Yuba County, California

Yuba County is located in the of 's, north of , along the. As of 2006 its population is 71,938. The is.

History
Yuba County was one of the original counties of California, formed in at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to in, to  in  and to  in.

The county was named after the by Captain  for the  village Yubu, Yupu or Juba near the confluence of the Yuba and  rivers. General stated that the river was named Uba by an exploring expedition in  because of the quantities of wild  (uvas silvestres in ) which they found growing on its banks.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,667 (644 ). 1,633 km² (631 sq mi) of it is land and 34 km² (13 sq mi) of it (2.03%) is water. The county lies along the western slope of the, the steep slopes making it prime territory for the siting of power plants.

A portion of the county, where Marysville (the county seat) and most of the population lives, is west of the mountains on the valley floor. There is a great deal of agriculture business in this part of the county, especially fruit orchards, rice fields, and cattle grazing.

Other Towns and Communities


These are additional placenames in Yuba county. Some of these are viable communities, others are historic places that are now just a spot off of the highway. Some of these are in the mountains, others in the valley. Many are old mining communities which have long since disappeared. Some of these locations have been integrated into larger, adjacent communities as the current rate of growth does not favor the small detached locale.


 * Alicia
 * Arboga
 * Browns Valley
 * Challenge
 * Dantoni
 * Dantoni Junction
 * Dobbins
 * East Arboga
 * Erle
 * Frenchtown
 * Hallwood
 * Hammonton
 * Horstville
 * Iowa City
 * Mello
 * Mounkes
 * North Star
 * Olive Hill
 * Oregon House
 * Ostrom
 * Pearson
 * Rackerby
 * Ramirez
 * Reed
 * Rupert
 * Sharon Valley
 * Sicard Flat
 * South Yuba
 * Spenceville
 * Stanfield Hill
 * Strawberry Valley
 * Sucker Flat
 * Tambo
 * Tumbuctoo
 * Waldo
 * Waldo Junction
 * Weeds Point
 * Woodleaf
 * Woodleaf

Adjacent Counties

 * - south
 * - west
 * - north
 * - northeast
 * - northeast
 * - east

Major highways

 * [[Image:California 20.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:California 49.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:California 65.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:California 70.svg|20px]]

Public Transportation
operates local bus service, as well as commuter runs to Downtown Sacramento. buses stop in Marysville.

Airports
is located three miles south of Marysville. It is a general aviation airport.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 60,219 people, 20,535 households, and 14,805 families residing in the county. The was 37/km² (96/sq mi). There were 22,636 housing units at an average density of 14/km² (36/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 70.64%, 3.16% or , 2.61% , 7.50% , 0.20% , 9.95% from , and 5.94% from two or more races. 17.35% of the population were or  of any race. 78.8% spoke, 13.2% and 4.7%  as their first language.

There were 20,535 households out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.90% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.34.

In the county the population was spread out with 31.0% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 28.0% 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 31 years. For every 100 females there were 101.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,460, and the median income for a family was $34,103. Males had a median income of $27,845 versus $21,301 for females. The for the county was $14,124. About 16.3% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the, including 27.6% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Yuba is a strongly Republican county in and  elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was in. Yuba is part of, which is held by Republican. In the Yuba is in the 3rd Assembly district, which is held by Republican, and the 4th Senate district, which is held by Republican.

External link

 * Yuba County Government website
 * South Yuba County Live Weather and Scanner Feed