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Solano County, California Solano County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 413,344.The county seat is Fairfield, and the largest city is Vallejo. Solano County comprises the Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the San Jose-San FranciscoOakland, CA Combined Statistical Area. The coun
Catholic Mission, and is named after the Spanish Franciscan missionary, Father Francisco Solano. “Solano” is a common surname in the north of Spain, especially in Navarra, Zaragoza and La Rioja.
of rare and endangered species including the beetle Elaphrus viridis, the wildflower Lasthenia conjugens, commonly known as Contra Costa goldfields and the annual plant Legenere limosa or False Venus’ looking glass. Travis Air Force Base is located just east of Fairfield. Adjacent counties Region
Solano County is the easternmost county of the North Bay. As such, it is sometimes reported by news A portion of the South Campus agencies as being in the at the University of California, East Bay. Additionally, a portion of the county extends Davis is in Solano County. into the Sacramento Valley, geographically. History Solano County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood.
Geography
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Contra Costa County, California - south Sonoma County, California - west Napa County, California - west Yolo County, California - north Sacramento County, California - east National protected area
San Pablo Bay National According to the U.S. Census • Wildlife Refuge (part) Bureau, the county has a total area of 906 square miles Transportation (2,350 km2), of which 822 At the request of General square miles (2,130 km2) Major highways Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, is land and 84 square miles the county derives its name (220 km2) (9.3%) is water. • Interstate 80 directly from an Indian Chief, Solano County has several • Interstate 505 Chief Solano of the Suisun inactive • Interstate 680 cinnabar mines people, a Native American including the Hastings Mine • Interstate 780 tribe of the region and Vallejo’s and St. John’s Mine, both of • State Route 12 close ally. Chief Solano at one which are subject to ongoing • State Route 29 time led the tribes between environmental • State Route 37 monitoring; the Petaluma River and the these mines were worked in • State Route 84 Sacramento River. The chief the first half of the twentieth • State Route 113 was also called Sem-Yeto, century. which signifies “brave or fierce Public transportation hand.” The Chief was given Fauna Solano County is served by the Spanish name Francisco several transit agencies: Solano during baptism at the Solano County has a number World Views Guides - CA
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• SolTrans, formed as a merger between these two existing transit agencies: • Vallejo Transit, which also operates the Baylink Ferry to San Francisco • Benicia Breeze • Fairfield and Suisun Transit • Vacaville City Coach • Rio Vista Delta Breeze
transit trips throughout the Solano County which are county. Service also connects open to the public are the Nut with BART stations in Contra Tree Airport and Rio Vista Costa County. Transit links are Municipal Airport. provided to Napa, Yolo and Sacramento counties as well. Crime Greyhound and Amtrak The following table includes provide long-distance intercity the number of incidents servic e. reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of Airports offense.
Each agency interconnects General aviation airports in with each other, enabling
