Yuba County, California

For the California wine region, see North Yuba AVA.

County of Yuba
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Location in the state of California
California's location in the United States
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Sacramento Valley
Metro area	Greater Sacramento
Incorporated	1850
County seat	Marysville
Area
– Total	1,667.3 km2 (643.73 sq mi)
– Land	1,633.5 km2 (630.69 sq mi)
– Water	33.8 km2 (13.04 sq mi)
Population (2010)
– Total	72,155
– Density	43.3/km2 (112.1/sq mi)
Time zone	Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8)
– Summer (DST)	Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
Website	www.co.yuba.ca.us

Yuba County is a county located in the U.S. state of California's Central Valley, north of Sacramento, along the Feather River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 72,155. The county seat is Marysville. Yuba County is part of the Greater Sacramento area.

History

Yuba County was one of the original counties of California, formed in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to Placer County in 1851, to Nevada County in 1851 and to Sierra County in 1852.

The county was named after the Yuba River by Captain John Sutter for the Native American village Yubu, Yupu or Juba near the confluence of the Yuba and Feather rivers. General Mariano Vallejo stated that the river was named Uba by an exploring expedition in 1824 because of the quantities of wild grapes (uvas silvestres in Spanish) which they found growing on its banks.

Geography

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 643.73 square miles (1,667.3 km²), of which 630.69 square miles (1,633.5 km²) (or 97.97%) is land and 13.04 square miles (33.8 km²) (or 2.03%) is water.^[1] The county lies along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, the steep slopes making it prime territory for the siting of hydroelectric 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.^[2]

Incorporated cities

• Marysville
• Wheatland

Census-designated places (CDPs)

• Beale Air Force Base
• Camptonville
• Challenge-Brownsville
• Dobbins
• Linda
• Loma Rica
• Olivehurst
• Plumas Lake
• Smartsville

Other unincorporated communities

• Alicia
• Arboga
• Binney Junction
• Browns Valley
• Brownsville
• Challenge
• Dantoni
• Eagleville
• East Arboga
• Frenchtown
• Greenville
• Hammonton
• Horstville
• Iowa City
• Mello
• North Star
• Oak Valley
• Olive Hill
• Oregon House
• Ostrom
• Pearson
• Rackerby
• Ramirez
• Rancho Loma Rica
• Sharon Valley
• Sicard Flat
• South Yuba
• Stanfield Hill
• Strawberry Valley
• Sucker Flat
• Tambo
• Timbuctoo
• Waldo Junction
• Weeds Point
• West Linda
• Woodleaf

These are additional placenames in Yuba county. Some of these are viable communities, others are historic places that are now just a spot off 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.

• Abbott House
• Algodon
• Bartons House
• Bliss
• Bullards Bar
• California House
• Camp Pendola
• Cape Horn Bar
• Condemned Bar
• Coombs
• Cordua Bar
• Depot Hill
• Egan
• Empire House
• English Bar
• Erle
• Foster Bar
• Frenches Ravine
• Galena Hill
• Galena House
• Garden Valley
• Golden Ball
• Honkut
• Huntington
• Hutchins
• Kentucky Ranch
• Landers Bar
• Lasslys
• Lewis
• Malay Camp
• Marigold
• Martins House
• Mission
• Mount Hope House
• New York Flat
• New York House
• New York House Flat
• New York Ranch
• Newbert
• Oak Grove
• Oakland
• Oliver
• Oso
• Plumas
• Plumas Landing
• Prairie Diggings
• Prairie House
• Prairie House
• Rail Road Hill
• Reed Junction
• Round Tent
• Seneca House
• Sweet Vengeance
• Taisida
• Youngs Hill
• Yuba
• Yuba County House

Adjacent counties

• Placer County, California - south
• Sutter County, California - west
• Butte County, California - north
• Plumas County, California - northeast
• Sierra County, California - northeast
• Nevada County, California - east

Ecology

National protected areas within Yuba County include portions of the Plumas National Forest and the Tahoe National Forest. In addition to these identified protected areas the county has extensive natural areas consisting of forestation, grassland, riparian area, grassland and other habitats. The county exhibits a considerable diversity of flowering plant species, among which is the Yellow Mariposa Lily, Calochortus luteus.^[3]

Transportation Infrastructure

Major highways

• State Route 20
• State Route 49
• State Route 65
• State Route 70

Public transportation

Yuba Sutter Transit operates local bus service, as well as commuter runs to Downtown Sacramento. Greyhound buses stop in Marysville.

Airports

Yuba County Airport is located three miles (5 km) south of Marysville. It is a general aviation airport.

Brownsville Aero Pines Airport is located off La Porte Rd in Brownsville.

Education

Higher education is available at the county's Junior College, Yuba Community College. The county also has a Yuba County Library system with one branch in Marysville.

