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{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
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'''Yuba City''' ([[Maidu]]: ''Yubu'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.suttercountymuseum.org/resources/media/1994Jan.pdf|title=Sutter County Museum - Sutter County Historical Society News Bulletin (Vol. XXXV No. 1)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CET4QodMZysC&q=yuba&pg=PA84|title=1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, A Revised Version of 1000 California Place Names by Erwin G. Gudde, Third Edition|first=William|last=Bright|date=November 30, 1998|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-21271-8 |via=Google Books}}</ref> is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Sutter County, California]], United States. The population was 70,117 at the 2020 census. Yuba City is the principal city of the [[Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area]] which encompasses all of [[Sutter County, California|Sutter County]] and [[Yuba County, California|Yuba County]]. The metro area's population is 164,138.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-context=adp&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_DP2&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-tree_id=307&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=05000US06115&-format=&-_lang=en|title=American FactFinder - Results|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=April 29, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200211181926/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-context=adp&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_DP2&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-tree_id=307&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=05000US06115&-format=&-_lang=en|archive-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-context=adp&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_DP2&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-tree_id=307&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=05000US06101&-format=&-_lang=en|title=American FactFinder - Results|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=April 29, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200211181826/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-context=adp&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_DP2&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-tree_id=307&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=05000US06101&-format=&-_lang=en|archive-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> It is the 21st largest metropolitan area in California, ranked behind [[Redding, California|Redding]] and [[Chico, California|Chico]]. Its metropolitan statistical area is part of the [[Sacramento metropolitan area|Greater Sacramento CSA]].

==History==

===Early history===
The [[Maidu]] people were settled in the region when they were first encountered by Spanish and Mexican scouting expeditions in the early 18th century. One version of the origin of the name "Yuba" is that during one of these expeditions, wild grapes were seen growing by a river, and so it was named "Uba", a variant spelling of the Spanish word ''uva'' (grape). On the map of the area made by [[Jean Jacques Vioget]] in 1841, a Maidu rancheria called Buba, noted in [[Stephen Powers]]' 1877 book ''The Tribes of California'' as the village of Yú-ba, was located at the present site of Yuba City.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heizer |first=Robert F. |date=1970 |title=Papers on California Ethnography |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0tj64363 |language=en}}</ref>

The Mexican government granted a large expanse of land, which included the area in which Yuba City is situated, to [[John Sutter]]—the same John Sutter upon whose land gold was subsequently discovered in 1848. He sold part of this tract to some enterprising men who wished to establish a town near the confluence of the [[Yuba River]] and the [[Feather River]], tributaries of the [[Sacramento River]], with an eye to developing a commercial center catering to the thousands of gold miners headed upstream to the gold fields. At the same time, another town was developing on the eastern bank of the Feather River, the beginnings of what later would become [[Marysville, California|Marysville]].

By 1852, Yuba City was a steamboat landing, had one hotel, a grocery store, a post office, and approximately 20 dwelling homes with a population of about 150.

Yuba City was chosen as [[county seat]] for [[Sutter County, California|Sutter County]] in 1854. The same year, however, voters decided that [[Nicolaus, California|Nicolaus]] would be a better location, and the county seat was moved there. County voters returned to their first choice of Yuba City two years later, in 1856, and it has remained the county seat since.<ref name="History of Yuba City">{{Cite web |url=http://www.yubacity.net/100/history.aspx |title=History of Yuba City |access-date=October 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222110130/http://www.yubacity.net/100/history.aspx |archive-date=December 22, 2008  }}</ref>

Yuba City saw its first major influx of population after World War II, pushing residential areas west and south from the city's original center. Orchards were turned into residential areas as new homes were built for people migrating to the city.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yubacity.net/documents/Finance/2007-2009-Biennial-Budget/Chapter-23.pdf |title=Yuba City At A Glance |access-date=October 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030034533/http://www.yubacity.net/documents/Finance/2007-2009-Biennial-Budget/Chapter-23.pdf |archive-date=October 30, 2008  }}</ref>

===The Flood of 1955===
In December 1955, a series of storms dropped torrential rain throughout northern California. The deluge caused all the rivers in the region to overflow their banks and to break through levees. The Christmas Eve levee break at Yuba City was particularly disastrous, with 38 people losing their lives,<ref name="History of Yuba City" /> and heavy damage occurring in the downtown section. According to Dick Brandt, manager of the Yuba County airport in 1955, between 550 and 600 Sutter County residents were rescued from the floodwater by helicopter.<ref>View a 1955 KRON-TV special report featuring the flooding in Yuba City & Marysville: {{cite web |url=https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/191491 |title=Yuba City Floods (1955) - Bay Area Television Archive |access-date=June 13, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725164212/https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/191491 |archive-date=July 25, 2011  }}.</ref>