Population and crime rates Population 411,620 Violent crime 2,064 5.01 Homicide 20 0.05 Forcible rape 112 0.27 Robbery 810 1.97 Aggravated assault 1,122 2.73 Property crime 8,460 20.55 Burglary 4,168 10.13 Larceny-theft 7,018 17.05 Motor vehicle theft 2,084 5.06 Arson 116 0.28
Cities by population and crime rates Cities by population and crime rates Violent crime rate City Population Violent crimes Property crimes per 1,000 persons Benicia 27,459 37 1.35 390 Dixon 18,708 53 2.83 315 Fairfield 107,110 454 4.24 3,317 Rio Vista 7,485 39 5.21 145 Suisun City 28,593 57 1.99 558 Vacaville 93,951 246 2.62 2,031 Vallejo 117,912 878 7.45 5,844
Property crime rate per 1,000 persons 14.20 16.84 30.97 19.37 19.52 21.62 49.56
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Demographics 2011 Population, race, and income Total population 411,620 White 214,436 Black or African American 60,130 American Indian or Alaska Native 2,427 Asian 59,143 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 3,390 Some other race 43,064 Two or more races 29,030 Â Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 97,268 Per capita income $29,367 Median household income $69,914 Median family income $79,316
52.1% 14.6% 0.6% 14.4% 0.8% 10.5% 7.1% 23.6%
Places by population, race, and income Places by population and race Place Allendale Benicia Dixon Elmira Fairfield Green Valley Hartley Rio Vista Suisun City Vacaville Vallejo
Type CDP City City CDP City CDP CDP City City City City
Place Allendale Benicia Dixon Elmira Fairfield Green Valley (Solano County) Hartley Rio Vista Suisun City Vacaville Vallejo
Population 1,968 26,981 18,141 251 104,404 1,719 2,229 7,088 27,900 92,217 116,021
White 86.1% 75.6% 74.9% 97.2% 47.1% 85.7% 85.3% 76.5% 34.4% 64.8% 36.2%
Other 10.7% 10.4% 17.0% 2.8% 19.4% 8.7% 4.4% 10.0% 24.9% 17.0% 17.2%
Asian 3.2% 9.3% 3.8% 0.0% 15.5% 2.4% 1.7% 4.0% 19.9% 5.9% 23.9%
Black or African American 0.0% 3.1% 3.0% 0.0% 16.6% 3.1% 7.3% 7.9% 19.7% 11.1% 21.0%
Native American 0.0% 1.7% 1.3% 0.0% 1.5% 0.0% 1.3% 1.5% 1.1% 1.2% 1.6%
Places by population and income Per capita Median household Type Population income income CDP 1,968 $41,928 $112,837 City 26,981 $41,854 $90,338 City 18,141 $27,624 $72,626 CDP 251 $22,069 $73,438 City 104,404 $26,785 $68,037 CDP 1,719 $67,828 $125,669 CDP 2,229 $41,041 $87,841 City 7,088 $34,332 $58,701 City 27,900 $26,148 $71,411 City 92,217 $29,687 $73,302 City 116,021 $27,375 $62,325
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Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 14.7% 12.2% 39.4% 2.8% 25.7% 8.0% 12.7% 14.9% 25.6% 21.7% 23.3%
Median family income $119,063 $102,571 $76,038 $85,650 $75,717 $145,781 $106,786 $68,156 $76,286 $85,790 $72,717
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2010 Historical population Census Pop. %¹ 1850 580 — 1860 7,169 1,136.0% 1870 16,871 135.3% 1880 18,475 9.5% 1890 20,946 13.4% 1900 24,143 15.3% 1910 27,559 14.1% 1920 40,602 47.3% 1930 40,834 0.6% 1940 49,118 20.3% 1950 104,833 113.4% 1960 134,597 28.4% 1970 169,941 26.3% 1980 235,203 38.4% 1990 340,421 44.7% 2000 394,542 15.9% 2010 413,344 4.8% Est. 2013 424,788 2.8% U.S. Decennial Census 1790-1960 1900-1990 1990-2000 2010-2013
The 2010 United States Census reported that Solano County had a population of 413,344. The racial makeup of Solano County was 210,751 (51.0%) White, 60,750 (14.7%) African American, 3,212 (0.8%) Native American, 60,473 (14.6%) Asian, 3,564 (0.9%) Pacific Islander, 43,236 (10.5%) from other races, and 31,358 (7.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 99,356 persons (24.0%).
