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Elk Grove, California

Coordinates:38°26′18″N121°22′55″W/ 38.43833°N 121.38194°W/38.43833; -121.38194
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Elk Grove, California
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Location of Elk Grove in Sacramento County, California
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Elk Grove, California is located in the United States
Elk Grove, California
Elk Grove, California
Location in the contiguous United States
Coordinates:38°26′18″N121°22′55″W/ 38.43833°N 121.38194°W/38.43833; -121.38194
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySacramento
DistrictCosumnes CSD[1]
IncorporatedJuly 1, 2000[3]
Government
• TypeCouncil/Manager[4]
•MayorBobbie Singh-Allen[5]
•Vice MayorRod Brewer (appointed by city council and rotated annually)[5]
• Chief Of PoliceBobby Davis
• Fire Chief (Cosumnes CSD)Felipe Rodriguez[6]
Area
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• Total42.20 sq mi (109.29 km2)
• Land42.03 sq mi (108.86 km2)
• Water0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2) 0.12%
Elevation
[8]
46 ft (14 m)
Population
(2020)
• Total176,124[2]
• Rank2ndin Sacramento County
26thin California
147thin the United States
• Density4,190.44/sq mi (1,617.89/km2)
Time zoneUTC−8(Pacific)
• Summer (DST)UTC−7(PDT)
ZIP codes[9]
95624, 95757–95759
Area code916, 279
FIPScode06-22020
GNISfeature IDs277506,2410425
Websiteelkgrovecity.org

Elk Groveis acityinSacramento County, California,United States. Located just south of the state capital ofSacramento,it is part of theSacramento metropolitan area.As of the2020 Census,the population of the city was 176,124.[10]A 2021 Census estimate puts the population of the city at 178,997.[11]Elk Grove has manywineries,wine cellars, and vineyards.[12]Elk Grove was the fastest-growing city in the U.S. between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005, and is also presently the second-largest city in Sacramento County by population.[13]

It is ageneral law citywith acouncil/managerform of government.[5]One of Elk Grove's largest employers is theElk Grove Unified School District,which is the city's second-largest employer.

History

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TheMiwokinhabited the area.[14]

SpanishexplorerGabriel Moragaentered the region in 1808, naming the valley "Sacramento Valley" in honor ofSacramento,the Holy Sacrament in Spanish, giving the northerly city of Sacramento its name.[15]A writer on Moraga's expedition wrote of the region:

Canopies of oaks and cottonwoods, many festooned with grapevines, overhung both sides of the blue current. Birds chattered in the trees and big fish darted through the pellucid depths. The air was like champagne, and (the Spaniards) drank deep of it, drank in the beauty around them.[16]

Elk Grove was founded in 1850 as a stage stop for travelers coming fromSacramentoand theSan Francisco Bay Area,when the Elk Grove Hotel and Stage Stop was opened by James Hall and the town was named after it.[17]In 1868 the Western Division of the Central Pacific Railroad came through about a mile east of Elk Grove. At this new location another hotel was built to accommodate travelers and was named the Elk Grove Hotel.[18]

In the following decades, Elk Grove remained a small farming community with little urban development. In the late 1980s, suburban development projects began to spring up around the community, specifically in the north near Sacramento. These were meant to serve Sacramento's population, as well as San Francisco commuters seeking a commuting community relatively near the San Francisco Bay Area where they could reside. Such changes triggered a period of rapid growth. On July 1, 2000, Elk Groveincorporatedas a city. The city's growth peaked in 2004 and 2005, when Elk Grove was declared the fastest growing city in the US.[19]

Apple Inc.manufactured itsiMacline in Elk Grove as late as 2002. After many of those tasks wereoffshoredin 2004, the facility was converted into the modern Apple Elk Grove campus.[20]In 2018, Apple invested $4.2 million into expanding the office space, expanding its already established AppleCare support presence in the region.[21]

In 2008, Elk Grove suffered heavily from thesubprime mortgage crisisdue to its suburban nature.[22]

Geography

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Climate

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Elk Grove is 5–10 miles (8–16 km) south of the state capital in Sacramento and experiences ahot-summer Mediterranean climate(Köppen:Csa) with hot summers and cool winters. Summers are moderated by a cool Pacific Ocean breeze also known as the "delta breeze" which comes through the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta from the San Francisco Bay.[23]

Climate data for Elk Grove, California
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 74
(23) 		79
(26) 		88
(31) 		95
(35) 		103
(39) 		112
(44) 		112
(44) 		113
(45) 		117
(47) 		101
(38) 		86
(30) 		73
(23) 		117
(47)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 56
(13) 		61
(16) 		66
(19) 		72
(22) 		80
(27) 		88
(31) 		93
(34) 		92
(33) 		88
(31) 		78
(26) 		64
(18) 		56
(13) 		75
(24)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 41
(5) 		42
(6) 		44
(7) 		47
(8) 		51
(11) 		56
(13) 		59
(15) 		59
(15) 		59
(15) 		53
(12) 		46
(8) 		40
(4) 		50
(10)
Record low °F (°C) 21
(−6) 		23
(−5) 		25
(−4) 		34
(1) 		37
(3) 		41
(5) 		49
(9) 		50
(10) 		44
(7) 		31
(−1) 		24
(−4) 		15
(−9) 		15
(−9)
Averageprecipitationinches (mm) 3.5
(89) 		3.38
(86) 		2.88
(73) 		1.31
(33) 		0.65
(17) 		0.16
(4.1) 		0.05
(1.3) 		0.06
(1.5) 		0.31
(7.9) 		0.92
(23) 		2.13
(54) 		2.91
(74) 		18.59
(472)
Source:[24]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19602,205—
19703,72168.8%
198010,959194.5%
199017,48359.5%
200059,984243.1%
2010153,015155.1%
2020176,12415.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[25][2]

