Solano County Demographic Report
Demographic Report
Solano County
First Draft
Judith Bodolla Tata
SOCI 370 - Population and Migration
Professor Marianne Paiva
12/2/13
Introduction
Solano County was formed in 1850 but had been in existence for at least 2000 years and was once home to the Patwin Indians (About Solano). It is also one of the original 27 counties in California. Today, Solano is culturally diverse county, well situated between San Francisco and Sacramento and provides easy access between the two largest cities in Northern California. There is agricultural production as well as many parks and open spaces for recreation. There are seven cities, all of them incorporated between 1850-1903. This paper is a review of the population and demographic trends of
Solano …show more content…
This is possibly due to the fact that there are, as shown in Table 3, twice as many Blacks and African Americans among the total population in Solano
County.
Table 11 Business owners by race (2007)*
Index
Solano County
California
Black-owned firms
8.9%
4.0%
American-Indian and Alaska Native owned firms
1.4%
1.3%
15.5%
14.9%
Asian-owned firms
8
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander owned firms
Hispanic-owned firms
*
S
0.3%
11.3%
16.5%
Source: US Census Bureau http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06095.html
Population Pyramid
Data Source: US Census Bureau …show more content…
These are productive ages where most people are at the peak of their careers, earning good salaries. The gender distribution is fairly even, with more females surviving into their 70s and beyond, which is a normal trend. In comparison with the data from
2000, the 10 years have seen some changes as illustrated in Table 13 below.
Demographical Changes over Time
Solano County’s population grew from 24,143 people in 1900 to a population of
340,421 in 1990. The first large increase took place during the WWI years between
1910-1920 and the second large increase happened after the U.S. entered WWII. I believe both of these growths can be attributed to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, which at the height of the war employed over 46,000 people who worked and lived in the area together with their families (Mare Island History). One of the smallest increases in population was between 1990-2000 (see Table 13) and this was very likely due to the closure of the shipyard, which took place in 1996. There are seven cities in Solano ranging in population size from about 7,500 (Rio Vista) to 116,000 (Vallejo) but the majority of the land area, 62% (Richter and Sokolov), is agricultural. Most of
Solano County
First Draft
Judith Bodolla Tata
SOCI 370 - Population and Migration
Professor Marianne Paiva
12/2/13
Introduction
Solano County was formed in 1850 but had been in existence for at least 2000 years and was once home to the Patwin Indians (About Solano). It is also one of the original 27 counties in California. Today, Solano is culturally diverse county, well situated between San Francisco and Sacramento and provides easy access between the two largest cities in Northern California. There is agricultural production as well as many parks and open spaces for recreation. There are seven cities, all of them incorporated between 1850-1903. This paper is a review of the population and demographic trends of
Solano …show more content…
This is possibly due to the fact that there are, as shown in Table 3, twice as many Blacks and African Americans among the total population in Solano
County.
Table 11 Business owners by race (2007)*
Index
Solano County
California
Black-owned firms
8.9%
4.0%
American-Indian and Alaska Native owned firms
1.4%
1.3%
15.5%
14.9%
Asian-owned firms
8
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander owned firms
Hispanic-owned firms
*
S
0.3%
11.3%
16.5%
Source: US Census Bureau http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06095.html
Population Pyramid
Data Source: US Census Bureau …show more content…
These are productive ages where most people are at the peak of their careers, earning good salaries. The gender distribution is fairly even, with more females surviving into their 70s and beyond, which is a normal trend. In comparison with the data from
2000, the 10 years have seen some changes as illustrated in Table 13 below.
Demographical Changes over Time
Solano County’s population grew from 24,143 people in 1900 to a population of
340,421 in 1990. The first large increase took place during the WWI years between
1910-1920 and the second large increase happened after the U.S. entered WWII. I believe both of these growths can be attributed to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, which at the height of the war employed over 46,000 people who worked and lived in the area together with their families (Mare Island History). One of the smallest increases in population was between 1990-2000 (see Table 13) and this was very likely due to the closure of the shipyard, which took place in 1996. There are seven cities in Solano ranging in population size from about 7,500 (Rio Vista) to 116,000 (Vallejo) but the majority of the land area, 62% (Richter and Sokolov), is agricultural. Most of