kids encyclopedia robot

San Joaquin County, California facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Quick facts for kids
San Joaquin County, California
San Joaquin County
Downtown Stockton California.jpg
StanislausRvrAtCaswellSP.jpg
Top: Downtown Stockton waterfront; Bottom: Stanislaus River at Caswell Memorial State Park
Official seal of San Joaquin County, California
Seal
Nickname(s): 
"Sanwa"
Motto(s): 
"Greatness grows here."
Location in the state of California
Location in the state of California
Country United States
State California
Region San Joaquin Valley
Incorporated February 18, 1850
Named for San Joaquin River, which was named for St. Joachim
County seat Stockton
Largest city Stockton
Area
 • Total 1,426 sq mi (3,690 km2)
 • Land 1,391 sq mi (3,600 km2)
 • Water 35 sq mi (90 km2)
Highest elevation
3,629 ft (1,106 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 779,233
 • Density 546.45/sq mi (210.98/km2)
Time zone UTC−8 (Pacific Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Area code(s) 209
FIPS code 06-077
GNIS feature ID 277303

San Joaquin County ( Spanish: San Joaquín, meaning "St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 779,233. The county seat is Stockton.

San Joaquin County comprises the StocktonLodiTracy metropolitan statistical area within the regional San JoseSan FranciscoOakland combined statistical area. The county is located in Northern California's Central Valley just east of the very highly populated nine-county San Francisco Bay Area region and is separated from the Bay Area by the Diablo Range of low mountains with its Altamont Pass. One of the smaller counties by area in California, it has a high population density and is growing rapidly due to overflow from the Bay Area's need for housing.

The City of San Joaquin, despite sharing its name with the county, is located in Fresno County.

History

San Joaquin County was one of the original United States counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood.

The county was named for the San Joaquin River which runs through it. In the early 19th century Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga, commanding an expedition in the lower great California Central Valley, gave the name of San Joaquin (meaning Joachim) to the San Joaquin River, which springs from the southern Sierra Nevada. San Joaquin County is the site of the San Joaquin Valley's first permanent residence.

Between 1843 and 1846, during the era when California was a province of independent Mexico, five Mexican land grants were made in what became San Joaquin County: Campo de los Franceses, Pescadero (Grimes), Pescadero (Pico), Sanjon de los Moquelumnes and Thompson.

It was developed for ranching and agriculture. It attracted more miners and settlers at the time of the California Gold Rush.

Tracy tire fire

On August 7, 1998, a tire fire ignited at S.F. Royster's Tire Disposal just south of Tracy on South MacArthur Drive, near Linne Rd. The tire dump held over 7 million illegally stored tires and was allowed to burn for more than two years before it was extinguished. Allowing the fire to burn was considered to be a better way to avoid groundwater contamination than putting it out. The cleanup cost $16.2 million and wound up contaminating local groundwater anyway.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,426 square miles (3,690 km2), of which 1,391 square miles (3,600 km2) is land and 35 square miles (91 km2) (2.5%) is water.

The center of San Joaquin County is near Stockton at about 37°54'N 121°12'W (37.9,-121.2).

National protected area

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1850 3,647
1860 9,435 158.7%
1870 21,050 123.1%
1880 24,349 15.7%
1890 28,629 17.6%
1900 35,452 23.8%
1910 50,731 43.1%
1920 79,905 57.5%
1930 102,940 28.8%
1940 134,207 30.4%
1950 200,750 49.6%
1960 249,989 24.5%
1970 290,208 16.1%
1980 347,342 19.7%
1990 480,628 38.4%
2000 563,598 17.3%
2010 685,306 21.6%
2020 779,233 13.7%
U.S. Decennial Census
1790–1960 1900–1990
1990–2000 2010 2020

2020 census

San Joaquin County, California - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010 Pop 2020 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 245,919 215,530 35.88% 27.66%
Black or African American alone (NH) 48,540 56,898 7.08% 7.30%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 3,179 3,135 0.46% 0.40%
Asian alone (NH) 94,547 134,684 13.80% 17.28%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 3,248 4,977 0.47% 0.64%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 1,383 4,192 0.20% 0.54%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 22,149 34,092 3.23% 4.38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 266,341 325,725 38.86% 41.80%
Total 685,306 779,233 100.00% 100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.

2011

Places by population, race, and income

2010 Census

The 2010 United States Census reported that San Joaquin County had a population of 685,306. The racial makeup of San Joaquin County was 349,287 (51.0%) White, 51,744 (7.6%) African American, 7,196 (1.1%) Native American, 98,472 (14.4%) Asian, 3,758 (0.5%) Pacific Islander, 131,054 (19.1%) from other races, and 43,795 (6.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 266,341 persons (38.9%). The Filipino American population was 46,447, just under half (47%) of all Asian Americans in San Joaquin County, and as of 1990 have been the largest population of Asian Americans in the county.

2000

As of the census of 2000, there were 563,598 people, 181,629 households, and 134,768 families residing in the county. The population density was 403 people per square mile (156/km2). There were 189,160 housing units at an average density of 135 per square mile (52/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 58.1% White, 6.7% Black or African American, 1.1% Native American, 11.4% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 16.3% from other races, and 6.1% from two or more races. 30.5% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 9.3% were of German, 5.3% Irish and 5.0% English ancestry according to Census 2000. 66.4% spoke English, 21.3% Spanish, 2.2% Tagalog, 1.8% Mon-Khmer or Cambodian, 1.1% Vietnamese and 1.1% Hmong as their first language.