2020

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Elk Grove city, California – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[27] Pop 2010[28] Pop 2020[29] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
Whitealone (NH) 32,252 58,305 51,218 53.77% 38.10% 29.08%
Black or African Americanalone (NH) 4,967 16,462 17,149 8.28% 10.76% 9.74%
Native AmericanorAlaska Nativealone (NH) 370 507 521 0.62% 0.33% 0.30%
Asianalone (NH) 10,392 39,479 58,036 17.32% 25.80% 32.95%
Pacific Islanderalone (NH) 336 1,731 2,446 0.56% 1.13% 1.39%
Other racealone (NH) 237 350 1,141 0.40% 0.33% 0.65%
Mixed race or Multiracial(NH) 3,032 8,600 12,221 5.05% 5.62% 6.94%
Hispanic or Latino(any race) 8,398 27,581 33,392 14.00% 18.03% 18.96%
Total 59,984 153,015 176,124 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

Economy

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Employers

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Top 12 employers in Elk Grove in 2022[30]
# Employer # of Employees
1 Apple Inc. 5,000
2 Elk Grove Unified School District 3,857
3 CA CorrectionalHealth Care Services 1,437
4 Walmart(3 locations) 569
5 Kaiser Permanente(2 locations) 530
6 Costco Wholesale Corporation 400
7 Raley's/Bel Air Markets 378
8 City of Elk Grove 374
9 AlldataLLC 363
10 Cosumnes Community Services District 318
11 Safeway(2 locations) 252
12 Trader Joe's 100

Arts and culture

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Public libraries

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The Elk Grove Public Library is located at 8900 Elk Grove Boulevard in a modern two-story building, it moved to this location in 2008 from its old building one block east. The library is part of the broaderSacramento Public Librarysystem. The Elk Grove Library also serves neighboring communities such asVineyard,Wilton,Sloughhouse,andRancho Murieta.[31]Additional local libraries supplement neighborhoods, such as the public Franklin High Library.Elk Grove Public Librarywas the first free Public in Sacramento County.[32]

Parks and recreation

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Cosumnes Community Services District owns and operates over 100 parks in Elk Grove, including Emerald Lakes Golf Course.[33]

Government

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Beginning in 2012, voters elect the mayor for a two-year term. Prior to 2012, the mayor's position was a one-year term and was chosen by the city council. The remaining four positions on the city council are elected by districts for four-year terms.[5]

On November 8, 2016,Steve Lybecame the second directly elected mayor following Gary Davis. He is the first ethnicHmongmayor in the United States, having immigrated at the age of four with his family as refugees from Laos after the end of the Vietnam War.[34][35]Currently, Bobbie Singh-Allen sits as mayor having defeated Ly in the 2020 election following Ly's controversial tenure.[36]The remaining council members are Darren Suen (District 1), Rod Brewer (District 2), Kevin Spease (District 3) and Sergio Robles (District 4).[5]

Elk Grove is inCalifornia's 7th congressional district,represented byDemocratDoris Matsui.[37]

The Cosumnes Community Services District is the largest Community Services District in California and provides parks and recreation services and fire protection services in Elk Grove. Located in southern Sacramento County, the district covers 157 square miles (410 km2).The board of directors is the governing body of the district and is composed of five duly-elected or appointed residents. At the beginning of each year, the board selects from its members a president and vice-president to serve during the ensuing year.[38]

Education

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TheElk Grove Unified School Districtis the fifth largest school district in California and one of the fastest growing school districts in the nation. It also consistently ranks among the top school districts in the state. Located in southernSacramentoCounty, the district covers 320 square miles (830 km2), one-third of the county. For the 2002–03 school year, the district served more than 52,500 students, and grew to 62,767 students in the 2016–2017 school year. Those students attend 40 elementary schools, 9 middle schools, 9 high schools and 7 alternative high schools.[39]

There are also several private schools in town. A local community college,Cosumnes River College,offers both career training and a transfer program to four-year universities, such as theCSUsystem andUCsystem across the state ofCalifornia.Located nearby areCalifornia State University, Sacramentoand theUniversity of California, Davis.Elk Grove is also the home of the private six-year Universalist college Quest Seminary.[dubious–discuss][40]In 2013,California Northstate University College of Pharmacy,which offers a Doctor of Pharmacy degree program, relocated to Elk Grove (nearInterstate 5).

Infrastructure

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Buses

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Elk Grove is serviced by aE-tran,a fared bus system that traverses many of the city's main routes.[41]SmaRT Ride is a free, on-demand,Sacramento Regional Transit Districtsystem for students that services main routes.[42]

Rail

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There are plans forSacRTto expand its light rail system two miles south fromCosumnes River Collegeto Elk Grove Boulevard, however these plans for a new light-rail station are currently in the planning phase.[43]

Amtrak CaliforniaSan Joaquinintercity railandAltamont Corridor Expresscommuter railwere expected to be brought directly to Elk Grove in 2021, on the existing rail line which extends from Marysville in the north to Stockton in the south.[44]In February 2024, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen announced that the City of Elk Grove had closed escrow on the new station property.[45]

For more, seeElk Grove station.

Notable people

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Main category:People from Elk Grove, California

Sister cities

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Elk Grove is asister cityofConcepción de AtacoinEl Salvador.[54]

See also

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