{"id":753,"date":"2023-01-19T09:17:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T09:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=753"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:07:41","slug":"san-joaquin-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/san-joaquin-county\/","title":{"rendered":"San Joaquin County, California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Joaquin County is a county in California, United States, about 65 miles east of San<br \/>\nFrancisco and 40 miles south of Sacramento. It had a population of 779,233 at the 2020 census, an<br \/>\nestimated 823,815 by 2025, and covers 1,391 square miles (3,600 km2) centred near 37\u00b054\u2032N 121\u00b012\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Stockton is the county seat and the county&#8217;s largest city; its postal code is 95202. The<br \/>\ncounty holds 8 cities and about two dozen unincorporated communities and census-designated places<br \/>\n&#8212; California has no civil townships &#8212; and it runs on Pacific Time. Its FIPS code is<br \/>\n06077.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in San Joaquin County<\/h2>\n<p>San Joaquin County has 34 named places on record: 8 incorporated cities and 26 unincorporated<br \/>\ncommunities and census-designated places (CDPs) with no city government of their own. CDP stands<br \/>\nfor census designated place; Unincorp. covers a community with no formal boundary or, in a few<br \/>\ncases, no population figure on record.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Stockton<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>320,804<\/td>\n<td>95202<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tracy<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>93,000<\/td>\n<td>95376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Manteca<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>83,498<\/td>\n<td>95336<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lodi<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>66,348<\/td>\n<td>95240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lathrop<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>28,701<\/td>\n<td>95330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mountain House<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>24,499<\/td>\n<td>95391<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ripon<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>16,013<\/td>\n<td>95366<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Escalon<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>7,472<\/td>\n<td>95320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Garden Acres<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>11,398<\/td>\n<td>95215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Country Club<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>10,777<\/td>\n<td>95204<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lincoln Village<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>4,401<\/td>\n<td>95207<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Morada<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>4,054<\/td>\n<td>95212<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Woodbridge<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>4,031<\/td>\n<td>95258<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>French Camp<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>3,770<\/td>\n<td>95231<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lockeford<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>3,521<\/td>\n<td>95237<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kennedy<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>3,223<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Collierville<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>2,094<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Linden<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>1,863<\/td>\n<td>95236<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thornton<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>1,004<\/td>\n<td>95686<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Clements<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>857<\/td>\n<td>95227<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Waterloo<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>534<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Terminous<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>429<\/td>\n<td>95242<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Acampo<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>334<\/td>\n<td>95220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Victor<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>313<\/td>\n<td>95253<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Farmington<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>220<\/td>\n<td>95230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vernalis<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>95385<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>August<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dogtown<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Peters<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Taft Mosswood<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Atlanta<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Banta<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mormon<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Youngstown<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mountain House is the county&#8217;s newest city, incorporated on July 1, 2024, after two<br \/>\ndecades as one of California&#8217;s fastest-growing unincorporated communities; its table row<br \/>\nuses its 2020 census figure from before incorporation.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>95202 &#8212; downtown Stockton, county government offices<\/li>\n<li>95376 &#8212; central Tracy<\/li>\n<li>95336 &#8212; central Manteca<\/li>\n<li>95240 &#8212; central Lodi<\/li>\n<li>95330 &#8212; Lathrop<\/li>\n<li>95391 &#8212; Mountain House<\/li>\n<li>95366 &#8212; Ripon<\/li>\n<li>95320 &#8212; Escalon<\/li>\n<li>95231 &#8212; French Camp<\/li>\n<li>95237 &#8212; Lockeford<\/li>\n<li>95258 &#8212; Woodbridge<\/li>\n<li>95236 &#8212; Linden<\/li>\n<li>95220 &#8212; Acampo<\/li>\n<li>95227 &#8212; Clements<\/li>\n<li>95242 &#8212; Terminous, sharing a ZIP with part of Lodi<\/li>\n<li>95253 &#8212; Victor<\/li>\n<li>95230 &#8212; Farmington<\/li>\n<li>95686 &#8212; Thornton<\/li>\n<li>95385 &#8212; Vernalis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kennedy, Collierville, Waterloo, August, Dogtown, Peters, Taft Mosswood, Atlanta, Banta,<br \/>\nMormon and Youngstown have no ZIP code of their own; mail there is addressed through a<br \/>\nneighbouring town&#8217;s post office.