Yolo County, California

County of Yolo
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Seal
Location in the state of California
California's location in the United States
Coordinates: 38°33′14″N 121°44′17″W / 38.55389°N 121.73806°W / 38.55389; -121.73806Coordinates: 38°33′14″N 121°44′17″W / 38.55389°N 121.73806°W / 38.55389; -121.73806
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Sacramento Valley
Metro area	Greater Sacramento
Incorporated	1850
County seat	Woodland
Largest city	Davis
Area
– Total	2,649.3 km2 (1,022.89 sq mi)
– Land	2,624.4 km2 (1,013.27 sq mi)
– Water	24.9 km2 (9.62 sq mi)
Population (2010)
– Total	200,849
– Density	75.8/km2 (196.4/sq mi)
Time zone	Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8)
– Summer (DST)	Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
Website	www.yolocounty.org

Yolo County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, bordered by the other counties of Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Lake, Colusa, and Sutter. The city of Woodland is its county seat, though Davis is its largest city.

As of the 2010 census, Yolo County had a population of 200,849. Excluding the conurbation of the University of California, Davis and the surrounding City of Davis, and the neighboring City of Sacramento, Yolo County remains a relatively rural agricultural region. This is evidenced by the multi-billion dollar California tomato industry, centering around Yolo County, dominating 90% of the canning and processed tomato market in the United States.

Yolo County is part of the Greater Sacramento area.

History

Yolo County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood.

In the original act of 1850 the name was spelled "Yola." Yolo is a Native American 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, Yodo, or of the village of Yodoi.

Government

The county is governed by a board of five district supervisors as well as the governments of its four incorporated cities: Davis, West Sacramento, Winters, and Woodland.

Geography

Yolo County Courthouse in Woodland

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 1,022.89 square miles (2,649.3 km²), of which 1,013.27 square miles (2,624.4 km²) (or 99.06%) is land and 9.62 square miles (24.9 km²) (or 0.94%) is water.^[1]

Cities and towns

Incorporated cities

• Davis
• West Sacramento
• Winters
• Woodland

Aerial view of Watts Woodland Airport and surrounding area

Unincorporated communities

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

• Brooks
• Capay
• Clarksburg (a CDP)
• Conaway
• Dunnigan (a CDP)
• El Macero
• Esparto (a CDP)
• Guinda (a CDP)
• Knights Landing (a CDP)
• Madison (a CDP)

UC Davis

• Plainfield
• Rumsey
• Yolo
• Zamora

Adjacent counties

• Sacramento County, California - east
• Solano County, California - south
• Napa County, California - west
• Lake County, California - northwest
• Colusa County, California - north
• Sutter County, California - northeast

Transportation infrastructure

Major highways

• Interstate 5 enters the eastern portion of the county at the Sacramento River and continues through the northern terminus of the county, north of Dunnigan, CA.
• Interstate 80 enters the eastern portion of the county at the Sacramento River and continues to the southern terminus southeast of Davis, CA.
• Interstate 505 splits off from I-5 south of Dunnigan and continues through the southern terminus of Yolo County near Winters, CA
• State Route 16 enters the county from the northwestern county boundary northwest of Rumsey, CA and continues through to Woodland, CA interchanging with I-5.
• State Route 45 begins in Knights Landing, CA at California State Route 113 and continues through the northern county line.
• State Route 113 enters the county southeast of Davis, CA and continues through the northeastern terminus near Knights Landing, CA.
• State Route 128 enters the county from the west near Lake Berryessa and continues to I-505 near Winters, CA.

County Roads

Transportation in Yolo County is based on a system of numbered County Roads. The numbering system works in the following way:

1. North/South roads have numbers from 41 to 117 and increase from west to east
2. East/West roads have numbers from 1 to 38A, and then from 151 to 161 and increase from north to south.

Each integer road number is one mile (1.6 km) apart, with letters designating occasional roads less than one mile (1.6 km) apart. County roads entering urban areas generally are named once they cross the city boundary. Some examples include County Road 101 in Woodland being renamed Pioneer Ave and County Road 102 in Davis being named Pole Line Road.

Public transportation

• Yolobus (Yolo County Transportation District) runs buses throughout Yolo County and into Sacramento, and Sacramento International Airport.
• The City of Davis and the University of California, Davis jointly run Unitrans, a combination local city bus and campus shuttle.
• Fairfield-Suisun Transit Line 30 also stops in Davis on its runs between Fairfield (Solano County) and Sacramento.
• Amtrak has a station in Davis.

Airports

• Sacramento International Airport is located in nearby Sacramento County.
• Watts Woodland Airport, UC Davis University Airport and Yolo County Airport are three general aviation airports located within Yolo County.
• Borges airport a small airport located near Clarksburg

