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    • The San Joaquin Valley is the southern half of California's Central Valley. Famed as a major breadbasket, the San Joaquin Valley is an important source of food, producing a significant part of California's agricultural output. San Joaquin Valley draws from eight counties of Northern and one of Southern California, including all of San Joaquin and Kings counties, … See more

    Geography

    The San Joaquin Valley is the southern half of California's Central Valley. It extends from the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in the north to the Tehachapi Mountains in the south, and from the California c… See more

    Early human settlement

    The San Joaquin Valley was originally inhabited by the Yokuts and Miwok peoples. The first European to enter the valley was Pedro Fages in 1772.
    The Tejon Indian Tribe of California is a federally re… See more

    LocationCalifornia, United States
    Population centersStockton, Tulare, Porterville, Modesto, Turlock, Merced, Fresno, Visalia, Bakersfield, Clovis, Hanford, Madera, Tracy, Lodi, Galt, Manteca and Ceres.
    Borders onSierra Nevada (east), Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (north), Coast Range, San Francisco Bay (west), Tehachapi Mountains (south)
    Traversed byInterstate 5, State Route 99
    Demographics

    The total population of the eight counties comprising the San Joaquin Valley at the time of the 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates by United States Census Bureau reported a population of 4,080,509. … See more

    Economy

    The San Joaquin Valley produces 12.8% of California's agricultural production (as measured by dollar value). Often called a breadbasket region, the valley farms emphasize fruits, vegetables and nuts more than grain f… See more

    Infrastructure

    Interstate 5 (I-5) and State Route 99 (SR 99) each run nearly the entire length of the San Joaquin Valley. I-5 runs in the western part of the valley, bypassing the major population centers (including Fresno, currently th… See more

    Public health

    Located between mountains, and rarely having strong winds to disperse smog, the San Joaquin Valley has some of the United States' worst air pollution, with a PM2.5 measure of 17 micrograms per cubic meter of air, comp… See more

    Cities and counties

    • Fresno
    • Bakersfield
    • Clovis
    • Modesto
    • Stockton
    • Visalia… See more

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