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52-597: Yuba County ( / ˈ j uː b ə / ; Maidu : Yubu ) is a county located in north-central Central Valley, California , United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census , its population was 81,575. Yuba County is included in the Yuba City metropolitan statistical area , which is also included in the Sacramento – Roseville combined statistical area . The county is in the Central Valley region along

104-781: A Yuba County Library system with one branch in Marysville. Yuba County schools have a 16% suspension rate, with 2,257 students receiving suspensions out of 14,027 students enrolled in Yuba County schools. The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Yuba County. 39°16′N 121°21′W  /  39.27°N 121.35°W  / 39.27; -121.35 Maidu The Maidu people are geographically dispersed into many subgroups or bands who live among and identify with separate valleys, foothills, and mountains in northeastern Central California. The three subcategories of Maidu are: Estimates for

156-421: A household in the county was $ 30,460, and for a family was $ 34,103. Males had a median income of $ 27,845 versus $ 21,301 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 14,124. About 16.3% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 27.6% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over. Higher education is available at Yuba Community College . The county also has

208-625: A language that some linguists believe was related to the Penutian family. While all Maidu spoke a form of this language, the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary differed sufficiently that Maidu separated by large distances or by geographic features that discouraged travel might speak dialects that were nearly mutually unintelligible. The four principal divisions of the language were Northeastern Maidu or Yamonee Maidu (known simply as Maidu ); Southern Maidu or Nisenan ; Northwestern Maidu or Konkow ; and Valley Maidu or Chico . The Maidu inhabited areas in

260-669: A majority in the county was Jimmy Carter in 1976 . In the United States House of Representatives , Yuba County is split between California's 1st congressional district , represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa , and California's 3rd congressional district , represented by Republican Kevin Kiley . In the California State Legislature , the county is in the 4th Senate District , represented by Republican Marie Alvarado-Gil , and

312-424: A population of 72,155. The racial makeup of Yuba County was 49,332 (68.4%) White, 2,361 (3.3%) African American, 1,675 (2.3%) Native American, 4,862 (6.7%) Asian, 293 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 8,545 (11.8%) from other races, and 5,087 (7.1%) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 18,051 persons (25.0%). As of the census of 2000, 60,219 people, 20,535 households, and 14,805 families resided in

364-662: A seat following Alvarado-Gil switching her party. Republicans hold 17 of the 80 seats in the State Assembly . The last time the Republicans were the majority party in the Assembly was during 1994–1996. Of California's ten largest cities, two have Republican mayors as of July 2022: As of the 2024 Republican National Convention , the California Republican Party gets to send 169 delegates to

416-530: A third term while Poizner chose not to seek re-election as California insurance commissioner, instead making an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for new governor. In 2018 , Poizner attempted to run again for his old seat of insurance commissioner, but did so without the affiliation to the Republican Party. The last Republican to serve as lieutenant governor is Abel Maldonado , who

468-509: Is Bruce McPherson who was appointed to the position in 2005 when the previous Secretary of State, Kevin Shelley , resigned. McPherson lost the election for a full term in 2006 and left office in January 2007. The last Republican elected to the position is Bill Jones who was elected in 1994, reelected in 1998 and served until January 2003. The last Republican to serve as State treasurer

520-565: Is Matt Fong who was elected in 1994 and served until January 1999. Fong chose not to run for re-election to a second term in office in 1998, choosing instead to run unsuccessfully for the US Senate seat . The last Republican to serve as State controller is Houston I. Flournoy who was elected in 1966, reelected in 1970, and served until January 1975. The last Republican to serve as the Superintendent of Public Instruction (which

572-461: Is California's fifth-smallest county by area. The county lies along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada , the steep slopes making it prime territory for the siting of hydroelectric power plants. Part of the county, where Marysville (the county seat) and most of the population lives, is west of the mountains on the valley floor; a great deal of agricultural business occurs in this part of