===The 1961 B-52 airplane crash===
On March 14, 1961, a [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress]] carrying nuclear weapons, flying near Yuba City, encountered a pressurization problem, and had to drop to a lower altitude. Because of this, more fuel than expected was used, and the aircraft ran out of fuel. [[1961 Yuba City B-52 crash|It crashed before meeting]] with a tanker aircraft. The pilot gave the bailout command, and the crew egressed at 10,000&nbsp;ft, except for the pilot, who ejected at 4,000&nbsp;ft, while avoiding a populated area. The aircraft was destroyed. The weapons, two Mark 39 (3.8 megatons each) thermonuclear bombs (identified from declassified Department of Energy films and photographs) were destroyed on impact though no explosion took place, and there was no release of radioactive material as a result.<ref>{{Cite book  | last = Maggelet  | first = Michael H.  |author2=James C. Oskins   | title = Broken Arrow&nbsp;– The Declassified History of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Accidents  | publisher=[[Lulu.com]]  | year = 2008  | isbn = 978-1-4357-0361-2 }}{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}}

===The 1976 school bus crash===
{{Main|Yuba City bus disaster}}
On May 21, 1976, a school bus carrying members of the Yuba City High School's choir to a performance at [[Miramonte High School]] in [[Orinda, California]] plunged 28 feet off the exit ramp on [[Interstate 680 (California)|I-680]] at Marina Vista Road in [[Martinez, California]].  Twenty-seven students and one adult chaperone died and twenty-three students were seriously injured.<ref>Kulczyk, David. (2009). Death In California – The Bizarre, Freakish, and Just Curious Ways People Die in the Golden State.  Craven Street Books. P121 {{ISBN|978-1-884995-57-6}}</ref>

===The 1978 missing person case===
{{main|Yuba County Five}}
On February 24, 1978, five young men from Yuba City,  Gary Dale Mathias, Jack Madruga, Jackie Huett, Theodore (Ted) Weiher and William Sterling, aged between 24 and 32 years, disappeared under mysterious circumstances. They went to a basketball game in [[Chico, California|Chico]] and on their way back drove up to a mountain road away from the main road back to Yuba, where their car had been found later, undamaged and with enough gas to drive back to Yuba City.

Four of the men were later found in and near a trailer on June 4 of the same year. Ted Weiher was found inside the trailer, starved, covered in blankets. Inside the trailer there was enough food to supply all five men for about a year, and enough paper and wood to light a fire, but nothing was used this way. The corpses and bones of three of the other men were found outside the trailer, but Gary Mathias was never found.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/2017/12/7/mathias-group-from-yuba-city|title=The Mathias Group from Yuba City - Strange deaths on U.S. mountains|website=strangeoutdoors.com|date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=April 29, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429192553/https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/2017/12/7/mathias-group-from-yuba-city|archive-date=April 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/07/06/5-boys-who-never-come-back/f8b30b11-baeb-4351-89f3-26456a76a4fb/|title=5 'Boys' Who Never Come Back|first=Cynthia|last=Gorney|date=July 6, 1978|access-date=April 29, 2018|via=www.washingtonpost.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316235342/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/07/06/5-boys-who-never-come-back/f8b30b11-baeb-4351-89f3-26456a76a4fb/|archive-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>

===The 1994 mosque burning===
Yuba City has been home to a significant Muslim population, including [[Pakistani Americans]] descended from {{circa}} 1902 immigrants.  In 1994 the Muslim community completed a mosque that cost an estimated $1.8 million and many hours of donated work. Soon after, the mosque was destroyed by an act of [[arson]], the first time that a mosque was destroyed in the United States.  Eventually the mosque was rebuilt with help of [[Sikh]]s, [[Mormons]], Christians, and other groups.  The story is told in the 2012 documentary ''[[An American Mosque (film)|An American Mosque]]''.

