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Santa Rosa

  •   State: 
    California
      County: 
    Sonoma County
      City: 
    Santa Rosa
      County FIPS: 
    06097
      Coordinates: 
    38°26′55″N 122°42′17″W
      Area total: 
    42.70 sq mi
      Area land: 
    42.52 sq mi (110.13 km²)
      Area water: 
    0.17 sq mi (0.45 km²)
      Elevation: 
    164 ft (50 m)
      Established: 
    Incorporated March 26, 1868
  •   Latitude: 
    38,44
      Longitude: 
    -122,7108
      Dman name cbsa: 
    Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
      Timezone: 
    Pacific Standard Time (PST) UTC-8:00; Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) UTC-7:00
      ZIP codes: 
    95401
    95402
    95403
    95404
    95405
    95406
    95407
    95409
      GMAP: 

    Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, United States

  •   Population: 
    178,127
      Population density: 
    4,200 residents per square mile of area (1,600/km²)
      Household income: 
    $62,595
      Households: 
    58,914
      Unemployment rate: 
    10.10%
  •   Sales taxes: 
    8.00%
      Income taxes: 
    9.30%

Santa Rosa (Spanish for "Saint Rose") is a city and the county seat of Sonoma County, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area in California. Its estimated 2019 population was 178,127. It is the largest city in California's Wine Country and Redwood Coast. Santa Rosa grew following World War II because it was the location for Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Santa Rosa, the remnants of which are now located in southwest Santa Rosa. The city continued as a major center for civil defense activity (under the Office of Emergency Planning and the Emergency Preparedness) until 1979 when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was created. It was named by Mexican colonists after Saint Rose of Lima. The first known permanent European settlement here was the homestead of the Carrillo family of California, in-laws to Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, who settled the Sonoma pueblo and Petaluma area. In the 1820s, before the Carrillos built their adobe in the 1830s, Spanish and Mexican settlers from nearby Sonoma and other settlements to the south were known to raise livestock in the area. They slaughtered animals at the fork of the Santa Rosa Creek and Matanzas Creek, near the intersection of modern-day Santa Rosa and Sonoma avenues. Because it was a slaughtering place, the confluence came to be called La Matanza. In 1867, the county recognized Santa Rosa as an incorporated city; in 1868 the state officially confirmed the incorporation. By 1900, the Pomo population had decreased by 95%.

History

Santa Rosa is the primary city name, but also Kenwood are acceptable city names or spellings. Santa Rosa was founded in 1833 and named after Saint Rose of Lima. By 1900, the Pomo population of the area had decreased by 95%. In 1867, the city was incorporated, making it the third incorporated city in the county after Petaluma and San Francisco. The city's population increased by two-thirds between 1950 and 1970, an average of 1,000 new residents a year over the 20-year period. In 2010, Santa Rosa's population grew by about 3,000 to about 113,000, the highest rate of growth in the state since the mid-1940s. The population of Santa Rosa has grown by about 2,000 since the 1970s, the largest growth rate in the U.S. since World War II. It is now one of the largest cities in California, with a population of more than 1.5 million. It was the site of the Battle of the Bulge, which took place in the early 1900s in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been home to a number of major cities, including San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Diego. It also has a large number of smaller cities, such as Santa Rosa, San Jose, San Francisco and Napa, as well as a few smaller towns and hamlets. The town's name is derived from the name of a Native American tribe, which lived in the area before the arrival of the Europeans. The name "Rosa" means "golden" in Spanish.

