Yolo County, California

Yolo County is located in the northern part of the of, bordered by the  of , , , , , and. is the.

As of the 2000 census, Yolo County had a population of 168,660, and notwithstanding the presence of the in its midst and the state capital in the neighboring county of, Yolo County remains a relatively rural agricultural area, home to the multi-billion dollar California  industry, which dominates 90% of the tomato market in the.

History
Yolo County was one of the original cheese farm, created in at the time of statehood.

In the original act of 1850 the name was spelled "Yola" Yolo is a name variously believed to be a corruption of a tribal name Yo-loy meaning "a place abounding in rushes" or of the name of the chief,, or of the village of. To some, Yolo also serves as an acronym for "you only live once".

Government
The county is governed by a board of five district supervisors as well as the s of its four :, , , and.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,649 (1,023 ). 2,624 km² (1,013 sq mi) of it is land and 25 km² (10 sq mi) of it (0.94%) is water.

Unincorporated Communities
Other unincorporated areas or communities not incorporated into the above cities, include:



Adjacent Counties

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 * - south
 * - west
 * - northwest
 * - north
 * - northeast

Major Highways

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Public Transportation

 * (Yolo County Transportation District) runs buses throughout Yolo County and into.
 * The City of Davis and the jointly run, a combination local city bus and campus shuttle.
 * Line 30 also stops in Davis on its runs between (Solano County) and Sacramento.
 * has a station in Davis.

Airports

 * is located in nearby.


 * and are two general aviation airports located within Yolo County.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 168,660 people, 59,375 households, and 37,465 families residing in the county. The was 64/km² (166/sq mi). There were 61,587 housing units at an average density of 23/km² (61/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 67.67%, 2.03% or , 1.16% , 9.85% , 0.30% , 13.76% from , and 5.23% from two or more races. 25.91% of the population were or  of any race. 68.5% spoke, 19.5% , 2.1% or  and 1.8%  as their first language.

There were 59,375 households out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 18.3% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,769, and the median income for a family was $51,623. Males had a median income of $38,022 versus $30,687 for females. The for the county was $19,365. About 9.5% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Yolo is a strongly Democratic county in and  elections. The last Republican to win a majority in the county was in.

Yolo is part of California's and  congressional districts, which are held by Democrat  and Republican  respectively. In the, Yolo is in the 2nd and 8th Assembly districts, which are held by Republican and Democrat , respectively, and the 5th Senate district, which is held by Democrat.