San Joaquin County, California

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San Joaquin County, California
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Location in the state of California
California's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1850
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.

1 History
2 Geography
- 2.1 Cities, towns, and communities
- 2.2 Adjacent counties
3 Transportation Infrastructure
4 Demographics
5 Politics
6 Education
- 6.1 San Joaquin County Education Statistics
7 Media
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

[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

**Presidential election results**
Year	GOP	DEM	Others
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
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

List of school districts in San Joaquin County, California

[edit] References

^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

[edit] External links

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of San Joaquin County, California

County seat: Stockton

Cities	Escalon \| Lathrop \| Lodi \| Manteca \| Ripon \| Stockton \| Tracy

CDPs	August \| Country Club \| Farmington \| French Camp \| Garden Acres \| Kennedy \| Lincoln Village \| Linden \| Lockeford \| Morada \| North Woodbridge \| South Woodbridge \| Taft Mosswood

Unincorporated communities	Banta \| Mountain House \| Victor