San Joaquin County, California

San Joaquin County is a located in   of the  of, just east of the. As of 2006, the population is approx. 620,000. The is.

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

The county takes its name from the. In the early Lieutenant, commanding an expedition in the lower great , gave the name of San Joaquin (meaning ) to a rivulet that springs from the  and empties into. San Joaquin County is also home to the site of the 's first permanent residence.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 3,694 (1,426 ). 3,624 km² (1,399 sq mi) of it is land and 70 km² (27 sq mi) of it (1.89%) is water.

Cities, towns, and communities
According to the U.S., there are 109 populated places in the county.





Adjacent Counties

 * - south, southeast
 * - west
 * - west
 * - north
 * - northeast
 * - east

Note:There is a four way county border between, , , and ies.

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-5.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:I-205 (CA).svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:I-580 (CA).svg|23px]]
 * [[Image:California 99.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:California 4.svg|20px]] (Crosstown Freeway/California Delta Highway)
 * [[Image:California 120.svg|23px]]

Public Transportation
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.

buses and trains both stop in Stockton. trains originate in Stockton, but at a different station than the one used by Amtrak.

Airports
features passenger service to Las Vegas and Phoenix, along with cargo service and general aviation. Other general aviation airports in the county include, and.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 563,598 people, 181,629 households, and 134,768 families residing in the county. The was 156/km² (403/sq mi). There were 189,160 housing units at an average density of 52/km² (135/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 58.13%, 6.69% or , 1.13% , 11.41% , 0.35% , 16.26% from , and 6.05% from two or more races. 30.53% of the population were or  of any race. 66.4% spoke, 21.3% , 2.2% , 1.8% or , 1.1%  and 1.1%  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 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 for the county was $17,365. About 13.5% of families and 17.7% of the population were below the, including 23.7% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
San Joaquin is a Republican-leaning county in and  elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was in.

San Joaquin is part of California's and  congressional districts, which are held by Democrats  and  respectively. In the San Joaquin is part of the 10th, 15th, 17th, 26th Assembly districts. The 17th is held by Democrat while the 10th, 15th, and 26th are held by Republicans,, , and  respectively. In the San Joaquin is part of the 5th and 14th districts, which are held by Democrat  and Republican  respectively.