,781
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20,371
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22,098
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22,383
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Pomona
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17,246
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17,577
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18,021
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18,424
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19,041
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19,821
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19,804
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19,003
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19,885
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20,510
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21,477
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Los
Angeles
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19,160
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19,732
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19,783
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19,593
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20,675
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21,099
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20,637
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20,307
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20,034
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20,565
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21,051
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San
Luis Obispo
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16,735
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16,296
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16,470
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16,877
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18,079
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18,453
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18,303
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17,582
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18,475
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18,722
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19,777
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San
Bernardino
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13,280
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13,600
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14,280
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14,909
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15,985
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16,341
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16,927
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16,194
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16,431
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16,479
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17,066
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Chico
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14,247
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14,983
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15,261
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15,912
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16,704
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16,246
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15,516
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15,734
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15,919
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16,250
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17,034
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East
Bay
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12,855
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12,888
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12,667
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12,705
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13,240
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13,876
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13,455
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13,061
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12,535
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12,706
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13,124
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Dominguez
Hills
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10,704
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12,054
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12,524
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12,848
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12,871
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13,504
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13,248
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12,613
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12,357
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12,068
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12,082
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San
Marcos
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4,678
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5,025
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5,739
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6,256
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6,496
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7,678
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7,777
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7,365
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7,502
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8,734
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9,159
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Stanislaus
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6,213
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6,351
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6,489
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7,062
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7,534
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7,850
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8,072
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7,858
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8,137
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8,374
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8,836
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Sonoma
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7,047
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7,003
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7,083
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7,402
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7,590
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8,219
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8,371
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7,977
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7,749
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8,274
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8,770
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Humboldt
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7,492
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7,475
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7,545
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7,433
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7,382
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7,611
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7,725
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7,550
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7,462
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7,435
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7,773
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Bakersfield
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