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Stanislaus County is a county located in California's California Central Valley, between Stockton and Fresno. As the price of housing increases in the San Francisco Bay Area, many commuters have begun to move to Stanislaus County. As of 2000 the population was 446,997. The county seat is Modesto.
Stanislaus County was formed from part of Tuolumne County in 1854.
The word Stanislaus is a corruption of Estanislao , the baptismal name of a mission-educated renegade Native American chief who led a band of Indians in a series of battles against Mexican troops. He was finally defeated by General Mariano Vallejo in 1826. The county is named for the Stanislaus River , first discovered by Gabriel Moraga in 1806, and later renamed Rio Estanislao for the chief.
According to the U.S. Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is defined in the Constitution of the United States, which directs that the population be enumerated at least once every te, the county has a total area of 3,923 km˛ (1,515 mi˛This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 3,869 km˛ (1,494 mi˛) of it is land and 54 km˛ (21 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 1.38% water.
As of the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f 2The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. These sources are cited within the thousands of articles which link to this page. of 2000, there are 446,997 people, 145,146 households, and 109,585 families residing in the county. The population densityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex is 116/km˛ (299/mi˛). There are 150,807 housing units at an average density of 39/km˛ (101/mi˛). The racial makeup of the county is 69.33% White, 2.58% Black or African American, 1.27% Native American, 4.22% Asian, 0.34% Pacific Islander, 16.82% from other races, and 5.44% from two or more races. 31.74% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 145,146 households out of which 41.20% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.00% are married couples living together, 13.70% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.50% are non-families. 19.40% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.90% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.03 and the average family size is 3.47.
In the county the population is spread out with 31.10% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 29.00% from 25 to 44, 19.50% from 45 to 64, and 10.40% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 96.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.40 males.
The median income for a household in the county is $40,101, and the median income for a family is $44,703. Males have a median income of $36,969 versus $26,595 for females. The per capita income for the county is $16,913. 16.00% of the population and 12.30% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 20.50% of those under the age of 18 and 8.80% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.