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624-605: Is a super minority in the California State Legislature , holding less than 1/3 (33.3%) of the seats in both chambers of the legislature: 17 seats out of 80 in the California State Assembly (21%), and 9 seats out of 40 in the California State Senate (23%). The party holds none of the eight statewide executive branch offices, 12 of the state's 52 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives delegation (23%), and neither of California's seats in

676-587: Is officially a non-partisan position) is Max Rafferty , who was elected in 1962, reelected in 1966, and served until January 1971. Republicans hold one of the four non- ex-officio seats on the State Board of Equalization : Republicans are in the minority, holding nine of the 40 seats in the State Senate . Republicans have been the minority party in the Senate since 1970 . California Republicans gained

728-588: Is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the U.S. state of California . The party is based in Sacramento and is led by chair Jessica Millan Patterson, the first Latina to lead the party. As of October 2023, Republicans represent approximately 23.9% of the state's registered voters, placing the party far behind the California Democratic Party which has 46.8% of registered voters. The party

780-456: Is the last Republican to have represented California in the U.S. Senate. Appointed in 1991 by Pete Wilson who resigned his Class I Senate seat because he was elected governor in 1990 , Seymour lost the 1992 special election to Democratic challenger Dianne Feinstein for the remainder of the term expiring in 1995. Feinstein held the seat until her death in 2023. Pete Wilson is the last Republican to have won an election to represent California in

832-490: The presidential primary ). The California Republican Party is a "political party that has detailed statutory provisions applicable to its operation", which are in division 7, part 3 of the California Elections Code . The Republican State Central Committee (RSCC), the governing body of the California Republican Party, functions pursuant to its standing rules and bylaws. The RSCC works together with

884-486: The 2016 election and the 2018 election . Out of the 52 seats California is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives , 12 are held by Republicans: California has not had a Republican in a state-wide elected office since January 2011. Republicans were last elected to a statewide office in 2006, when Arnold Schwarzenegger was re-elected as governor and Steve Poizner was elected as insurance commissioner. In 2010, term limits prevented Schwarzenegger from seeking

936-417: The 2024 National Convention , the state party changed its rules for awarding delegates in order to comply with the rules of the national party (failure to do so would have resulted in a cut of 50% to the number of delegates the state party gets to send to the national convention). Under the new system, delegates are awarded based on the statewide results, rather than results within the individual districts. At

988-514: The 3rd Assembly District , represented by Republican James Gallagher . Yuba Sutter Transit operates local bus service, as well as commuter runs to downtown Sacramento. Greyhound buses stop in Marysville. Yuba County Airport is 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Marysville. It is a general-aviation airport. Brownsville Aero Pines Airport is off La Porte Rd in Brownsville. The 2010 United States Census reported that Yuba County had

1040-640: The Feather River ; the county seat is Marysville . Yuba County was one of California's original counties, formed in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to Placer County in 1851, to Nevada County in 1851, and to Sierra County in 1852. The county was named after the Yuba River by Captain John Sutter for the Maidu village Yubu , Yupu , or Juba near

1092-555: The Plumas National Forest and the Tahoe National Forest . The county also has natural areas consisting of forests, grasslands, riparian areas, and meadows. This table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense: Yuba is a strongly Republican county in presidential and congressional elections. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win

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1144-494: The U.S. Senate . The Republican Party was born in 1854 as a primary vehicle to oppose the expansion of slavery in the United States. In 1856, Republicans nominated John C. Frémont , one of California's inaugural senators, for the 1856 presidential election , but he lost the state by a wide margin to Democrat and eventual winner James Buchanan , though he did win the state of New York . Later in 1860, Abraham Lincoln

1196-410: The 1990s. George H. W. Bush carried the state in 1988 after Ronald Reagan twice carried the state in 1984 and 1980 . Pete Wilson was elected Senator in 1988 , and John Seymour was the last Republican Senator from California after being appointed to the seat in 1991. California's Latino and Asian populations grew significantly in the 1990s and the growing segment of voters were turned off by

