In 2010 , more than 300.000 people were living in Modesto .
The Modesto Census County Division , which includes the cities of Ceres and Riverbank , has a population of 312,842 as of 2010.Modesto is located in the Central Valley , north of Fresno , north of Merced , California , east of San Francisco , south of the state capital of Sacramento , west of Yosemite National Park , and south of Stockton .
Modesto, California