Yuba City, California
City of Yuba City City Yuba City, from the air Yuba City, from the air Location in Sutter County and the state of California Location in Sutter County and the state of California Yuba City is positioned in the US Yuba City - Yuba City Yuba City is a town/city in Northern California and the governmental center of county of Sutter County, California, United States.
Yuba City is the principal town/city of the Yuba City Metropolitan Travel Destination which encompasses all of Sutter County and Yuba County.
The metro area's populace is 164,138. It is the 21st biggest urbane region in California ranked behind Redding and Chico.
The unemployment rate in the Yuba City MSA was 14.9 percent in September 2012, down from a revised 15.8 percent in August 2012, and below the year-ago estimate of 16.4 percent.
The unemployment rate was 14.0 percent in Sutter County, and 16.3 percent in Yuba County.
13 Sister metros/cities One version of the origin of the name "Yuba" is that amid one of these expeditions, wild grapes were seen burgeoning by a river, and so it was titled "Uba", a variant spelling of the Spanish word uva (grape).
The Mexican government granted a large expanse of territory which encompassed the region in which Yuba City is situated to John Sutter, the same John Sutter upon whose territory gold was later identified 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.
By 1852, Yuba City, was a steamboat landing, had one hotel, a grocery store, a postal service, approximately 20 dwelling homes with a populace of about 150.
Yuba City was chosen as governmental center of county for Sutter County, CA in 1854.
County voters returned to their first choice of Yuba City two years later, in 1856, and it has remained the governmental center of county since. Yuba City saw its first primary influx of populace after World War II, pushing residentiary areas west and south from the city's initial center.
The Christmas Eve levee break at Yuba City was especially disastrous, with 38 citizens losing their lives, 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 inhabitants were rescued from the floodwater by helicopter. 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.
Main article: 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 I-680 at Marina Vista Road in Martinez, California.
Yuba City has been home to a momentous Muslim population, including Pakistani Americans descended from c.
Sutter Buttes seen from Yuba City Yuba City is positioned at 39 8'5" North, 121 37'34" West (39.134792, 121.626201). The Sutter Buttes are also the world's smallest mountain range.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.7 square miles (38 km2), of which, 14.6 square miles (38 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it is water.
The Yuba City region is positioned 40 miles north of Sacramento and situated in the Sacramento Valley.
It is home to the Sutter Buttes, the smallest mountain range in the world. The Feather River borders the town/city to the east and the region is sometimes referred to as the "Feather River Valley", which divides the town/city from its neighbor Marysville.
Yuba City has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa as stated to the Koppen climate classification system) which consists of cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers.
During the wet season from mid-October to mid-April, Yuba City sees incessant precipitation and is usually under the tule fog.
Climate data for Yuba City, California.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Yuba City had a populace of 64,925.
The ethnic makeup of Yuba City was 37,382 (57.6%) White, 1,591 (2.5%) African American, 909 (1.4%) Native American, 11,190 (17.2%) Asian, 228 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 9,772 (15.1%) from other competitions, and 3,853 (5.9%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 64,345 citizens (99.1% of the population) lived in homeholds, 125 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 455 (0.7%) were institutionalized.
The populace was spread out with 18,314 citizens (28.2%) under the age of 18, 6,630 citizens (10.2%) aged 18 to 24, 17,575 citizens (27.1%) aged 25 to 44, 14,810 citizens (22.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 7,596 citizens (11.7%) who were 65 years of age or older.
36,525 citizens (56.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 27,820 citizens (42.8%) lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, there are 36,758 citizens (60,507 as of January 1, 2006), 13,290 homeholds, and 8,944 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city is 67.0% White, 2.8% African American, 1.7% Native American, 6.4% Asian American, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 14.4% from other competitions, and 2.4% from two or more competitions. 12.5% of the populace are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The European populace in Yuba City is 0.5% Romanian, 0.3% Italian, and 1.6% German.
In the city, the populace is spread out with 29.0% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city is $32,858, and the median income for a family is $39,381.
The per capita income for the town/city is $15,928.
Bus service in Yuba City is provided by Yuba Sutter Transit.
The town/city is served by two highways.
Yuba City is home to the biggest dried fruit refining plant in the world, Sunsweet Growers Incorporated.
In 1988 Yuba City was home to the California Prune Festival.
According to the City's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 2 Yuba City Unified School District 1,377 7 City of Yuba City 297 Yuba City is known for its sizeable Sikh community. The Sikh populace in the Yuba-Sutter Area has grown to be one of the biggest in the United States and one of the biggest Sikh populations outside of the 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 memorializes the receipt by Sikhs of their Holy scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, in 1708.
The 2005 parade drew an estimated 56,000 citizens while the 2007 parade was estimated to draw between 75,000 and 85,000 citizens of both Sikh and non-Sikh background.
In the California State Legislature, Yuba City is in the 4th Senate District, represented by Republican Jim Nielsen, and in the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican James Gallagher. In the United States House of Representatives, Yuba City is in California's 3rd congressional district, represented by Democrat John Garamendi. Yuba City also propel the first Sikh American Mayor in the United States, Kash Gill. City Hall Yuba City High School class of 1988 sign 2009.jpg Public schools are part of the Yuba City Unified School District. The three high schools in the precinct are Yuba City High School, River Valley High School, and Albert Powell Continuation High School.
Faith Christian High School, Grace Christian Academy, and Adventist Christian School (https://acselementary.org) are private christian schools positioned in Yuba City.
The Yuba City Charter School is K-12.
Yuba City is in the Yuba Community College District and is served by Yuba Community College in neighboring Marysville.
The chief journal for Yuba City region is the Appeal-Democrat.
The Sacramento Bee is also widely sold and read in Yuba City.
Although KETQ-LP 93 - Q, KUBA, KCYC-LP, KOBO, and KRYC-LP are the only airways broadcasts inside the city, there are a wide range of the rest transmitting nearby.
John Joseph Montgomery, aviation pioneer, was born in Yuba City Japan Toride, Ibaraki, Japan as determined by Sister Cities International. Yuba County, California Yuba City Astronomical Observatory "California Cities by Incorporation Date" (Word).
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