===The 2020 police brutality incident===
On April 12, 2020, a retired 64 year old veteran named Gregory Gross was assaulted by Yuba City police officers Joshua Jackson, Scott Hansen and Nathan Livingston after they had charged Gross for driving while intoxicated.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date= |title=California Cops Sued After DUI Suspect Ends Up Paralyzed |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article257066912.html |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=The Sacramento Bee}}</ref> Gross was handcuffed and compliant at the time of the incident. After twisting his arm and stating that he was now using "pain compliance techniques," Jackson proceeded to throw Gross face first into the ground, severing his vertebrae and leaving him permanently paralyzed.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=[WARNING: GRAPHIC] U.S. Army Veteran Settles California Police Brutality Litigation #police |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz5prjhYGNg |access-date=August 22, 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=mharris@appealdemocrat.com |first=Michaela Harris / |date=July 11, 2023 |title='We're just against police brutality': YCPD settles over $20 million after run-in leaves man paralyzed |url=https://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/we-re-just-against-police-brutality-ycpd-settles-over-20-million-after-run-in-leaves/article_98c7bf6c-204f-11ee-a8e6-e34003d52d11.html |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=Appeal-Democrat |language=en}}</ref> Jackson was afterwards allowed to retire, while Hansen and Livingston remained officers with the Yuba City Police Department.<ref name=":0" /> No charges have been brought against any of the officers, despite body camera video emerging which captured the prolonged abuse of the handcuffed senior citizen.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />

In 2022, after several surgeries and years of physical therapy, Gross sued the police department, ultimately winning a $20 million settlement, which was one of the largest such settlements in U.S. history.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=July 11, 2023 |title=California man paralyzed from run-in with police gets $20 million settlement |url=https://apnews.com/article/paralyzed-man-police-california-lawsuit-43cd3b316da99f502d16091330803028 |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==Geography==
[[Image:Sutter Mountains.JPG|thumb|right|Sutter Buttes seen from Yuba City]]

Yuba City is located at 39°8'5" North, 121°37'34" West (39.134792, −121.626201).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|15.1|sqmi|km2|1}}, of which {{convert|15.0|sqmi|km2|1}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} is water. The total area is 0.52% water.

The Yuba City area is located {{Convert|40|mi|km}} north of Sacramento and situated in the [[Sacramento Valley]]. It is home to the [[Sutter Buttes]], the smallest mountain range in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tapestry.usgs.gov/features/33sutter.html|title=Sutter Buttes<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=usgs.gov|access-date=April 29, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401015942/http://tapestry.usgs.gov/features/33sutter.html|archive-date=April 1, 2007}}</ref> The [[Feather River]] borders the city to the east and the area is sometimes referred to as the "Feather River Valley", which divides the city from its neighbor [[Marysville, California|Marysville]].

==Climate==
Yuba City has a hot-summer [[mediterranean climate]] (''Csa'' according to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system) which consists of cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers. On average, January is the coolest and wettest month, and July is the hottest and driest. During the wet season from mid-October to mid-April, Yuba City sees frequent rain and is usually under the [[tule fog]]. Snow is rare in the valley, but cold waves from the north may bring some light snow and ice. Spring is wet in the beginning but becomes drier and warmer as summer months approach. May has some rain, but usually from thunderstorms rather than from winter storms. Rain is rare from June to September. The Delta Breeze, which comes from the Bay Area on summer nights, helps cool temperatures and adds humidity. At times the Delta Breeze is strong enough to bring coastal fog inland to the [[Sacramento Valley]]. Autumn starts out warm but becomes cooler, wetter, and foggier as the season progresses.

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|location = Marysville, California ([[Yuba County Airport]]), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 2000–present
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|Jan record high F = 76
|Feb record high F = 80
|Mar record high F = 88
|Apr record high F = 96
|May record high F = 107
|Jun record high F = 111
|Jul record high F = 113
|Aug record high F = 110
|Sep record high F = 115
|Oct record high F = 104
|Nov record high F = 86
|Dec record high F = 73

|Jan avg record high F = 67.7
|Feb avg record high F = 72.5
|Mar avg record high F = 78.7
|Apr avg record high F = 89.1
|May avg record high F = 96.9
|Jun avg record high F = 106.5
|Jul avg record high F = 106.9
|Aug avg record high F = 105.1
|Sep avg record high F = 102.8
|Oct avg record high F = 90.8
|Nov avg record high F = 78.3
|Dec avg record high F = 66.1
|year avg record high F = 108.4

