Bp6-California and it's important to the U.S.

California is the largest state in the u.s with over $38 million in population. If California was it own country, the economy would be the 8th largest in the world. California creates over $2 trillion in economy activity each year. The economy activity is equal to $52,631 for every woman, man, boy and girl in the state. ($2,000,000,000 / 38,000,000 people)

California's biggest industry is no doubt is agriculture. California leads the U.S. in the production of fruits, vegetables, wine ( grapes) and nuts.
With over 80,000 farms and ranches, California generates over $42 billion in agricultural business. What all this means? Of all the 50 states, California supplies 15% of all the agriculture and 7.1% of all the meat and the meat products to the U.S.

NATURAL SOURCES 

California is loaded with natural resources. A natural resource is  anything that is useful or valuable that naturally occurs in an area. An example would be water, oceans, beaches, minerals, soil, mountains, etc. 

MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE 

withouth Soil and Water, California would not be as economically important as it is today. Because of California's soil and water resources, the state can claim its #1 position in agriculture, which produces 

• $6.9 billion of milk
• $4.5 billion of wine (grapes) 
• $4.3 billion of almonds

$1.2 billion of tomatoes