Winters, California
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Winters is a city in rural Yolo County, and the western Sacramento Valley, in northern California, United States.
Winters has a 2024 population of 7,860. Winters is currently growing at a rate of 2.16% annually and its population has increased by 9.24% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 7,195 in 2020.
The average household income in Winters is $148,333 with a poverty rate of 6.55%. The median age in Winters is 37.9 years: 38.1 years for males, and 37.9 years for females.
Geography
Winters is a small city located on Putah Creek in the western Sacramento Valley, near the California Coastal Range.
It is situated along Interstate 505, Template:Convert from Vacaville. Winters is nearly Template:Convert from Sacramento and about Template:Convert from San Francisco, California. It is located at Template:Coord.<ref>Template:Gnis</ref>
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert of it (0.84%) is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/>
History
William Wolfskill, a Kentucky immigrant to Mexican Alta California, received a Mexican land grant for Rancho Rio de los Putos in 1842 from Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado. His brother, John Reid Wolfskill, started the agricultural development of the Sacramento Valley by planting orchards and vineyards on his lands.<ref name="LarkeyWalters1987">Template:Cite book</ref> In 1849, William Wolfskill transferred half of Rancho Rio de los Putos to John Wolfskill, and transferred the rest to his brother in 1854.<ref>The Wolfskill Rancho, Rio de los Putos by Henry Hancock</ref>
The Winters post office was established in 1875.<ref name=CGN>Template:California's Geographic Names</ref> Winters incorporated in 1898.<ref name=CGN /> The name honors Theodore Winters, whose ranch provided half of the town's land.<ref name=CGN />
In 1935, Wolfskill's heirs deeded 100 acres of the Wolfskill Ranch in Winters to the University of California, Davis, which had been founded in 1908. The land was to be used for an experimental orchard.<ref name=dailydemocrat.com2008>Template:Cite news</ref>
Climate
Winters has hot, mostly dry summers and cool, wet winters. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Winters has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). Average January temperatures are a maximum of Template:Convert and a minimum of Template:Convert. Average July temperatures are a maximum of Template:Convert and a minimum of Template:Convert. There are an average of 102.0 days with highs of Template:Convert or higher and an average of 20.3 days with lows of Template:Convert. The record high temperature was Template:Convert on June 16, 1961, and July 14, 1972. The record low temperature was Template:Convert on December 23, 1990.
Average annual precipitation is Template:Convert. There are an average of 64 days with measurable precipitation. The wettest year was 1983 with Template:Convert and the driest year was 1976 with Template:Convert. The most rainfall in one month was Template:Convert in January 1995. The most rainfall in 24 hours was Template:Convert on March 29, 1907. Snowfall is a rarity in Winters, but Template:Convert fell in January 1973 and Template:Convert fell in December 1988.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Government
- Federal
- State
- City
The current elected members of the Winters City Council are:
- Mayor — Albert Vallecillo
- Mayor Pro-Tempore — Bill Biasi <ref name="City Council">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Council Member — Jesse Loren<ref name="City Council"/>
- Council Member — Richard Casavecchia <ref name="City Council"/>
- Council Member — Carol Scianna<ref name="City Council"/>
Other elected or appointed city officials include:
- City Manager — Jeremy Craig
- Police Chief John P. Miller
- Fire Chief Jack Snyder
Economy
Top employers
According to Winters' 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the top employers in the city are:
| # | Employer | # of Employees |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariani Nut Company | 350 |
| 2 | Winters Joint Unified School District | 235 |
| 3 | Buckhorn Restaurant Group | 120 |
| 4 | Double M Trucking | 75 |
| 5 | City of Winters | 55 |
Demographics
2020
The 2020 United States census reported that Winters had a population of 7,115. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Winters was 47.5% White, 0.6% African American, 2.9% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 28.4% from other races, and 19.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 55.3% of the population.<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref>
The census reported that 99.9% of the population lived in households, 0.1% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.<ref name=DP1/>
There were 2,420 households, out of which 41.0% included children under the age of 18, 58.5% were married-couple households, 5.8% were cohabiting couple households, 22.8% had a female householder with no partner present, and 12.9% had a male householder with no partner present. 17.1% of households were one person, and 7.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.94.<ref name=DP1/> There were 1,865 families (77.1% of all households).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The age distribution was 24.8% under the age of 18, 7.7% aged 18 to 24, 26.6% aged 25 to 44, 26.3% aged 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 37.7Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males.<ref name=DP1/>
There were 2,535 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 2,420 (95.5%) were occupied. Of these, 66.4% were owner-occupied, and 33.6% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>
2023 estimates
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 19.3% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 57.4% spoke only English at home, 41.0% spoke Spanish, 0.9% spoke other Indo-European languages, and 0.6% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 87.2% were high school graduates and 29.8% had a bachelor's degree.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The median household income was $132,650, and the per capita income was $49,451. About 2.5% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable people
- Robert Crumb, cartoonist, lived in Winters until 1991<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Frank Demaree, Major League Baseball player
- Robert Craig McNamara, owner of Sierra Orchards and son of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Department of Defense
- Catherine Squires Microbiologist, Moved to Winters 2009 <ref name="WE">Template:Cite web</ref>
- John Reid Wolfskill, Winters pioneer
See also
References
Sources
External links
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