|Jan high F = 55.5
|Feb high F = 60.4
|Mar high F = 66.2
|Apr high F = 72.6
|May high F = 81.9
|Jun high F = 90.1
|Jul high F = 96.2
|Aug high F = 94.6
|Sep high F = 89.6
|Oct high F = 79.0
|Nov high F = 64.2
|Dec high F = 55.4
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|Jan mean F = 46.8
|Feb mean F = 50.8
|Mar mean F = 54.8
|Apr mean F = 59.5
|May mean F = 67.1
|Jun mean F = 74.0
|Jul mean F = 78.5
|Aug mean F = 77.0
|Sep mean F = 72.7
|Oct mean F = 64.2
|Nov mean F = 52.7
|Dec mean F = 46.6
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|Jan low F = 38.2
|Feb low F = 41.1
|Mar low F = 43.4
|Apr low F = 46.4
|May low F = 52.4
|Jun low F = 57.9
|Jul low F = 60.7
|Aug low F = 59.5
|Sep low F = 55.7
|Oct low F = 49.4
|Nov low F = 41.3
|Dec low F = 37.7
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|Jan avg record low F = 27.3
|Feb avg record low F = 30.3
|Mar avg record low F = 34.2
|Apr avg record low F = 37.1
|May avg record low F = 44.3
|Jun avg record low F = 50.1
|Jul avg record low F = 53.9
|Aug avg record low F = 53.0
|Sep avg record low F = 47.9
|Oct avg record low F = 39.3
|Nov avg record low F = 31.4
|Dec avg record low F = 25.8
|year avg record low F = 24.1

|Jan record low F = 9
|Feb record low F = 19
|Mar record low F = 26
|Apr record low F = 31
|May record low F = 35
|Jun record low F = 42
|Jul record low F = 45
|Aug record low F = 45
|Sep record low F = 37
|Oct record low F = 32
|Nov record low F = 24
|Dec record low F = 16

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|Jan precipitation inch = 3.81
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.65
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.92
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.40
|May precipitation inch = 0.93
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.28
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.00
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.05
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.11
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.03
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.21
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.68
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|Feb precipitation days = 9.0
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|May precipitation days = 3.9
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|Jul precipitation days = 0.1
|Aug precipitation days = 0.3
|Sep precipitation days = 0.7
|Oct precipitation days = 3.9
|Nov precipitation days = 7.1
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|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Sacramento
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 562
|1910= 1160
|1920= 1708
|1930= 3605
|1940= 4968
|1950= 7861
|1960= 11507
|1970= 13986
|1980= 18736
|1990= 27437
|2000= 36758
|2010= 64925
|2020= 70117
|estyear=2025
|estimate= 70453
|estref=<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2025 |title=E-5 Population and Housing Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State, 2020-2025 |url=https://dof.ca.gov/forecasting/demographics/estimates/e-5-population-and-housing-estimates-for-cities-counties-and-the-state-2020-2025/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515114422/https://dof.ca.gov/forecasting/demographics/estimates/e-5-population-and-housing-estimates-for-cities-counties-and-the-state-2020-2024/ |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=State of California Department of Finance }}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020===
The [[2020 United States census]] reported that Yuba City had a population of 70,117. The population density was {{convert|4,680.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Yuba City was 43.2% [[White Americans|White]], 2.4% [[African Americans|African American]], 2.0% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 22.3% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.3% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 17.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 12.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 30.9% of the population.<ref name=DP1>{{cite web |title=Yuba City city, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=1600000US0686972 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref>

The census reported that 99.0% of the population lived in households, 0.3% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.7% were institutionalized.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 23,179 households, out of which 39.4% included children under the age of 18, 50.7% were married-couple households, 6.9% were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 25.6% had a female householder with no partner present, and 16.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 21.0% of households were one person, and 10.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.99.<ref name=DP1/> There were 16,896 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (72.9% of all households).<ref>{{cite web |title=Yuba City city, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0686972 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref>

The age distribution was 25.4% under the age of 18, 9.2% aged 18 to 24, 26.4% aged 25 to 44, 23.5% aged 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 36.1{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 24,027 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,603.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 23,179 (96.5%) were occupied. Of these, 57.0% were owner-occupied, and 43.0% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

===2023 estimates===
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 24.1% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 61.5% spoke only English at home, 20.0% spoke [[Spanish language|Spanish]], 15.7% spoke other [[Indo-European languages]], 2.6% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages, and 0.2% spoke other languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 77.3% were high school graduates and 20.1% had a bachelor's degree.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yuba City city, California; CP02: Comparative Social Characteristics in the United States - 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates Comparison Profiles |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSCP5Y2023.CP02?g=1600000US0686972 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref>

The median household income was $72,322, and the [[per capita income]] was $33,563. About 13.2% of families and 15.6% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yuba City city, California; DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics - 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates Comparison Profiles |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP03?g=1600000US0686972 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref>

==Transportation==
Local bus service in Yuba City is provided by [[Yuba Sutter Transit]].

