Stockton occurs as deep a lake port on the San Joaquin River.

History
San Joaquwithin County was one of a original counties of California, created in 1850 at the period of statehood.

A county will require its title from either a San Joaquin River. In the early 1800s Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga, commanding an expedition in the lower nifty California Central Valley, gave the title of San Joaquin (meaning Saint Joachim) to a rivulet that springs from either a Sierra Nevada mountains and empties into Buena Vista Lake.

Geography
Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,694 km² (1,426 mi²). 3,624 klick² (1,399 mi²) of these are l& and Lxx kilometer² (Xxvii mi²) of these are h2o. A sum vicinity is I.89% fluids.

Major highways
Interstate 5 Interstate 205 Interstate 580 California State Highway 99 California State Route 4 (Crosstown Freeway/California Delta Highway) California State Route 120

Demographics
When of the census² of 2000, there are 563,598 people, 181,629 households, and 134,768 families residing in the county. A population density is 156/km² (403/mi²). There are 189,160 housing units at an typical density of 52/km² (135/mi²). A racial makeup of the county is 58.13% White, 6.69% Black or African American, 1.13% Native American, 11.41% Asian, 0.35% Pacific Islander, 16.26% from other races, and 6.05% from two or more races. Xxx.53% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 181,629 menage away from which Forty.50% stand kids under a age of Eighteen swallow the two, 54.30% come married couples living together, 14.00% have a female homeowner by having there is no married man present, & Xxv.80% come non-families. Twenty.70% of everthing home come mass produced higher of souls & Eighter.40% keep close at hand person residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Leash.00 & a typical personal size is Tercet.48.

In a county the people is spread retired by having 31.00% under a age of Xviii, Tenner.00% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Xxviii.80% from either 25 to 44, Nineteen.60% from either 45 to 64, & Ten.60% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 32 years. For each Century females there are 99.Ninety males. For each Century females age Xviii & complete, there are 97.Xx males.

the median income for a personal in the county is $41,282, & the median income for a family is $46,919. Males have a median income of $39,246 versus $27,507 for females. A per capita income for the county is $17,365. Xvii.70% of the people & Thirteen.50% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a amount people, Xxiii.70% of victims under a age of 18 & 10.00% of people 65 & older come residing beneath a poverty level.

Cities, towns, and communities
August Country Club Escalon Farmington French Camp Garden Acres Kennedy Lathrop Lincoln Village Linden Lockeford Lodi Manteca Morada North Woodbridge Ripon South Woodbridge Stockton Taft Mosswood Tracy