1248-567: The California Republican Party had fewer registered voters than voters registered with a no party preference option, but that trend reversed in 2020. The California Republican Party is known for its culture-war style politics; the state party platform advocates for a near-total ban on abortion access , banning same-sex marriage , and privatizing education . The following is a list of Republican statewide, federal, and legislative officeholders: Both of California's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Democrats since 1992 . John F. Seymour

1300-523: The Maidu are traditionally a monotheistic people: "they greeted the sunrise with a prayer of thankfulness; at noon they stopped for meditation, and at sunset, they communed with Kadyapam and gave thanks for blessings throughout the day." A traditional spring celebration for the Maidu was the Bear Dance when the Maidu honored the bear coming out of hibernation. The bear's hibernation and survival through

1352-577: The Maidu population had recovered to an estimated 3,500. The Maidu women were exemplary basketweavers, weaving highly detailed and useful baskets in sizes ranging from thimbles to huge ones 10 or more feet in diameter. The weaving on some of these baskets is so fine that a magnifying glass is needed to see the strands. In addition to making closely woven, watertight baskets for cooking, they made large storage baskets, bowls, shallow trays, traps, cradles, hats, and seed beaters. They used dozens of different kinds of wild plant stems, barks, roots and leaves. Some of

1404-569: The Republican Party's hard-line stance on immigration (the Party closely tied itself to Proposition 187 ). Democrats have won most elections at the state, local, and federal levels since the 2000s by comfortable margins. For example, despite failing to win the presidency, Hillary Clinton won a higher percentage of votes than any candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Still, California elected Arnold Schwarzenegger twice for governor. Schwarzenegger and Steve Poizner , who later became an independent, are

1456-604: The Republican county central committees and district central committees, with county central committees appointing delegates to the RSCC. The regular officers of the RSCC are the chairman, state vice chairman, eight regional vice chairmen, secretary, and treasurer. There are semi-autonomous county central committees for each of California's 58 counties . At every direct primary election (presidential primary) or when district boundaries are redrawn, their members are either elected by supervisor district or Assembly district depending on

1508-478: The U.S. Senate, when he won in 1988 . He is also the last Republican to represent California for a full term in the U.S. Senate from 1983 to 1989. With the passage of Prop 14 in 2010 setting up a jungle primary system in California, there was a period of 10 years (2012–2022) in which no Republican made the general election for the US Senate, as Republicans were locked out from the general elections in both

1560-528: The confluence of the Yuba and Feather Rivers. General Mariano Vallejo said the river was named Uba by an exploring expedition in 1824 because of the quantities of wild grapes ( uvas silvestres in Spanish ) that they found growing on its banks. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has an area of 644 square miles (1,670 km), of which 12 square miles (31 km) (1.9%) are covered by water. It

1612-441: The county, especially fruit orchards, rice fields, and cattle ranching. Yuba is the most biodiverse county in the contiguous United States, with a documented 1,968 native vascular plant species per 10,000 square kilometres (3,860 sq mi), and 2,772 total species verifiably observed. Flowering plant species include the yellow mariposa lily ( Calochortus luteus ). National protected areas in Yuba County include parts of

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1664-434: The county. The population density was 96 inhabitants per square mile (37/km). The 22,636 housing units had an average density of 36 per square mile (14/km). The racial makeup of the county was 70.6% White, 3.2% African American, 2.6% Native American, 7.5% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 10.0% from other races, and 5.9% from two or more races. About 17.4% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race. Ancestry distribution

1716-405: The food was a long and tedious process that was undertaken by the women and children. The acorns had to be shelled, cleaned, and then ground into meal. This was done by pounding them with a pestle on a hard surface, generally a hollowed-out stone. The tannic acid in the acorns was leached out by spreading the meal smoothly on a bed of pine needles laid over sand. Cedar or fir boughs were placed across