The [[Amtrak Thruway]] [[Amtrak Thruway#3|3]] provides thrice daily connections from neighboring Marysville (with a stop at 858 I Street) to/from [[Sacramento Valley station|Sacramento]] and [[Robert J. Cabral Station|Stockton]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amtraksanjoaquins.com/route-3/|title=Route 3|website=Amtrak San Joaquins}}</ref>

The city is served by two highways. [[California State Route 20]] is the major east–west route, running to [[Marysville, California|Marysville]] to the east, and [[Williams, California|Williams]] to the west. [[California State Route 99]] is the major north–south route, running south toward [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], and north to [[Chico, California|Chico]]. State Route 99 is also the city's only [[Controlled-access highway|freeway]], running from State Route 20 to just north of Eager Road (exit 344) outside of the city.

==Economy==
[[File:Aerial view of Yuba City, December 2021.JPG|thumb|right|Aerial view of Yuba City]]
Yuba City is home to the largest [[dried fruit]] processing plant in the world,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunsweet.com/about/|title=Sunsweet Growers<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=sunsweet.com|access-date=April 29, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223051121/http://www.sunsweet.com/about|archive-date=February 23, 2018}}</ref> [[Sunsweet Growers Incorporated]].  In 1988 Yuba City was home to the California Prune Festival. In 2001 the name was changed to the [[California Dried Plum Festival]] and in early 2003 directors announced the end of the festival's 15-year run in the Yuba–Sutter area. This was primarily due to rise in costs, difficulty in securing sponsors, and competition from other festivals.

Being a small town, retail and healthcare make up the largest sectors of the economy. Some other notable employers include the Geweke Auto Group, Hilbers Incorporated, SharpeSoft, Jaeger Construction, Ardent Mills (formerly Andean Naturals) and Nordic Industries, Inc.
Farming is also an important part of the Yuba–Sutter area.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} The unemployment rate in Yuba city is 8.20%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ca_yubacity_msa.htm|publisher=Bureau of Labor Statistics|title=Yuba City, CA|access-date=2024-06-11}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdnsm5-hosted.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_239174/File/Finance/Budgets%20and%20Reports/Budgets%20and%20CAFRs/2022/City%20of%20Yuba%20City%20ACFR%202022%20Final%20-%20Web.pdf|title=City of Yuba City ACFR|website=yubacity.net|access-date=February 4, 2024 }}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
| Yuba City Unified School District
| 1,358
|-
| 2
| [[Sutter County, California|Sutter County]]
| 959
|-
| 3
| Rush Personnel Services, Inc
| 661
|-
| 4
| [[Sunsweet Growers]]
| 600
|-
| 5
| [[Sutter Health|Sutter North Medical Group]]
| 475
|-
| 6
| [[Walmart]]
| 400
|-
| 7
| City of Yuba City
| 321
|-
| 8
| [[Home Depot]]
| 300
|-
| 10
| [[Raley's Supermarkets|Raley's]]/[[Raley's Supermarkets|Bel Air]]
| 204
|-
| 10
| The Fountains
| 200
|}

==Arts and culture==

===Annual events===

====Sikh Parade====
Yuba City is known for its sizeable [[Sikh]] community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topix.com/religion/sikh/2009/11/u-s-city-celebrates-sikhism|title=Sikh|work=Topix|access-date=December 16, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107055146/http://www.topix.com/religion/sikh/2009/11/u-s-city-celebrates-sikhism|archive-date=November 7, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051106/spectrum/main1.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum|access-date=December 16, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205193518/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051106/spectrum/main1.htm|archive-date=February 5, 2016}}</ref> The Sikh population in the [[Yuba–Sutter area]] has grown to be one of the largest in the United States and one of the largest Sikh populations outside of the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] state of India. Each year on the first Sunday of November, Sikhs from the United States, Canada, India, the United Kingdom and throughout the world attend the Sikh parade in Yuba City, which commemorates the receipt by Sikhs of their Holy scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, in 1708. The {{convert|4.5|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} parade features floats and a procession of parade participants. The 2005 parade drew an estimated 56,000 people while the 2007 parade was estimated to draw between 75,000 and 85,000 people of both Sikh and non-Sikh background. In 2008, an estimated 80,000 people came out for the event which is now considered one of the largest gatherings in [[Northern California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/temple_70693___article.html/sikh_parade.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108053234/http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/temple_70693___article.html/sikh_parade.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2008|title=Sikh Heritage Celebrated|website=appeal-democrat.com|access-date=April 29, 2018}}</ref> In 2012, the parade participants rose to an estimated number of 150,000 people.