Politics

Yolo County vote
by party in presidential elections

Year	GOP	DEM	Others
2008	30.9% 24,592	67.1% 53,488	2.1% 1,669
2004	38.8% 28,005	59.3% 42,885	1.9% 1,379
2000	37.5% 23,057	54.9% 33,747	7.5% 4,632
1996	32.4% 18,807	56.9% 33,033	10.7% 6,239
1992	28.2% 17,574	53.3% 33,297	18.5% 11,565
1988	41.9% 22,358	57.0% 30,429	1.1% 585
1984	47.8% 24,329	50.9% 25,879	1.3% 645
1980	39.5% 19,603	43.3% 21,527	17.2% 8,560
1976	42.4% 18,376	54.3% 23,533	3.3% 1,408
1972	42.0% 17,969	55.4% 23,694	2.5% 1,075
1968	38.4% 11,123	54.7% 15,833	6.9% 2,004
1964	30.4% 7,976	69.5% 18,266	0.1% 32
1960	44.7% 10,104	54.9% 12,395	0.4% 90
1956	48.0% 9,347	51.7% 10,075	0.3% 57
1952	53.2% 9,375	46.0% 8,119	0.8% 139
1948	43.8% 5,560	52.5% 6,655	3.7% 469
1944	41.8% 4,233	57.7% 5,837	0.5% 46
1940	40.3% 4,373	58.8% 6,380	0.9% 101
1936	29.8% 2,594	68.9% 5,992	1.2% 106
1932	29.5% 2,515	67.8% 5,780	2.8% 234
1928	57.0% 3,545	42.4% 2,641	0.6% 38
1924	45.4% 2,470	14.6% 797	40.0% 2,180
1920	62.0% 3,375	32.8% 1,787	5.3% 286

Yolo is a strongly Democratic county in Presidential and congressional elections. The last Republican to win a majority in the county was Dwight Eisenhower in 1952.

Yolo is part of California's 1st and 2nd congressional districts, which are held by Democrat Mike Thompson and Republican Wally Herger respectively. In the state legislature, Yolo is in the 2nd and 8th Assembly districts, which are held by Republican Jim Nielsen and Democrat Mariko Yamada, respectively, and the 5th Senate district, which is held by Democrat Lois Wolk.

In November 2008, Yolo was one of just three counties in California's interior in which voters rejected Proposition 8 to ban gay marriage. Yolo voters rejected Proposition 8 by 58.4 percent to 41.6 percent. The other interior counties in which Proposition 8 failed to receive a majority of votes were Alpine County and Mono County.^[2]

Demographics

2010

The 2010 United States Census reported that Yolo County had a population of 200,849. The racial makeup of Yolo County was 126,883 (63.2%) White, 5,208 (2.6%) African American, 2,214 (1.1%) Native American, 26,052 (13.0%) Asian, 910 (0.5%) Pacific Islander, 27,882 (13.9%) from other races, and 11,700 (5.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 60,953 persons (30.3%).^[3]

Population reported at 2010 United States Census
The County	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Yolo County	200,849	126,883	5,208	2,214	26,052	910	27,882	11,700	60,953
Incorporated city	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Davis	65,622	42,571	1,528	339	14,355	136	3,121	3,572	8,172
West Sacramento	48,744	29,521	2,344	798	5,106	534	6,709	3,732	15,282
Winters	6,624	4,635	43	56	63	7	1,488	332	3,469
Woodland	55,468	34,904	855	726	3,458	169	12,488	2,868	26,289
Census-designated place	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Clarksburg	418	339	2	2	16	1	37	21	109
Dunnigan	1,416	836	107	25	19	1	339	89	583
Esparto	3,108	1,855	45	50	129	6	904	119	1,538
Guinda	254	175	26	0	1	1	43	8	68
Knights Landing	995	560	4	10	7	0	338	76	644
Madison	503	224	1	8	3	3	235	29	384
Monument Hills	1,542	1,163	20	32	77	17	153	80	403
University of California, Davis	5,786	2,443	144	22	2,443	7	364	363	728
Unincorporated communities	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
All others not CDPs (combined)	10,369	7,657	89	146	375	28	1,663	411	3,284

2000

As of the census^[4] of 2000, there were 168,660 people, 59,375 households, and 37,465 families residing in the county. The population density was 166 people per square mile (64/km²). There were 61,587 housing units at an average density of 61 per square mile (23/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 67.67% White, 2.03% Black or African American, 1.16% Native American, 9.85% Asian, 0.30% Pacific Islander, 13.76% from other races, and 5.23% from two or more races. 25.91% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 10.0% were of German, 6.6% English and 6.4% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000. 68.5% spoke English, 19.5% Spanish, 2.1% Chinese or Mandarin and 1.8% Russian 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 married couples 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 per capita income for the county was $19,365. About 9.5% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Colleges and universities

• University of California, Davis
• Woodland Community College

Public schools

The county's public schools are managed by the Yolo County Office of Education.

See also

California portal

• List of school districts in Yolo County, California
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yolo County, California

References

1. ^ "Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Counties". United States Census. http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/county2k.txt. Retrieved 2011-02-13. 
2. ^ County-by-County Map, California Propositions: The Los Angeles Times
3. ^ "2010 Census P.L. 94-171 Summary File Data". United States Census Bureau. http://www2.census.gov/census_2010/01-Redistricting_File--PL_94-171/California/. 
4. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

• Olney, Caroline M. (September 1902). "Orchards, Vineyards and Farms of Yolo County". Overland Monthly, and Out West Magazine XL (2): 171–194. http://books.google.com/?id=1gYNAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA171. Retrieved 2009-08-15. 

External links

• County of Yolo website
• Yolo County, California USENET FAQ
• Yolo County Visitors Bureau website
• Yolo County District Attorney
• Yolo County Community website
• Yolo County CAGenWeb Project (history & genealogy)
• Yolo County, Calif., map 185-? at The Bancroft Library