{"id":776,"date":"2023-01-19T15:22:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=776"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:59:37","slug":"stanislaus-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/stanislaus-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanislaus County, California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stanislaus County is a county in California, United States, about 92 miles east of San<br \/>\nFrancisco in the northern San Joaquin Valley. It had a population of 552,878 at the 2020<br \/>\ncensus, an estimated 557,719 by 2025, and covers 1,495 square miles (3,870 km2) of land<br \/>\ncentred near 37\u00b034\u2032N 120\u00b059\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Modesto is the county seat and largest city; its main postal code is 95350. The county<br \/>\nholds 9 incorporated cities and 14 census-designated places or unincorporated communities<br \/>\nwith a recorded population, and it runs on Pacific Time. Its FIPS code is 06099.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Stanislaus County<\/h2>\n<p>Stanislaus County has 23 named places on record with a 2020 census population: 9<br \/>\nincorporated cities and 14 unincorporated places, most of them census-designated places<br \/>\n(CDPs). CDP stands for census designated place &mdash; a populated area with no city<br \/>\ngovernment of its own; Unincorp. covers historic settlements without CDP status.<\/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>Modesto<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>218,464<\/td>\n<td>95350<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Turlock<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>72,740<\/td>\n<td>95380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ceres<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>49,302<\/td>\n<td>95307<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Riverbank<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>24,865<\/td>\n<td>95367<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Patterson<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>23,781<\/td>\n<td>95363<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oakdale<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>23,181<\/td>\n<td>95361<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Newman<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>12,351<\/td>\n<td>95360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Waterford<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>9,120<\/td>\n<td>95386<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hughson<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>7,481<\/td>\n<td>95326<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Salida<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>13,886<\/td>\n<td>95368<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keyes<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>5,672<\/td>\n<td>95328<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West Modesto<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>5,965<\/td>\n<td>95351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bret Harte<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>5,135<\/td>\n<td>95358<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Denair<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>4,865<\/td>\n<td>95316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Empire<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>4,202<\/td>\n<td>95319<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bystrom<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>3,957<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>East Oakdale<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>3,201<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rouse<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>1,913<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grayson<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>1,041<\/td>\n<td>95363<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westley<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>575<\/td>\n<td>95387<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crows Landing<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>322<\/td>\n<td>95313<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>La Grange<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>166<\/td>\n<td>95329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Knights Ferry<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>112<\/td>\n<td>95361<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The county&#8217;s older place lists mixed real settlements with duplicate and invented<br \/>\nentries &mdash; a fabricated &#8220;Orange Blossom&#8221; appeared three times and Knights<br \/>\nFerry and La Grange were each listed twice. Those are corrected here. Two genuine places<br \/>\nshare a ZIP with a neighbor: Grayson uses Patterson&#8217;s 95363, and Knights Ferry uses<br \/>\nOakdale&#8217;s 95361, since neither has a standalone post office.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>95350 through 95358, plus 95397 &mdash; Modesto (its main city ZIPs; 95351 also covers<br \/>\nWest Modesto and 95358 also covers Bret Harte)<\/li>\n<li>95380 to 95382 &mdash; Turlock<\/li>\n<li>95307 &mdash; Ceres<\/li>\n<li>95367 &mdash; Riverbank<\/li>\n<li>95363 &mdash; Patterson (also serves Grayson)<\/li>\n<li>95361 &mdash; Oakdale (also serves Knights Ferry)<\/li>\n<li>95360 &mdash; Newman<\/li>\n<li>95386 &mdash; Waterford<\/li>\n<li>95326 &mdash; Hughson<\/li>\n<li>95368 &mdash; Salida<\/li>\n<li>95328 &mdash; Keyes<\/li>\n<li>95316 &mdash; Denair<\/li>\n<li>95319 &mdash; Empire<\/li>\n<li>95387 &mdash; Westley<\/li>\n<li>95313 &mdash; Crows Landing<\/li>\n<li>95329 &mdash; La Grange<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bystrom, East Oakdale and Rouse have no ZIP of their own; mail there is delivered under<br \/>\nModesto&#8217;s or Oakdale&#8217;s code depending on which town the address borders.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Stanislaus County sits in the northern San Joaquin Valley, a flat farming plain that<br \/>\nrises into oak foothills along its eastern edge toward the Sierra Nevada. Of its 1,515<br \/>\nsquare miles, 1,495 are land and 20 are water, about 1.3 percent. The Tuolumne River<br \/>\ncrosses the county west from the Sierra foothills through Modesto and joins the San<br \/>\nJoaquin River near Grayson; the Stanislaus River forms much of the county&#8217;s northern<br \/>\nedge, running past Knights Ferry and Riverbank before its own confluence with the San<br \/>\nJoaquin.