===California Swan Festival===
Yuba City participated in the California [[tundra swan|Swan]] Festival, which had been held from 2013 to 2016, November 13–15, with the events centered in adjacent [[Marysville, California|Marysville]]’s Caltrans Building.<ref>{{cite web |title=California Swan Festival |series=Events & exhibits |website=Bird Watching |url=https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/event/california-swan-festival/ |quote=The California Swan Festival is held in [[Marysville, California|Marysville, CA]], with tours and ancillary events held throughout the Yuba-Sutter region.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=California Swan set to take flight in November |author=Creasey, Andrew |date=September 18, 2015 |newspaper=The Appeal-Democrat |location=Marysville, CA |url=https://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/california-swan-festival-in-november/article_29920ecc-5e5b-11e5-a5d5-8f824bcc6fbf.html |access-date=December 15, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2016 CA Swan Festival |series=Events Calendar |url=https://yubasutterarts.org/event/2016-ca-swan-festival/ |website=Yuba-Sutter Arts |access-date=December 15, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Swan power: Officials in Marysville, Yuba City hope elegant waterfowl draw tourists |author=Weiser, Matt |date=October 12, 2013 |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |location=Sacramento, CA |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article2579612.html |access-date=December 15, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Swan Tours |publisher=California Department of Fish and Wildlife |url=https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Regions/2/Swan-Tours |series=North Central Region |quote=...&nbsp;more than 100,000&nbsp;[[tundra swan]]s migrate along the [[Pacific flyway]] ... to spend winter in California. ... The tour explores ... a 23,000&nbsp;acre expanse of privately-owned rice fields and restored habitat. This area boasts one of the largest seasonal concentrations of [[tundra swan]]s in the Central Valley, as well as a wide variety of other species, including ducks, geese, shorebirds, herons, egrets, and raptors. |access-date=December 15, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=California Swan Festival |series=(official website) |url=https://www.caswanfestival.com/ |year=2014 |publisher=Yuba-Sutter Chamber of Commerce |access-date=December 15, 2018 |quote=We're sorry to announce that the 2017 CA Swan Festival has been canceled. |archive-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216073749/https://www.caswanfestival.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Museums and other points of interest===
* [[Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County]]

==Government==
In the [[California State Legislature]], Yuba City is in {{Representative|casd|1|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|3|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url         = https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/01/california-election-new-districts-lookup/
 |author      = Kimelman, Jeremia
 |title       = Look up your California election districts
 |publisher   = CalMatters
 |access-date  = February 18, 2025
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Yuba City is in {{Representative|cacd|1|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|1|access-date=February 18, 2025}}</ref>

Yuba City also elected the [[Kashmir Gill|first Sikh American Mayor in the United States, Kash Gill]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sikh-becomes-first-mayor-of-yuba-city-in-us/story-uYY1XDZ8QExsG41MbuluqO.html|title=Sikh becomes first mayor of Yuba City in US|date=November 14, 2009|access-date=April 23, 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424174729/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sikh-becomes-first-mayor-of-yuba-city-in-us/story-uYY1XDZ8QExsG41MbuluqO.html|archive-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref> and [[Preet Didbal]], the first Sikh American woman Mayor in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/preet-didbal-is-1st-sikh-woman-mayor-of-us/articleshow/61872709.cms|title=Preet Didbal is 1st Sikh woman mayor of US|access-date=December 9, 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209054421/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/preet-didbal-is-1st-sikh-woman-mayor-of-us/articleshow/61872709.cms|archive-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref>