There were 181,629 households, out of which 40.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were married couples living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.8% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.48.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 31.0% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,282, and the median income for a family was $46,919. Males had a median income of $39,246 versus $27,507 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,365. About 13.5% of families and 17.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.7% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

Metropolitan Statistical Area

The United States Office of Management and Budget has designated San Joaquin County as the Stockton-Lodi, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The United States Census Bureau ranked the Stockton-Lodi, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as the 76th most populous metropolitan statistical area of the United States as of July 1, 2012.

The Office of Management and Budget has further designated the Stockton-Lodi, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as a component of the more extensive San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area, the 5th most populous combined statistical area and primary statistical area of the United States as of July 1, 2012.

Transportation

Major highways

  • I-5 (CA).svg Interstate 5
  • I-205 (CA).svg Interstate 205
  • I-580 (CA).svg Interstate 580
  • California 4.svg State Route 4
  • California 12.svg State Route 12
  • California 26.svg State Route 26
  • California 33.svg State Route 33
  • California 88.svg State Route 88
  • California 99.svg State Route 99
  • California 120.svg State Route 120
  • California 132.svg State Route 132

Public transportation

San Joaquin Regional Transit District provides city bus service within Stockton. RTD also runs intercity routes throughout the county, and subscription commuter routes to Livermore, Pleasanton, Sacramento, and Santa Clara County.

The cities of Lodi, Escalon, Manteca, Tracy and Ripon operate their own bus systems.

Train and bus service

Greyhound buses and Amtrak trains both stop in Stockton. Amtrak's Oakland-Stockton-Fresno-Bakersfield San Joaquins trains stop at the San Joaquin Street Station. This is the former Santa Fe Railroad station in Stockton. Amtrak's Sacramento-Stockton-Fresno- Bakersfield "San Joaquin" trains stop at the Robert J. Cabral Station which is also used by Altamont Corridor Express trains to San Jose which originate in Stockton. This is the former Southern Pacific Railroad station in Stockton. RTD Hopper is a public bus service operated by San Joaquin Regional Transit connecting Stockton to Ripon, Manteca, Tracy, Lodi, and Lathrop.

Airports

Stockton Metropolitan Airport features passenger service to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego, and Phoenix, AZ, along with cargo service and general aviation. Other general aviation airports in the county include Lodi Airport, Tracy Municipal Airport, and New Jerusalem Airport.

Port

The Port of Stockton is a major inland deepwater port in Stockton, California, located on the San Joaquin River before it joins the Sacramento River to empty into Suisun Bay, eighty miles (130 km) inland. The port sits on about 4,200 acres (17 km2), and occupies an island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.

Communities

Cities

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of San Joaquin County.

county seat

Rank City/Town/etc. Municipal type Population (2010 Census)
1 Stockton City 291,707
2 Tracy City 82,922
3 Manteca City 67,096
4 Lodi City 62,134
5 Lathrop City 18,023
6 Ripon City 14,297
7 Garden Acres CDP 10,468
8 Mountain House CDP 9,675
9 Country Club CDP 9,379
10 August CDP 8,390
11 Escalon City 7,132
12 Lincoln Village CDP 4,381
13 Woodbridge CDP 3,984
14 Morada CDP 3,828
15 French Camp CDP 3,376
16 Kennedy CDP 3,254
17 Lockeford CDP 3,233
18 Dogtown CDP 2,506
19 Collierviile CDP 1,934
20 Linden CDP 1,784
21 Taft Mosswood CDP 1,530
22 Thornton CDP 1,131
23 Peters CDP 672
24 Waterloo CDP 572
25 Terminous CDP 381
26 Acampo CDP 341
27 Victor CDP 293
28 Farmington CDP 207

Economy

DeRuosi Nut Facility
DeRuosi Nut headquarters

Agriculture

As of 2018, the gross value of agricultural production in the county was $2.6 billion. The top product was almonds, followed by grapes, milk, and walnuts.

San Joaquin County is home to one of the largest walnut processing facilities in the world, DeRuosi Nut. Another large company, Pacific State Bancorp (PSBC), was based here but was closed by the California Department of Financial Institutions on August 20, 2010.

Business and industry

San Joaquin County is home to several large manufacturing, general services, and agricultural companies, including Archer Daniels Midland, Blue Shield of California, Dart Container, Holz Rubber Company, Kubota Tractors, Lodi Iron Works, Miller Packing Company, Pacific Coast Producers, Tiger Lines, Valley Industries, and Woodbridge-Robert Mondavi.[23]

As of 2019, about 260,000 people were employed in the county, with nearly 200,000 employed in private industry and about 44,500 employed in government.

As of 2013, the goods movement industry is also an important part of the local economy, with an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy and the Port of Stockton.

Education

San Joaquin County is home to 14 public school districts and numerous private schools.

District Name Enrollment Lang Arts Performance Math Performance
Escalon Unified 3,140 49.4% 46.0%
Lincoln Unified 8,712 50.9% 51.3%
Linden Unified 2,758 44.4% 45.9%
Lodi Unified 31,266 38.0% 43.1%
Manteca Unified 23,643 42.7% 42.4%
Ripon Unified 3,014 58.3% 60.3%
Stockton Unified 38,617 29.1% 38.2%
Tracy Unified 17,375 44.3% 41.2%
  Averages for all Districts 45.5% 48.5%

On June 8, 2010, Lammersville Unified School District was approved in Mountain House.

The San Joaquin Delta Community College District is composed of San Joaquin Delta College located in Stockton and covers San Joaquin County as well as Rio Vista in Solano County, Galt in Sacramento County, and a large portion of Calaveras County.

A private university, the University of the Pacific, has its main campus in Stockton.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Condado de San Joaquín para niños

kids search engine
San Joaquin County, California Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.