Travis Air Force Base is located just east of Fairfield. Between 2017 and 2023,California Forever purchased over 50,000 acres of land in the county for an estimated $900 million to develop a new city.[9][10]
Solano County is the easternmost county of theNorth Bay.[8] As such, it is sometimes reported by news agencies as being in theEast Bay.[11][12][13] Additionally, a portion of the county extends into theSacramento Valley, geographically.
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 906 square miles (2,350 km2), of which 84 square miles (220 km2), comprising 9.3%, are covered by water.[14]
Each agency interconnects with the others, enabling transit trips throughout the county. Service also connects withBART stations in Contra Costa County. Transit links are provided to Napa, Yolo and Sacramento counties as well.
Greyhound andAmtrak provide long-distance intercity service.
Solano County, 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.
The2010 United States census reported that Solano County had a population of 413,344. Theracial makeup of Solano County was 210,751 (51.0%) White, 60,750 (14.7%) African American, 3,212 (0.8%) Native American, 60,473 (14.6%) Asian, 3,564 (0.9%) Pacific Islander, 43,236 (10.5%) from other races, and 31,358 (7.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 99,356 persons (24.0%).[41] At 52,641 Filipinos in the county making up 12% of the population, Solano County has the largest percentage Filipino population of any county in the United States.[citation needed]
At the2000 census there were 394,542 people, 130,403 households, and 97,411 families in the county. The population density was 476 inhabitants per square mile (184/km2). There were 134,513 housing units at an average density of 162 per square mile (63/km2). Theracial makeup of the county was 56.4% White, 14.9% Black or African American, 0.8% Native American, 12.8% Asian, 0.8% Pacific Islander, 8.0% from other races, and 6.4% from two or more races. 17.64% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 8.5% were ofGerman, 6.4%Irish and 6.0%English ancestry according toCensus 2000. 75.7% spokeEnglish, 12.1%Spanish and 6.6%Tagalog as their first language.[42]Of the 130,403 households 39.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 19.6% of households were one person and 6.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.33.
The age distribution was 28.3% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.2 males.
The median household income was $54,099 and the median family income was $60,597. Males had a median income of $41,787 versus $31,916 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,731. About 6.1% of families and 8.3% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 10.3% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.
TheGovernment of Solano County is defined and authorized under theCalifornia Constitution andlaw as ageneral law county. The County government provides countywide services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, and social services. In addition the County serves as the local government for all unincorporated areas.
The County government is composed of the elected five-memberBoard of Supervisors, several other elected offices including theSheriff-Coroner,District Attorney,Assessor/Recorder,Auditor-Controller, andTreasurer/Tax Collector/County Clerk, and numerous county departments and entities under the supervision of the County Administrator. As of March 2023, the members of the Solano County Board of Supervisors were:
Solano County has been a Democratic stronghold inpresidential andcongressional elections, with CaliforniansRichard Nixon (in 1972) andRonald Reagan (in 1980 and 1984) being the only Republicans to win the county since 1928. However, the northern area of Solano County including Vacaville and Dixon have begun shifting right as evidenced by the 2022 midterms, voters in Congressional District 4 favoring the Republican candidate 50.3% to 49.7%.[46]
United States presidential election results for Solano County, California[47][note 5]
On November 4, 2008, Solano County voted 55.82% in favor ofProposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages. It was the only Bay Area county to approve the initiative.[50] In the2008 presidential election that day,Barack Obama carried the county by a 28.5% margin overJohn McCain, a larger margin than statewide (24%).[51]
According to theCalifornia Secretary of State, as of February 10, 2019, Solano County has 236,028 registered voters. Of those, 106,452 (45.1%) are registered Democrats, 50,006 (21.2%) are registeredRepublicans, and 66,558 (28.2%) havedeclined to state a political party.[52] Democrats hold voter-registration advantages in all incorporated cities and towns in Solano County. However, Republicans lead in registration in the unincorporated communities of the county (40%-35%), making Solano the only county in theBay Area where Republicans out-number Democrats in unincorporated communities. The Democrats' largest registration advantage in Solano is in the city ofVallejo, wherein there are only 8,242 Republicans (14.6%) out of 56,313 total voters compared to 33,753 Democrats (59.9%) and 12,157 voters who have declined to state a political party (21.6%).
In 1985Humphrey the humpback whale strayed off his migration route and ended up in Shag Slough north of Rio Vista. Rescuers from the Marine Mammal Center and other volunteers dismantled a county bridge before being able to turn him around in the narrow slough.
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^abU.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19113.U.S. Census website. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
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