==Education==
[[Image:Yuba City High School class of 1988 sign 2009.jpg|thumb]]
Public schools are part of the [[Yuba City Unified School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ycusd.k12.ca.us/|title=Home – Yuba City Unified School District|access-date=December 16, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215205042/http://www.ycusd.k12.ca.us/|archive-date=December 15, 2015}}</ref> The three high schools in the district are [[Yuba City High School]], [[River Valley High School (Yuba City, California)|River Valley High School]], and Albert Powell Continuation High School. Faith Christian High School and Adventist Christian School<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.acselementary.org | title=ACS of Yuba City | access-date=2024-08-17 | website=www.acselementary.org}}</ref> are [[private school|private]] [[christian schools]] located in Yuba City.  The [[Yuba City Charter School]] is K-12. Twin Rivers Charter is a K-8. St. Isidore Catholic School is a PK-8 parochial school under the auspices of St. Isidore Catholic Church.

Yuba City is in the [[Yuba Community College District]] and is served by [[Yuba Community College]] in neighboring Marysville.

==Media==
The main newspaper for Yuba City area is the ''[[Appeal-Democrat]]''. The newspaper is printed in Marysville, but serves the entire Yuba–Sutter area. ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]'' is also widely sold and read in Yuba City.

Although [[KKCY]] 103.1, [[KUBA]] 1600 AM and 98.1 FM, [[KETQ-LP]] 93Q, [[KKCY-HD2]] 95.5, [[KCYC-LP]], [[KOBO]], and [[KRYC-LP]] are the only radio stations within the city, there is a [[Template:Marysville/Yuba City Radio|wide variety of others]] broadcasting nearby.

==Notable people==
{{unreferenced section|date=June 2021}}
* [[Giovanni Aguilar]], soccer player
* [[Josh Appelt]], mixed martial artist
* [[Frank Bacon (actor)|Frank Bacon]], actor
* [[Guy Branum]], actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer
* [[Richard Buckner (musician)|Richard Buckner]], singer-songwriter
* [[William Jennings Capell]], heir presumptive to the [[Earldom of Essex]]
* [[Juan Corona]], serial-killer
* [[Marcie Dodd]], singer and actress
* [[Cam Eden]], Major League Baseball outfielder
* [[Wally Herger]], politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives 1987–2012
* [[Brad Johnson (television actor)|Brad Johnson]], actor and real estate developer
*[[Brandun Lee]], professional boxer
* [[Leanne Marshall]], winner of Season 5 of ''[[Project Runway (season 5)|Project Runway]]''
* [[Adrian Molina]], Academy Award-winning writer and director of ''[[Coco (2017 film)|Coco]]''
* [[John Joseph Montgomery]], aviation pioneer, was born in Yuba City
* [[Michael P. Moran]], actor and screenplay writer
* [[Charlie Peacock]], award-winning songwriter, recording artist, record producer – born Charles W. Ashworth
* [[Chris Petersen]], University of Washington head football coach
* [[Darryl Scott]], [[Los Angeles Angels]] pitcher
* [[Brock Stassi]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]] first baseman
* [[Max Stassi]], [[Los Angeles Angels]] catcher
* [[Rick Stephenson]], bodybuilding champion and [[United States Army Ranger]]
* [[Charlotte Stewart]], actress
* [[Preet Didbal]], city mayor
* [[Tyler Rich]], singer
* [[Ron Porter]], [[NFL]] Kicker
* [[Yuba County Five]], five men who went missing in 1978
* [[JJ White]], country music duo

==Sister cities==
* {{Flag icon|Japan}} [[Toride, Ibaraki]], Japan as determined by [[Sister Cities International]].<ref>{{Cite web
 |title       = Sister Cities International Directory: California, USA
 |url         = http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/usa/CA
 |access-date  = October 16, 2008
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081013070408/http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/USA/CA
 |archive-date = October 13, 2008
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|California}}
* [[Yuba County, California]]
* [[Yuba–Sutter area]]
* [[Marysville, California]]
* [[Yuba City Astronomical Observatory]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Yuba City, California}}
* {{Official website}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Yuba City, California
 | North = [[Live Oak, Sutter County, California|Live Oak]]
 | Northeast =
 | East =[[Marysville, California|Marysville]]<br />[[Linda, California|Linda]]
 | Southeast = [[Olivehurst, California]]
 | South = [[Sacramento, California]]
 | Southwest = [[South Yuba City, California|South Yuba City]]
 | West = [[Tierra Buena, California|Tierra Buena]]
 | Northwest =
}}

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