Geography

Santa Rosa has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) with cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers. Average annual rainfall is 32.20 inches (818 mm), falling on 74 days annually. The city is in the watershed of Santa Rosa Creek, which rises on Hood Mountain and discharges to the Laguna de Santa Rosa. The Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities estimated a minimum 27 percent chance of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake on this segment of the Hayward-Rodgers Creek Fault System by 2037. On October 1, 1969, two earthquakes of magnitudes 5.6 and 5.7 shook Santa Rosa, damaging about 100 structures. The epicenters were about two miles (3.2 km) north of the city. The most rainfall in one month was 19.42 inches (493 mm) in February 1998. There are an average of 28.9 days with highs of 90 °F (32 °C) or more. The record high was 115 °F on September 6, 2022, and the record low was 9 °C on December 25, 1924. Santa Rosa lies on the Santa Rosa Plain, and its eastern extremities stretch into the Valley of the Moon and the Sonoma Creek watershed. The prominent visual features east of theCity include Bennett Peak, Mount Hood, and Sonoma and Taylor mountains. The main water bodies within the city include Fountaingrove Lake, Lake Ralphine, and Santa Rosa creek Reservoir.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that Santa Rosa had a population of 167,815. The racial makeup of Santa Rosa was: 119,158 White (59.7% non-Hispanic white), 4,079 (2.4%) African American, 2,808 (1.7%) Native American, 8,746 (5.2%) Asian. The highest percentage of Hispanic residents in Santa Rosa is in the Apple Valley Lane/Pago Court neighborhood. The Southeast Asian communities, mainly Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian, are concentrated in the western Santa Rosa areas. The northeast neighborhoods of Skyhawk and Fountaingrove have the most populous Chinese communities. There are an estimated 4,539 homeless people living in Sonoma County, many of whom live inSanta Rosa. The median age was 36.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0%; the rental vacancy rates was 5.0%. 87,244 people (52.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 77,161 people (46.0%) lived in rental housing units. Santa Rosa's Hispanic population, mainly of Mexican descent, while spread out through the city, is concentrated within the western part of the city. The average household size was 3.18. There were 63,590 households, out of which 20,633 had children under the age of 18 living in them.

Economy

Forbes Magazine ranked the Santa Rosa metropolitan area 185th out of 200 on its 2007 list of Best Places For Business And Careers. It was downgraded because of an increase in the cost of doing business, and reduced job growth. Santa Rosa is also home to notable smaller businesses such as Moonlight Brewing Company, Russian River Brewing Company and ATIV Software. As of 2014, Santa Rosa has 12 neighborhood shopping centers and 17 commercial districts, including three sizeable shopping malls: Santa Rosa Plaza, with more than 100 merchants; Coddingtown Mall, with over 40; and Montgomery Village, an open-air mall with more more than 70 shops, a supermarket, five banks, and a satellite U.S. Post Office. According to the city's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers are: Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Intel, PayPal, and PayPal. The city's unemployment rate is 3.7 per cent, the lowest in the state, according to the state's business and industry association. The unemployment rate for Santa Rosa was 3.1 per cent in 2013. The state's economy is expected to grow at a rate of 3.2 per cent over the next five years. The economy is projected to grow by 3.5 per cent from 2013 to 2016. The U.N. World Economic Forum predicts a 3.6 per cent growth rate for the U.K. in 2015. The United States is expectedto grow by 2.9 per cent between 2015 and 2016.

Arts and culture

Santa Rosa sits at the northwestern gateway to the Sonoma and Napa Valleys of California's famed Wine Country. Many wineries and vineyards are nearby, as well as the Russian River resort area and Jack London State Historic Park. The city council funds a private booster group, Santa Rosa Main Street, which lobbies the city to revitalize the traditional business district. Three new mixed-use, high-rise buildings, and a new city parking garage, are under development. Santa Rosa's most historic residential neighborhoods were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, but almost all of its houses have survived to this day. The Sonoma County Library offers a Central Library in downtown Santa Rosa, a Roseland branch on Sebastopol Road, a Northwest branch at Coddingtown Mall and a Rincon Valley branch in east Santa Rosa. The Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital medical center is just to the east of downtown. The nearby cities and towns of Bodega Bay, Calistoga, Guerneville, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Sebastopol, Sonoma, and Windsor are popular with tourists and readily accessible from Santa Rosa in the Bay Area. As of 2017, the Santa Rosa Safari Park had over 1,000 animals of approximately 98 animal species, including 98 endangered species of bats, lions, tigers, and groundhogs. The remains of the Carrillo home rest behind a cyclone fence off Montgomery Drive, on property owned by the Catholic Diocese ofSanta Rosa in California. The Roman Roman Home and Gardens Museum of Santa Rosa is located northwest of the city.

Government

The city's Mayor is Chris Rogers, its Vice Mayor is Natalie Rogers, and the other five council members are Eddie Alvarez, Victoria Fleming, Jack Tibbits, John Sawyer, and Tom Schwedhelm. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Santa Rosa is in California's 5th congressional district, represented by Democrat Mike Thompson. The city is split between California's 2nd and 10th State Assembly districts. In 2013, the city council adopted a set of "Goals and Strategic Objectives" through 2015 comprising six main goals. A "strong, sustainable" economy topped the list; other goals include showing leadership in environmental and cultural issues, and promoting "partnerships between neighborhoods, community organizations, schools and the City".According to the California Secretary of State, as of February 10, 2019, Santa Barbara has 91,998 registered voters. Of those, 47,905 (52.1%) are registered Democrats, 15,260 (16.6%) areregistered Republicans, and 24,012 (26.1) have declined to state a political party. In 2012, Santa Barcelona was the largest city in California by population. In 2014, the population was 1,856,000, and in 2015, it was 1,788,000. In 2016, the number of residents was 1.9 million, and it is expected to rise to 1.10 million in 2017. In 2010, the City of Santa Rosa was the fastest-growing city in the United States, followed by San Francisco.

