Stockton

Sister cities

• Foshan
• Parma
• Asaba
• Empalme
• Battambang
• Iloilo City
• Shizuoka

History

When Europeans first arrived in the Stockton area, it was settled by the Yatchicumne, a branch of the Northern Valley Yokuts. They built their villages on low mounds to keep their homes above regular floods. The Yatchicumne village of Pasasimas was located on a mound between Edison and Harrison Streets on what is now the Stockton Channel in downtown Stockton. The Siskiyou Trail began in the northern San Joaquin Valley. It was a centuries-old Native American footpath that led through the Sacramento Valley over the Cascades and into present-day Oregon. The extensive network of waterways in and around Stockton was fished and navigated by Miwok Indians for centuries. During the California Gold Rush, the San Joaquin River was navigable by ocean-going vessels, making Stockton a natural inland seaport and point of supply and departure for prospective gold-miners. From the mid-19th century onward, Stockton became the region's transportation hub, dealing mainly with agricultural products. Carl David Maria Weber was a German immigrant to the United States in 1836. He was born as Karl David Weber (February 18, 1814, in Steinwenden – May 4, 1881, in Stockton) and then went by Charles in 1836 in the United States, first spending time in New Orleans and then in Texas. He then came overland from Missouri to California with the Bartleson-Bidwell Party in 1841 and began to go by Carlos when he began working for John Sutter. In 1842, Weber settled in the Pueblo of San José. As an alien, Weber could not secure a land grant directly, so he formed a partnership with Guillermo (William) Gulnac. Born in New York, Gulnac had married a Mexican woman and sworn allegiance to Mexico, which then ruled California. He applied in Weber's place for Rancho Campo de los Franceses, a land grant of 11…

Geography

Stockton is situated amidst the farmland of California's San Joaquin Valley, a subregion of the Central Valley. In and around Stockton are thousands of miles of waterways that make up the California Delta. Interstate 5 and State Route 99, inland California's major north–south highways, pass through the city. State Route 4 and the dredged San Joaquin River connect the city with the San Francisco Bay Area to its west, creating the Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel. Stockton and Sacramento are California's only inland sea ports. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (4.66%) is water. At the airport, the highest recorded temperature was on July 23, 2006, and September 6, 2022, and the lowest was on January 11, 1949. There are an average of 88 afternoons annually with high temperatures of or higher, and 19 afternoons of or above; 19 mornings see low temperatures at or below freezing. The wettest "rain year" was from July 1982 to June 1983 with and the driest from July 1975 to June 1976 with .

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• California/Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

  Aphelocoma californica (Vigors, 1839) · Aves
  4,985
• Black Phoebe

  Sayornis nigricans (Swainson, 1827) · Aves
  4,786
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  4,279
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,030
• Anna's Hummingbird

  Calypte anna (R.Lesson, 1829) · Aves
  3,982
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,694
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,408
• Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  3,248

Largest nearby schools

• Lincoln High
  High · Stockton · 2,936 students · 23.1:1 ratio
• Edison High
  High · Stockton · 2,558 students · 24.4:1 ratio
• Franklin High
  High · Stockton · 2,284 students · 22:1 ratio
• Cesar Chavez High
  High · Stockton · 2,257 students · 24.3:1 ratio
• Tokay High
  High · Lodi · 2,059 students · 19.8:1 ratio
• Bear Creek High
  High · Stockton · 1,937 students · 20.2:1 ratio
• Stagg Senior High
  High · Stockton · 1,773 students · 21.4:1 ratio
• Ronald E. McNair High
  High · Stockton · 1,768 students · 19:1 ratio