Yuba County schools have a 66.4% suspension rate with 9256 students receiving suspensions out of 13928 students enrolled in Yuba County schools.^[4]

Politics

Yuba County vote
by party in presidential elections

Year	GOP	DEM	Others
2008	56.2% 12,007	41.5% 8,866	2.3% 492
2004	67.0% 12,076	31.6% 5,687	1.5% 261
2000	61.0% 9,838	28.7% 2,498	4.6% 743
1996	51.5% 7,971	37.4% 5,789	11.1% 710
1992	43.4% 7,333	34.2% 5,785	22.4% 3,777
1988	61.4% 8,937	37.4% 5,444	1.3% 182
1984	63.5% 9,780	34.7% 5,339	1.8% 278
1980	56.3% 7,942	34.7% 4,896	9.0% 1,273
1976	44.7% 5,496	52.5% 6,451	2.8% 338
1972	57.0% 6,623	38.1% 4,435	4.9% 572
1968	48.2% 5,371	40.0% 4,461	11.8% 1,318
1964	42.3% 4,964	57.6% 6,766	0.1% 9
1960	51.7% 5,293	47.7% 4,882	0.6% 58
1956	55.8% 4,782	43.9% 3,767	0.3% 27
1952	60.4% 5,840	38.9% 3,762	0.7% 63
1948	46.9% 3,403	49.7% 3,608	2.5% 252
1944	42.1% 2,379	57.6% 3,254	0.2% 13
1940	34.2% 2,471	64.6% 4,660	1.2% 86
1936	24.0% 1,332	74.2% 4,125	1.9% 104
1932	26.2% 1,176	69.8% 3,138	4.0% 179
1928	50.0% 2,022	49.2% 1,990	0.7% 30
1924	45.9% 1,735	11.3% 426	42.9% 1,621
1920	70.7% 2,012	24.5% 696	4.9% 138

Yuba is a strongly Republican county in Presidential and congressional elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was Jimmy Carter in 1976. Yuba is part of California's 2nd congressional district, which is held by Republican Wally Herger. In the state legislature Yuba is in the 3rd Assembly district, which is held by Republican Dan Logue, and the 4th Senate district, which is held by Republican Doug LaMalfa.

Demographics

2010

The 2010 United States Census reported that Yuba County had a population of 72,155. The racial makeup of Yuba County was 49,332 (68.4%) White, 2,361 (3.3%) African American, 1,675 (2.3%) Native American, 4,862 (6.7%) Asian, 293 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 8,545 (11.8%) from other races, and 5,087 (7.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18,051 persons (25.0%).^[5]

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)
Yuba County	72,155	49,332	2,361	1,675	4,862	293	8,545	5,087	18,051
Incorporated cities	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Marysville	12,072	8,576	522	298	498	38	1,247	893	2,920
Wheatland	3,456	2,633	41	58	203	5	278	238	620
Census-designated places	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Beale AFB	1,319	949	117	32	45	8	50	118	191
Camptonville	158	117	0	15	2	0	4	20	5
Challenge-Brownsville	1,148	1,006	10	31	5	3	10	83	90
Dobbins	624	517	5	52	6	0	9	35	28
Linda	17,773	9,973	722	361	2,304	80	3,029	1,304	5,779
Loma Rica	2,368	2,085	20	60	20	2	52	129	211
Olivehurst	13,656	8,534	322	399	772	61	2,623	945	4,994
Plumas Lake	5,853	3,923	372	73	474	44	451	516	1,312
Smartsville	177	157	0	5	0	0	9	6	18
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)	13,551	10,862	230	291	533	52	783	800	1,883

2000

As of the census^[6] of 2000, there were 60,219 people, 20,535 households, and 14,805 families residing in the county. The population density was 96 people per square mile (37/km²). There were 22,636 housing units at an average density of 36 per square mile (14/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 70.64% White, 3.16% Black or African American, 2.61% Native American, 7.50% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 9.95% from other races, and 5.94% from two or more races. 17.35% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 11.2% were of German, 10.4% American, 7.6% Irish and 7.5% English ancestry according to Census 2000. 78.8% spoke English, 13.2% Spanish and 4.7% Hmong 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 married couples 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 per capita income for the county was $14,124. About 16.3% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.6% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

Media

MySYtv.com provides television coverage of local events in the area.

Line notes

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. ^ Caroline M. Olney. 1902
3. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Yellow Mariposa Lily: Calochortus luteus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
4. ^ "California State - Expulsion, Suspension, and Truancy Information for 2009-10". http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/Expulsion/ExpReports/StateExp.aspx?cYear=2009-10&cChoice=ExpData1a&Pageno=1. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
5. ^ "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/. 
6. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

See also

• Hiking trails in Yuba County
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yuba County, California

Sources

• Caroline M. Olney (December 1902). Mountains and Valleys of Yuba County. XL. pp. 567–588. http://books.google.com/?id=1gYNAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA8-PA567. 

External links

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

Coordinates: 39°16′N 121°21′W / 39.27°N 121.35°W / 39.27; -121.35