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Population reported at 2010 United States Census The County Solano County Incorporated cities and towns
Total White Population 26,997 18,351 105,321 7,360 28,111 92,428 115,942
Benicia Dixon Fairfield Rio Vista Suisun City Vacaville Vallejo Census-designated places
19,568 13,023 48,407 6,003 10,805 61,301 38,064
Total White Population 1,506 188 1,625 2,510
Allendale Elmira Green Valley Hartley Unincorporated communities
Hispanic
two or Total or Latino African Native Pacific other White Asian more American American Islander races Population (of any races race) 413,344 210,751 60,750 3,212 60,473 3,564 43,236 31,358 99,356
1,239 150 1,412 1,956
Total White Population
All others not CDPs (combined)
13,005
2000 As of the census of 2000, there were 394,542 people, 130,403 households, and 97,411 families residing in the county. The population density was 476 people per square mile (184/km²). There were 134,513 housing units at an average density of 162 per square mile (63/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 56.4% White, 14.9% Black or African American, 0.8% Native American, 12.8% Asian, 0.8% Pacific Islander, 8.0% from other races, and World Views Guides - CA
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Hispanic
African American
1,510 562 16,586 372 5,713 9,510 25,572 African American
49 1 41 70 African American
764
Native American
135 184 869 53 196 846 757 Native American
22 10 6 24 Native American
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Asian
2,989 671 15,700 359 5,348 5,606 28,895 Asian
42 2 82 70 Asian
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6.4% from two or more races. 17.64% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 8.5% were of German, 6.4% Irish and 6.0% English ancestry according to Census 2000. 75.7% spoke English, 12.1% Spanish and 6.6% Tagalog as their first language. There were 130,403 households out of which 39.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3%
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Pacific Islander
102 58 1,149 15 340 532 1,239 Pacific Islander
2 0 9 16 Pacific Islander
two or or Latino other more races (of any races race) 895 1,798 3,248 2,838 1,015 7,426 13,301 9,309 28,789 288 270 914 2,898 2,811 6,753 8,136 6,497 21,121 12,759 8,656 26,165 Hispanic
two or or Latino other more races (of any races race) 79 73 235 17 8 47 20 55 121 248 126 510 Hispanic
two or or Latino other more races (of any races race)
102 1,757
740
4,027
were non-families. 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.33. In the county the population was spread out with 28.3% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 101.5 males. For
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every 100 females age 18 and Solano County, California over, there were 100.2 males. The Government of The median income for a Solano County is defined household in the county was and authorized under the $54,099, and the median California Constitution and income for a family was law as a general law county. $60,597. Males had a median The County government income of $41,787 versus provides countywide services $31,916 for females. The per such as elections and voter capita income for the county registration, law enforcement, was $21,731. About 6.1% jails, vital records, property of families and 8.3% of the records, tax collection, public population were below the health, and social services. In poverty line, including 10.3% addition the County serves as of those under age 18 and 6.3% the local government for all of those age 65 or over. unincorporated areas.
District Attorney, Assessor/ Recorder, Auditor-Controller, and Treasurer/Tax Collector/ County Clerk, and numerous county departments and entities under the supervision of the County Administrator. As of January 2013 the members of the Solano County Board of Supervisors were: • •
• • The County government is • Government and politics composed of the elected fivemember Board of Supervisors, Government several other elected offices Main article: Government of including the Sheriff-Coroner,
Erin Hannigan, District 1 Linda Seifert, District 2, Chairman Jim Spering, District 3 John Vasquez, District 4 Skip Thomson, District 5, Vice-Chairman
Politics Voter registration statistics Population and registered voters Total population 411,620 Registered voters 210,453 Democratic 102,177 Republican 52,633 Democratic–Republican spread +49,544 Independent 5,940 Green 878 Libertarian 1,123 Peace and Freedom 539 Americans Elect 12 Other 905 No party preference 46,246