Education

The city of Santa Rosa is home to many colleges and private schools. The city is also home to a number of public and private elementary and high schools. It has a population of more than 1.5 million people. It is located in the northern part of the San Francisco Bay Area and the southern parts of the Santa Rosa River Valley. The town is located near San Francisco, San Jose, and Santa Rosa. It was founded in 1868. The name Santa Rosa was given to the city by the city's founder, George W. Santa Rosa, in honor of his father, who was the first mayor of the city. The word "Santa Rosa" means "the city" in Spanish. It also means "home" or "the place" in English, and means "school" in the Spanish language. The district is divided into several school districts, with the largest being the Roseland Public School District. The school district also includes the Wright Union School District and the Bellevue Union School district. The Santa Rosa City School District has more than 2,000 students, and the city has a total population of 1.6 million. The City of Santa Rosa is home to several colleges, including Empire College and the University of San Francisco (USF). The city also has several private schools, including St. Eugene's cathedral school and the Sonoma Country Day School for K-8 students. The schools are located in Santa Rosa and the Redwood Adventist Academy.

Infrastructure

The Santa Rosa Police Department currently has 259 employees, of which 172 are sworn peace officers. The city sprawls along U.S. Route 101, about an hour north of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. The Prince Memorial Greenway is a developed bicycle and pedestrian path along Santa Rosa Creek through downtown and out to the west of town. SonomaMarin Area Rail Transit (SMART) brought passenger railway back to Santa Rosa for the first time in 59 years, in 2017. Nonstop flights are available to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Burbank, San Diego, Santa Ana, Portland, Seattle, Las Vegas, Denver, Dallas, and Phoenix. Santa Rosa is on the path of the partially-developed Great Redwood Trail which will run "from San Francisco Bay in Marin County to Humboldt Bay in the north" In 1906 a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake destroyed most of Santa Rosa. The department grew to 100 firefighters in 1983 with the addition of the city of Roseland to the SRFD responsibility area. Many members of the department serve as part of the California Task Force 4, one of the eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces throughout the state. In the 1950s, the Northwestern Pacific Railroad operated a passenger train from Eureka, through Santa Rosa, to San Rafael at the north edge of the Bay. In 2017, SMART opened two railway stations within the city limits: Guerneville Road and Railroad Square. Trains serve locations as far south as Larkspur;SMART opened on August 25, 2017.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California = 92.6. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 30. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 20. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Santa Rosa = 4.9 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 178,127 individuals with a median age of 38 age the population grows by 5.89% in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 4,200 residents per square mile of area (1,600/km²). There are average 2.58 people per household in the 58,914 households with an average household income of $62,595 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 10.10% of the available work force and has dropped -5.85% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 18.20%. The number of physicians in Santa Rosa per 100,000 population = 242.3.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Santa Rosa = 30.3 inches and the annual snowfall = 0 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 73. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 256. 83 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 37 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 47, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California which are owned by the occupant = 56.09%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 31 years with median home cost = $290,860 and home appreciation of -11.66%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $6.80 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $5,453 per student. There are 20.6 students for each teacher in the school, 3858 students for each Librarian and 922 students for each Counselor. 9.27% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 18.31% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 9.02% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).

  • Santa Rosa's population in Sonoma County, California of 6,673 residents in 1900 has increased 26,69-fold to 178,127 residents after 120 years, according to the official 2020 census.

    Approximately 50.69% female residents and 49.31% male residents live in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California.

    As of 2020 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California are married and the remaining 47.97% are single population.

  • 25.1 minutes is the average time that residents in Santa Rosa require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61­–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.

    77.42% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.55% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 2.17% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 4.37% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.

  • Of the total residential buildings in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, 56.09% are owner-occupied homes, another 39.77% are rented apartments, and the remaining 4.14% are vacant.

  • The 31.40% of the population in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.

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