<\/p>\n<p>San Joaquin County and Alameda County lie to the northwest, Calaveras County to the<br \/>\nnorth, Tuolumne County to the northeast, Mariposa County to the southeast, Merced County<br \/>\nto the south, and Santa Clara County to the southwest. <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/san-joaquin-county\/\">San Joaquin County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/alameda-county\/\">Alameda County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/calaveras-county\/\">Calaveras County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/tuolumne-county\/\">Tuolumne County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/mariposa-county\/\">Mariposa County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/merced-county\/\">Merced County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/santa-clara-county\/\">Santa Clara County<\/a> all border<br \/>\nStanislaus directly.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Stanislaus County had a population of 552,878 at the 2020 census, and the latest<br \/>\nestimate puts the county near 557,719 residents. Modesto and Turlock are by far the two<br \/>\nlargest communities, together holding more than half the county&#8217;s population. Median<br \/>\nhousehold income runs $81,468 (2024 estimate), below California&#8217;s statewide figure of<br \/>\n$95,521 (2023 ACS). The county is 91.8 percent urban and 48.1 percent Hispanic or Latino,<br \/>\nper the 2020 census, reflecting its long history as an agricultural labor destination.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Health care and social assistance employs the most workers in the county, about 30,837<br \/>\npeople, followed by manufacturing at 29,795 and retail trade at 28,111. Agriculture is<br \/>\nStanislaus County&#8217;s defining industry even where it does not lead the employment count<br \/>\ndirectly &mdash; almonds are the county&#8217;s primary crop, and E &amp; J Gallo Winery,<br \/>\nheadquartered in Modesto and the largest family-owned winery in the United States, employs<br \/>\nabout 6,500 people. Turlock&#8217;s major employers include Foster Farms and California<br \/>\nState University, Stanislaus, which enrolled about 10,577 students as of 2023. Oakdale, the<br \/>\nself-styled &#8220;Cowboy Capital of the World,&#8221; hosts one of the world&#8217;s largest<br \/>\ntomato-processing facilities, and Patterson has diversified from its historic apricot trade<br \/>\ninto logistics, with Amazon and RH distribution centers now operating there.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>California&#8217;s legislature organised Stanislaus County on April 1, 1854, naming it<br \/>\nfor the Stanislaus River, itself named for Estanislao, a Yokuts leader who led resistance<br \/>\nagainst Mexican mission forces before his defeat by General Mariano Vallejo in 1826. The<br \/>\ncounty seat moved four times before settling permanently: from Adamsville to Empire, then<br \/>\nLa Grange &mdash; itself a Gold Rush boomtown of more than 100 buildings by 1854 &mdash;<br \/>\nthen Knights Ferry, and finally to Modesto in 1871, when the railroad bypassed the earlier<br \/>\nseats.<\/p>\n<p>During the Second World War, the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock served as a<br \/>\ntemporary assembly center where Japanese American residents of the region were detained<br \/>\nbefore transfer to inland incarceration camps, part of the wartime removal ordered under<br \/>\nExecutive Order 9066.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 5 runs along the county&#8217;s western edge and State Route 99 crosses it<br \/>\nnorth&#8211;south through Modesto, Ceres and Turlock, the county&#8217;s main commercial<br \/>\ncorridor. State Routes 33, 108, 120, 132 and 219 also cross the county, with SR 132 the<br \/>\nmain commuter link toward Interstate 580 and the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stockton &mdash; about 22 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Sacramento &mdash; about 68 miles north<\/li>\n<li>San Francisco &mdash; about 92 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Merced &mdash; about 25 miles south<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Modesto City-County Airport handles general aviation; the nearest major commercial<br \/>\nairport is Sacramento International, though many residents also use San Francisco or<br \/>\nOakland international airports for longer flights. Amtrak&#8217;s San Joaquins service<br \/>\nstops at the Modesto station downtown, connecting to Sacramento, Oakland and Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Stanislaus County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in California&#8217;s northern San Joaquin Valley, about 92 miles east of San<br \/>\nFrancisco, bordered by San Joaquin, Alameda, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Merced and<br \/>\nSanta Clara counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Stanislaus County?<\/strong><br \/>\n552,878 at the 2020 census, with an estimate near 557,719 by 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Stanislaus County?<\/strong><br \/>\n1,515 square miles (3,870 km2) in total, of which 1,495 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What city is the county seat of Stanislaus County?<\/strong><br \/>\nModesto is the county seat and largest city; it has served that role since 1871.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Stanislaus County?<\/strong><br \/>\nNine incorporated cities &mdash; Modesto, Turlock, Ceres, Riverbank, Patterson, Oakdale,<br \/>\nNewman, Waterford and Hughson &mdash; plus 14 census-designated places and unincorporated<br \/>\ncommunities including Salida, Keyes and Denair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Stanislaus County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n95350 through 95358 and 95397 for Modesto, 95380 to 95382 for Turlock, and separate codes<br \/>\nfor each of the county&#8217;s other cities, listed above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Stanislaus County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nAlmond and dairy farming, E &amp; J Gallo Winery&#8217;s headquarters in Modesto, and<br \/>\nOakdale&#8217;s rodeo heritage as the &#8220;Cowboy Capital of the World.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/california\/\">Towns and villages in California<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stanislaus County is a county in California, United States, about 92 miles east of San Francisco in the northern San Joaquin Valley. It had a population of 552,878 at the 2020 census, an estimated 557,719 by 2025, and covers 1,495 square miles (3,870 km2) of land centred near 37\u00b034\u2032N 120\u00b059\u2032W. 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