Stockton (California)
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| Nickname : California's Sunrise Seaport | |
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| Location of Stocktons in San Joaquin County | |
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| Foundation : | 1850 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | California |
| County : | San Joaquin County |
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 59 ′ N , 121 ° 18 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
307,072 (as of 2016) 733,709 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 2,079 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 150.9 km 2 (approx. 58 mi 2 ) of which 147.7 km 2 (approx. 57 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 4 m |
| Postcodes : | 95200-95299 |
| Area code : | +1 209 |
| FIPS : | 06-75000 |
| GNIS ID : | 1659872 |
| Website : | www.stocktongov.com |
| Mayor : | Michael Tubbs |
Stockton is a city in San Joaquin County in the US state of California with a population of about 307,000 (2016 estimate, US Census Bureau).
Wine is grown in the surrounding area of the fast growing and easily accessible city , especially in Lodi . The wine is produced industrially here. Traces of the gold rush can also be found , especially in Murphys , San Andreas and Angeles camps .
Stockton is the seat of the University of the Pacific and the Diocese of Stockton .
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 148.283 |
| 1990 | 210.943 |
| 2000 | 243.151 |
| 2010 | 291,731 |
| 2016 | 307.072 |
¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate
history
The city, originally called Tuleburg , was founded by the German-American entrepreneur Carl David Weber , who bought himself there in 1845 and had the first houses built. Weber gave it its current name after Robert F. Stockton , an officer in the Mexican-American War.
Twin cities
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Shizuoka , Japan
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Iloilo City , Philippines
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Empalme , Mexico
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Foshan , People's Republic of China
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Parma , Italy
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Battambang , Cambodia
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Asaba , Nigeria
Economy and Infrastructure
In recent years, the city has faced economic decline and the US real estate crisis, which hit it particularly hard. In 2009, Stockton was ranked fifth on Forbes' list of the most dangerous cities in the United States. In 2011, it was ranked # 1 on Forbes' list of the Most Wretched Cities in the United States. The unemployment rate is around 16%.
On June 26, 2012, a city representative announced that negotiations with creditors had failed. On June 28, 2012, the City of Stockton declared bankruptcy and filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 9 of bankruptcy law.
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In addition to Interstate 5 to the west of the city, California State Routes 4 , 26 , 88 and 99 run through Stockton .
Others
The Stockton-based radio station KWG had used a transmitting antenna that was supported by wooden towers until the mid-1990s. The average age of the population is 29.8 years, the proportion of Hispanics 32.5%.
sons and daughters of the town
- Carl E. Grunsky (1855–1934), civil engineer and geologist
- Dave Beck (1894-1993), union leader
- Jimmy Maxwell (1917–2002), jazz and studio musician
- Cliffie Stone (1917–1998), country musician, presenter and producer
- Hayaishi Osamu (1920-2015), Japanese biochemist
- Lamont Johnson (1922-2010), director and actor
- Beulah Quo (1923–2002), actress
- Alex Spanos (1923–2018), entrepreneur in the real estate industry
- Dolores Moran (1926–1982), actress
- Peter Rodríguez (* 1926), painter and museum founder
- Conn Findlay (* 1930), rower and sailor
- Richard Montague (1930–1971), mathematician, logician, philosopher and linguist
- Flip Nuñez (1931–1995), jazz pianist and singer
- Leonard Gardner (* 1933), writer
- B. Clark Burchfiel (* 1934), geologist
- Dan Inosanto (* 1936), martial artist
- Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940), writer
- Jimmy Smith (born 1945), American football player
- Daniel Goleman (* 1946), psychologist
- Smith Dobson (1947-2001), jazz musician
- Carol A. Corrigan (born 1948), lawyer and judge at the California Supreme Court
- Glen Jobe Jr. (born 1951), biathlete
- Dennis Dun (born 1952), actor
- Randy Stonehill (* 1952), singer and composer
- Deborah Henson-Conant (* 1953), harpist and composer
- Michael Nava (* 1954), lawyer and writer
- Chris Isaak (* 1956), singer and film actor
- Brian Goodell (born 1959), swimmer
- Fred Merkel (* 1962), motorcycle racing driver
- Grant-Lee Phillips (born 1963), singer and songwriter, former member of the band Grant Lee Buffalo
- Michael Sarin (* 1965), jazz drummer
- Scott Kannberg (* 1966), musician
- Mark Gantt (* 1968), actor, producer and screenwriter
- Kara Walker (* 1969), artist
- Bryan Lucas (* 1978), basketball player
- Justin Roiland (* 1980), voice actor, screenwriter and television producer
- Ross Thomas (born 1981), actor
- Nicole Davis (* 1982), volleyball player
- Nick Diaz (* 1983), mixed martial arts fighter
- Izzy Gallegos (* 1983), singer in the boy band US5
- Annie Cruz (* 1984), porn actress and model
- Chris Olivero (* 1984), actor
- Nate Diaz (* 1985), mixed martial arts fighter
- Ashley Walker (b.1987), basketball player
- Jazz Raycole (born 1988), actress
- Julius Thomas (* 1988), American football player
- Michael Tubbs (* 1990), politician, Mayor of Stockton since 2017
- Brandin Cooks (born 1993), American football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Roland Paul: Carl David Weber - A Pioneer of the West . In: Roland Paul, Karl Scherer (Hrsg.): Palatinate in America. Palatines in America (= writings on the migration history of the Palatinate 40), Kaiserslautern 1995, pp. 196–198
- ↑ Forbes List: Most Dangerous Cities in the United States
- ^ California with the most miserable US cities. In: ORF . February 9, 2011, accessed February 9, 2011 .
- ↑ NZZ of June 28, 2012: Californian city goes bankrupt , accessed on May 28, 2012.
- ↑ Boston.com, June 28, 2012: Stockton bankruptcy is hard hit for city retirees , accessed June 28, 2012.
- ↑ Reuters, June 28, 2012: Stockton, California files for bankruptcy , accessed June 30, 2012.