San Joaquin County, California
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| San Joaquin County, California | |
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 Location in the state of California |
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 California's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1850 |
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| Seat | Stockton |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
1,426 sq mi (3,693 km²) 1,399 sq mi (3,623 km²) 27 sq mi (70 km²), 1.89% |
| Population - (2000) - Density |
563,597 404/sq mi (156/km²) |
| Website: www.sjgov.org | |
San Joaquin County is a county located in Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of 2006, the population is approximately 620,000. The county seat is Stockton.
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[edit] History
San Joaquin County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood.
The county takes its name from the San Joaquin River. In the early 1800s Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga, commanding an expedition in the lower great California Central Valley, gave the name of San Joaquin (meaning Joachim) to a rivulet that springs from the Sierra Nevada and empties into Buena Vista Lake. San Joaquin County is also home to the site of the San Joaquin Valley's first permanent residence.
[edit] Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,426 square miles (3,694 km²), of which, 1,399 square miles (3,624 km²) of it is land and 27 square miles (70 km²) of it (1.89%) is water.
[edit] Cities, towns, and communities
According to the U.S. GNIS, there are 109 populated places in the county.
[edit] Adjacent counties
- Stanislaus County, California - south, southeast
- Alameda County, California - west
- Contra Costa County, California - west
- Sacramento County, California - north
- Amador County, California - northeast
- Calaveras County, California - east
Note: There is a four way county border between Alameda, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, and Stanislaus Counties.
[edit] Transportation Infrastructure
[edit] Major highways
Interstate 5
Interstate 205
Interstate 580
State Route 99
State Route 4 (Crosstown Freeway/California Delta Highway)
State Route 120
[edit] Public Transportation
San Joaquin Regional Transit District provides city bus service within Stockton. SJRTD also runs intercity routes throughout the county, and subscription commuter routes to Livermore, Pleasanton, Sacramento and Santa Clara County.
The cities of Lodi, Manteca, Tracy and Ripon operate their own bus systems.
Greyhound buses and Amtrak trains both stop in Stockton. Altamont Commuter Express trains originate in Stockton, but at a different station than the one used by Amtrak.
[edit] Airports
Stockton Metropolitan Airport features passenger service to Las Vegas and Phoenix, along with cargo service and general aviation. Other general aviation airports in the county include Escalon Airport, Lodi Airport and Tracy Municipal Airport.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[1] 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 58.13% White, 6.69% Black or African American, 1.13% Native American, 11.41% Asian, 0.35% Pacific Islander, 16.26% from other races, and 6.05% from two or more races. 30.53% 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.
[edit] Politics
| Year | GOP | DEM | Others |
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| 2004 | 53.2% 100,978 | 45.8% 87,012 | 1.0% 1,874 |
| 2000 | 48.9% 81,773 | 47.7% 79,776 | 3.4% 5,960 |
| 1996 | 44.9% 65,131 | 46.3% 67,253 | 8.8% 12,756 |
| 1992 | 37.8% 58,355 | 41.3% 63,655 | 20.9% 32,200 |
| 1988 | 54.4% 75,309 | 44.6% 61,699 | 1.0% 1,445 |
| 1984 | 59.6% 81,795 | 39.2% 53,846 | 1.2% 1,572 |
| 1980 | 55.4% 64,718 | 35.6% 41,551 | 9.1% 10,594 |
| 1976 | 49.6% 50,277 | 48.1% 48,733 | 2.3% 2,351 |
| 1972 | 55.3% 61,646 | 39.5% 44,062 | 5.2% 5,761 |
| 1968 | 48.0% 47,293 | 42.7% 42,073 | 9.3% 9,223 |
| 1964 | 38.1% 36,546 | 61.8% 59,210 | 0.1% 83 |
| 1960 | 52.8% 48,441 | 46.8% 42,855 | 0.4% 361 |
San Joaquin is a Republican-leaning county in Presidential and Congressional elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was Lyndon Johnson in 1964, although Bill Clinton won pluralities in the county in 1992 and 1996.
San Joaquin is part of California's 11th and 18th congressional districts, which are held by Democrats Jerry McNerney and Dennis Cardoza respectively. In the State Assembly San Joaquin is part of the 10th, 15th, 17th, 26th Assembly districts. The 17th is held by Democrat Cathleen Galgiani while the 10th, 15th, and 26th are held by Republicans, Alan Nakanishi, Guy Houston, and Greg Aghazarian respectively. In the State Senate San Joaquin is part of the 5th and 14th districts, which are held by Democrat Michael Machado and Republican Dave Cogdill respectively. County government was recently rocked by a scandal concerning county employees editing Wikipedia entries from county/city computers.
[edit] Education
San Joaquin County is home to 14 public school districts and numerous private schools.
[edit] San Joaquin County Education Statistics
| District Name | Enrollment | Lang Arts Performance | Math Performance |
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| 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% |
Note: * A statewide average for this value is not computed by the California Department of Education.
[edit] Media
- The Record is a daily newspaper based in Stockton.
- The Lodi News Sentinel'' is a daily newspaper based in Lodi.
- 209Vibe is a Stockton-based Web site and alternative monthly newspaper covering arts, music and culture.
- SJCrime.com is a Stockton-based Web site covering San Joaquin County crime.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
[edit] External links
- San Joaquin County official website
- San Joaquin County History
- San Joaquin County Office of Education
- San Joaquin County Superior Court
- San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
- County Employees Editing Wikipedia on County/City Time
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