Stockton, California

**Stockton** is a city in northern California. It is located on the San Joaquin River in the northern San Joaquin Valley. In 2020, it had a population of 320,804. Stockton is the 11th largest city in California and the 60th most populous city in the United States.

In 2012, the city went bankrupt. The city was no longer bankrupt in February 2015.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Stockton, California
- **settlement type**: List of municipalities in California, City
- **image seal**: Seal of Stockton, California.png
- **nickname**: '"Tuleburg", "Mudville", "California's Sunrise Seaport".  "Port City". "Asparagus Capital of America",
- **motto**: "Stockton: All American City"
- **image flag**: Flag of Stockton, California.png
- **image map**: San_Joaquin_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Stockton_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250x350px
- **map caption**: Location within San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County and the state of California
- **pushpin map**: California#USA
- **pushpin label**: Stockton
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within California##Location within the contiguous United States
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type3**: List of counties in California, County
- **subdivision type2**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: California
- **subdivision name3**: San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin
- **subdivision name2**: San Joaquin Valley
- **established title**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date**: July 23, 1850
- **named for**: Robert F. Stockton
- **government type**: Council–manager government, City Manager-Council
- **total type**: List of municipalities in California, City
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 169.07
- **area total sq mi**: 65.28
- **area land km2**: 161.12
- **area land sq mi**: 62.21
- **area water km2**: 7.96
- **area water sq mi**: 3.07
- **area water percent**: 4.71
- **elevation m**: 4
- **elevation ft**: 13
- **population total**: 320804
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population urban**: 414,847 (List of United States urban areas, US: 101st)
- **population density urban km2**: 1,732.3
- **population density urban sq mi**: 4,486.7
- **population metro**: 779,233 (Metropolitan statistical area, US: 76th)
- **population rank**: San Joaquin County, California, 1st in San Joaquin County
List of largest California cities by population, 11th in California
List of United States cities by population, 60th in the United States
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 95201–95213, 95215, 95219, 95267, 95269, 95296–95297
- **area code**: Area code 209, 209
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **leader title3**: California's 5th State Senate district, State senator
- **leader title4**: California's 13th State Assembly district, Assemblymember
- **timezone**: Pacific Time Zone, Pacific
- **utc offset**: −8
- **timezone dst**: Pacific Daylight Time, PDT
- **utc offset dst**: −7
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature IDs
- **blank1 info**: ,
- **population demonym**: Stocktonian