Yolo County, California

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Yolo County (Template:IPAc-en; Wintun: Yo-loy), officially the County of Yolo, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Yolo County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. As of the 2020 census, its population was 216,403.<ref name="quif"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its county seat is Woodland.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> Yolo County is included in the greater Sacramento metropolitan area in the Sacramento Valley.

Etymology

In the original act of 1850, the name was spelled "Yola". Yolo is a Patwin Native American name variously believed to be a corruption of a tribal name, Yo-loy, meaning "a place abounding in rushes", the village of Yodoi, believed to be in the vicinity of Knights Landing, California, or the name of the chief of said village, Yodo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

History

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

Government

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

Geography

Aerial view of Watts Woodland Airport and surrounding area

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert (0.9%) is covered by water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Adjacent counties

Transportation

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Major highways

County roads

Addressing 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 generally Template:Convert apart, with letters occasionally designating roads less than Template:Convert apart. County roads entering urban areas generally become named roads once they cross a city boundary. Some examples include County Road 101 in Woodland being renamed Pioneer Avenue, and County Road 102 (also known as County Route E8) in Davis being named Pole Line Road.

Public transportation

Airports

Port

The Port of Sacramento, now known as the Port of West Sacramento, is an inland port in West Sacramento, California, in the Sacramento metropolitan area. It is Template:Convert northeast of San Francisco, and is centered in the California Central Valley, one of the richest agricultural regions in the world.

Crime

This table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

Cities by population and crime rates

Politics

Yolo is a strongly Democratic county in presidential and congressional elections. The last Republican presidential candidate to win a majority in the county was Dwight Eisenhower in 1952, which is the longest Republican drought for any California county.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In fact, since 1928, Eisenhower's win in 1952 was the only time the county was carried by the Republican presidential nominee.

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Yolo County has been somewhat more likely to elect Republican governors since then (Ronald Reagan carried the county in 1966, George Deukmejian in 1986, and Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003 and 2006).

In the United States House of Representatives, Yolo County is split between California's 4th and 7th congressional districts,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> represented by Template:Representative<ref>Template:Cite GovTrack</ref> and Template:Representative,<ref>Template:Cite GovTrack</ref> respectively.

In the California State Senate, the county is entirely with the 3rd Senate district, represented by Template:Representative.<ref name=ccrc>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the California State Assembly, the county is entirely within the 4th Assembly district, represented by Template:Representative.<ref name=ccrc/>

In June 1978, Yolo was one of only three counties in the entire state to reject Proposition 13 (the others being San Francisco and Kern).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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 a vote of 58.65 to 41.35%. The other interior counties in which Proposition 8 failed to receive a majority of votes were Alpine County and Mono County.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2024, all three joined 11 other interior counties which voted in favor of Proposition 3, which repealed Proposition 8 and established an affirmative right to marriage in the constitution, with Yolo supporting Proposition 3 70.4% to 29.6%.

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Cities by population and voter registration

Demographics

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2020 census

Yolo County, California – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 1990<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 85,194 96,825 97,942 100,240 93,911 75.14% 68.63% 58.07% 49.91% 43.40%
Black or African American alone (NH) 1,886 2,975 3,133 4,752 5,722 1.66% 2.11% 1.86% 2.37% 2.64%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 1,206 1,363 1,165 1,098 948 1.06% 0.97% 0.69% 0.55% 0.44%
Asian alone (NH) 4,597 11,455 16,390 25,640 29,872 4.05% 8.12% 9.72% 12.77% 13.80%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1980 Census</ref> x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census</ref> 443 817 1,079 x x 0.26% 0.41% 0.50%
Other race alone (NH) 1,149 292 396 443 1,278 1.01% 0.21% 0.23% 0.22% 0.59%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x <ref>not an option in the 1980 Census</ref> x <ref>not an option in the 1990 Census</ref> 5,484 6,906 11,893 x x 3.25% 3.44% 5.50%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,342 28,182 43,707 60,953 71,700 17.06% 19.97% 25.91% 30.35% 33.13%
Total 113,374 141,092 168,660 200,849 216,403 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2011

Places by population, race, and income

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. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 60,953 persons (30.3%).<ref>Template:USCensus2010CA</ref>

2000

As of the census<ref name="GR8">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, 168,660 people, 59,375 households, and 37,465 families were residing in the county. The population density was Template:Convert. The 61,587 housing units had an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the county was 67.7% White, 2.0% Black or African American, 1.2% Native American, 9.9% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 13.8% from other races, and 5.2% from two or more races. About 25.9% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race. By ancestry, 10.0% were of German, 6.6% English and 6.4% Irish descent according to Census 2000. About 68.5% spoke English, 19.5% Spanish, 2.1% Chinese or Mandarin, and 1.8% Russian as their first language.

Of the 59,375 households, 33.6% had children under 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 not families. About 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the county, the age distribution was 25.2% under 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 or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,769, and 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 18 and 7.4% of those 65 or over.

Education

Public schools

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

Colleges and universities

Communities

Water tower at University of California, Davis

Cities

Census-designated places

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Other unincorporated communities

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Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Yolo County.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

county seat

Rank City/town/etc. Municipal type Population (2010 Census)
1 Davis City 65,622
2 Woodland City 55,468
3 West Sacramento City 48,744
4 Winters City 6,624
5 University of California Davis CDP 5,786
6 Esparto CDP 3,108
7 Monument Hills CDP 1,542
8 Dunnigan CDP 1,416
9 Knights Landing CDP 995
10 Madison CDP 721
11 Yolo CDP 450
12 Clarksburg CDP 418
13 Guinda CDP 254
14 Rumsey Indian Rancheria<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> AIAN 77

See also

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Notes

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