California is currently one of only three states in the country — alongside Mississippi and New Mexico — that sets no minimum age at all for marriage, allowing a child of any age to be legally wed as long as a parent or guardian signs off. A bill designed to close that loophole for good just cleared a major hurdle in Sacramento, passing the state Senate on a unanimous 38-0 vote this past Wednesday.
Article says 35k but the quote from the website they used says 315k https://www.unchainedatlast.org/united-states-child-marriage-problem-study-findings-through-2021/
315k is for the whole US. That being said, the 35k seems to be a rough estimate because California does not provide census data.