51.1% 48.6% 25.0% +23.6% 2.8% 0.4% 0.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.4% 22.0%
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Cities by population and voter registration
City
Population
Benicia Dixon Fairfield Rio Vista Suisun City Vacaville Vallejo
26,981 18,141 104,404 7,088 27,900 92,217 116,021
Cities by population and voter registration Registered D–R voters Democratic Republican spread 68.1% 50.7% 48.1% 72.6% 49.1% 50.1% 48.8%
47.2% 38.8% 48.7% 42.7% 52.4% 39.6% 59.9%
25.3% 35.4% 24.4% 33.9% 20.2% 33.2% 14.5%
+21.9% +3.4% +24.3% +8.8% +32.2% +6.4% +45.4%
Other 8.4% 7.3% 6.8% 9.0% 7.0% 8.5% 6.1%
No party preference 22.1% 21.4% 22.7% 18.2% 23.2% 22.1% 21.8%
Overview Solano Year
2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 1980 1976 1972 1968 1964 1960 1956 1952 1948 1944 1940 1936 1932 1928 1924 1920
County by party in presidential elections
Solano is a strongly Democratic county in presidential and congressional elections, though it usually gives somewhat higher vote percentages to Republicans compared to the eight other Bay Area counties. The last Republican to win a majority in the county was Ronald Reagan in 1984. Solano
County
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34.1% 52,092 34.9% 56,035 41.9% 62,301 39.2% 51,604 34.7% 40,742 29.4% 38,883 47.4% 50,314 54.5% 51,678 50.7% 40,919 42.4% 26,136 54.0% 31,314 34.7% 17,683 30.4% 15,263 40.9% 18,751 41.7% 17,865 42.4% 19,369 33.7% 12,345 29.8% 10,361 28.5% 6,081 20.9% 3,603 30.3% 4,382 52.3% 7,061 48.0% 4,782 64.8% 7,102
DEM
63.3% 96,783 63.5% 102,095 57.2% 85,096 57.0% 75,116 55.1% 64,644 48.7% 64,320 51.2% 54,344 44.3% 41,982 38.4% 30,952 54.6% 33,682 42.7% 24,766 53.5% 27,271 69.5% 34,930 58.8% 26,977 58.1% 24,903 57.2% 26,130 63.5% 23,257 69.9% 24,335 70.6% 15,054 78.1% 13,459 67.2% 9,712 46.5% 6,278 9.6% 957 26.9% 2,954
Others 2.6% 3,965 2.1% 3,458 1.0% 1,440 3.8% 5,015 10.1% 11,893 21.9% 28,908 1.4% 1,430 1.2% 1,138 10.9% 8,805 3.0% 1,826 3.3% 1,885 11.8% 5,998 0.1% 47 0.3% 141 0.2% 95 0.5% 216 2.8% 1,022 0.3% 105 0.9% 193 1.1% 182 2.5% 367 1.2% 158 42.4% 4,223 8.3% 909
between California’s 3rd and 5th congressional districts, represented by John Garamendi (D–Walnut Grove) and Mike Thompson (D–St. Helena), respectively.
In the State Assembly Solano is in the 7th and 8th Assembly districts, which are held by Democrats Michael Allen and split Mariko Yamada, respectively.
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In the California State Senate, Solano is part of the 2nd and 5th Senate districts, which are held by Democrats Noreen Evans and Lois Wolk, respectively. On Nov. 4, 2008, Solano County voted 55.9% for Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages. It was the only Bay Area county
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to approve the initiative. In the 2008 presidential election that day, Barack Obama carried the county by a 28.5% margin over John McCain, a larger margin than statewide (24%). According to the California Secretary of State, as of October 22, 2012, Solano County has 209,484 registered voters, out of 274,284 eligible (76.4%). Of those, 101,815 (48.6%) are registered Democrats, 52,777 (25.2%) are registered Republicans, and 45,581 (21.8%) have declined to state a political party. Democrats hold voter-registration advantages in all incorporated cities and towns in Solano County. However, Republicans lead in registration in the unincorporated communities of the county (40%-35%), making Solano the only county in the Bay Area where Republicans out-number Democrats in unincorporated communities. The Democrats’ largest registration advantage in Solano is in the city of Vallejo, wherein there are only 8,242 Republicans (14.6%) out of 56,313 total voters compared to 33,753 Democrats (59.9%) and 12,157 voters who have declined to state a political party (21.6%).
Communities Cities • Benicia • Dixon • Fairfield • Rio Vista • Suisun City • Vacaville • Vallejo U n i n c o r p o r a t e d communities Allendale • Bahia • Birds Landing • Bucktown • Collinsville • Cordelia • Elmira • Green Valley • Hartley • Maine Prairie • Rockville • Scandia •
Trivia • In 1985 Humphrey the humpback whale strayed off his migration route and ended up in Shag Slough north of Rio Vista. Rescuers from The Marine Mammal Center and other volunteers dismantled a county bridge before being able to turn him around in the narrow slough.
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