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>San Joaquin County sits in the northern San Joaquin Valley, at the southern edge of the<br \/>\nSacramento&#8211;San Joaquin River Delta, where the San Joaquin, Mokelumne and Calaveras rivers<br \/>\nconverge into a maze of sloughs and reclaimed islands. The eastern third of the county is flat<br \/>\nfarmland rising gently toward the Sierra Nevada foothills; the delta islands in the northwest sit<br \/>\nbelow sea level behind levees.<\/p>\n<p>The county borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/sacramento-county\/\">Sacramento<br \/>\nCounty<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/amador-county\/\">Amador<br \/>\nCounty<\/a> to the northeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/calaveras-county\/\">Calaveras<br \/>\nCounty<\/a> to the east, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/stanislaus-county\/\">Stanislaus<br \/>\nCounty<\/a> to the south, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/santa-clara-county\/\">Santa Clara<br \/>\nCounty<\/a> to the southwest, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/alameda-county\/\">Alameda<br \/>\nCounty<\/a> to the west and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/contra-costa-county\/\">Contra<br \/>\nCosta County<\/a> to the northwest.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>San Joaquin County had 779,233 residents at the 2020 census, an estimated 823,815 by 2025, and<br \/>\na population density of 560.2 people per square mile. Stockton and Tracy are the two largest<br \/>\ncommunities, together holding more than half the county&#8217;s population. California&#8217;s<br \/>\nstatewide median household income was $95,521 in 2023 (ACS).<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture anchors the county&#8217;s economy: farms produced $2.6 billion in gross value in<br \/>\n2018, led by almonds, wine grapes, milk and walnuts. Stockton&#8217;s port and warehousing<br \/>\nsector employs thousands, with Amazon (about 6,040 workers), Stockton Unified School District<br \/>\n(about 5,615) and St. Joseph&#8217;s Medical Center (about 3,200) among the city&#8217;s largest<br \/>\nemployers; Archer Daniels Midland, Blue Shield of California and Kubota Tractors also run major<br \/>\noperations in the county. University of the Pacific and San Joaquin Delta College, both in<br \/>\nStockton, anchor higher education. The Stockton Asparagus Festival runs every April, and the<br \/>\nLodi Grape Festival, celebrating the Lodi wine-growing region, runs every September.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>San Joaquin County was one of California&#8217;s original 27 counties, created in 1850 at<br \/>\nstatehood. It takes its name from the San Joaquin River, which Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga named<br \/>\nfor St. Joachim during an early-19th-century expedition. The Gold Rush turned Stockton into an<br \/>\ninland port and supply hub for miners heading to the Sierra Nevada mother lode; by the 1870s the<br \/>\ncounty had shifted to the large-scale agriculture that still defines it. In June 2012, Stockton<br \/>\nbecame the largest U.S. city at that time to file for municipal bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 5 crosses the county&#8217;s west side and Interstate 205 links it to Interstate 580<br \/>\nnear Tracy; State Route 99 runs the length of the county through Stockton, Lodi and Manteca.<br \/>\nAnchor distances from Stockton:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sacramento &#8212; 40 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Oakland &#8212; 70 miles west<\/li>\n<li>San Jose &#8212; 75 miles southwest<\/li>\n<li>Modesto &#8212; 30 miles south<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stockton Metropolitan Airport handles regional and cargo flights; Sacramento International and<br \/>\nOakland International are the nearest major hubs. Amtrak&#8217;s San Joaquins line stops in<br \/>\nStockton and Lodi, and the Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) commuter train links Stockton, Lathrop<br \/>\nand Tracy to the Bay Area on weekdays.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is San Joaquin County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is in California&#8217;s northern San Joaquin Valley, about 65 miles east of San Francisco and<br \/>\n40 miles south of Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of San Joaquin County?<\/strong><br \/>\n779,233 at the 2020 census, estimated at 823,815 by 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is San Joaquin County?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe county covers 1,391 square miles (3,600 km2) of land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of San Joaquin County?<\/strong><br \/>\nStockton is the county seat and the county&#8217;s largest city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in San Joaquin County?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe county has 8 incorporated cities and 26 unincorporated communities and CDPs, listed above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes serve San Joaquin County?<\/strong><br \/>\nCodes range from 95202 in downtown Stockton to 95686 in Thornton; see the ZIP Codes section for<br \/>\nthe full list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is Mountain House a city?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes. Mountain House incorporated on July 1, 2024, after growing as an unincorporated master-planned<br \/>\ncommunity since the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/california\/\">Towns<br \/>\nand villages in California<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Joaquin County is a county in California, United States, about 65 miles east of San Francisco and 40 miles south of Sacramento. It had a population of 779,233 at the 2020 census, an estimated 823,815 by 2025, and covers 1,391 square miles (3,600 km2) centred near 37\u00b054\u2032N 121\u00b012\u2032W. 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