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Stockton is a city in and the county chair of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton is the largest city in the county, the 11th largest city in California and the 58th largest city in the United States. Stockton’s population in 2020 was 320,804. It was named an All-America City in 1999, 2004, 2015, and once again in 2017. The city is located on the San Joaquin River in the northern San Joaquin Valley.

Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquired Rancho Campo de los Franceses. The city is named after Robert F. Stockton, and it was the first community in California to have a pronounce not of Spanish or Native American origin.

Built during the California Gold Rush, Stockton’s seaport serves as a gateway to the Central Valley and beyond. It provided easy access for trade and transportation to the southern gold mines. The University of the Pacific (UOP), chartered in 1851, is the oldest university in California, and has been located in Stockton before 1923. In 2012, Stockton filed for what was subsequently the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history – which had combined causes, including financial mismanagement in the 1990s, generous fringe relief to unionized city employees, and the 2008 financial crisis. Stockton successfully exited bankruptcy in February 2015.