1768-428: The hills and the mountains, the Maidu built their dwellings partially underground, to gain protection from the cold. These houses were sizable, circular structures 12 to 18 feet in diameter, with floors, dug as much as 3 feet below ground level. Once the floor of the house was dug, a pole framework was built. It was covered by pinebark slabs. A sturdy layer of earth was placed along the base of the structure. A central fire

1820-613: The inventiveness and skill of the weaver and the materials available, such as feathers of brightly plumaged birds, shells, quills, seeds or beads- almost anything that could be attached." Like many other California tribes, the Maidu were primarily hunters and gatherers and did not farm. They practiced grooming of their gathering grounds, with fire as a primary tool for this purpose. They tended local groves of oak trees to maximize production of acorns , which were their principal dietary staple after being processed and prepared. According to Maidu elder Marie Potts: Preparing acorns as

1872-574: The last Republicans to win statewide elections in California. California has two Republican presidents in U.S. history: Richard Nixon , who was a U.S. representative and senator from California, and Ronald Reagan , who was a governor of California (1967–1975). Herbert Hoover also studied in California and lived there for a number of years. Other notable California Republicans include former Governor and Chief Justice Earl Warren , former Governor and Senator Hiram Johnson , and former Senator and founder of Stanford University Leland Stanford . In 2018,

1924-430: The many flowering plants, and corms from wildflowers also were gathered and processed as part of their diet. The men hunted deer, elk, antelope, and smaller game, within a spiritual system that respected the animals. The men captured fish from the many streams and rivers, as they were a prime source of protein. Salmon were collected when they came upstream to spawn; other fish were available year-round. Especially higher in

1976-576: The meal and warm water was poured all over, a process that took several hours, with the boughs distributing the water evenly and flavoring the meal. The Maidu used the abundance of acorns to store large quantities for harder times. Above-ground acorn granaries were created by the weavers. Besides acorns, which provided dietary starch and fat , the Maidu supplemented their acorn diet with edible roots or tubers (for which they were nicknamed "Digger Indians" by European immigrants), and other plants and tubers. The women and children also collected seeds from

2028-442: The more common were fern roots, red bark of the redbud, white willow twigs and tule roots, hazel twigs, yucca leaves, brown marsh grassroots, and sedge roots. By combining these different kinds of plants, the women made geometric designs on their baskets in red, black, white, brown or tan. Maidu elder Marie Potts explains, "The coiled and twining systems were both used, and the products were sometimes handsomely decorated according to

2080-493: The northeastern Sierra Nevada. Many examples of indigenous rock art and petroglyphs have been found here. Scholars are uncertain about whether these date from previous indigenous populations of peoples or were created by the Maidu people. The Maidu incorporated these works into their cultural system, and believe that such artifacts are real, living energies that are an integral part of their world. California Republican Party The California Republican Party ( CAGOP )

2132-438: The party's primary. The passage of Proposition 14 limited this "modified" closed primary system to primaries for President of the United States , starting with the 2012 primaries . Since the adoption of the "modified" closed primary system, the California Republican Party has allowed "independent" voters to vote in Republican primaries only in 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010 (for 2008, the allowance applied to all primaries except for

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2184-500: The pool of men who headed the local Kuksu cult. They did not exercise day-to-day authority, but were primarily responsible for settling internal disputes and negotiating over matters arising between villages. The primary religious tradition was known as the Kuksu cult. This central California religious system was based on a male secret society. It was characterized by the Kuksu or "big head" dances. Maidu elder Marie Mason Potts says that

2236-486: The pre-contact populations of most native groups in California have varied substantially. Alfred L. Kroeber estimated the 1770 population of the Maidu (including the Konkow and Nisenan) as 9,000. Sherburne F. Cook raised this figure slightly, to 9,500. Kroeber reported the population of the Maidu in 1910 as 1,100. The 1930 census counted 93, following decimation by infectious diseases and social disruption. As of 1995,

2288-405: The quadannual Presidential nominating convention , the most of any state party. From the 2004 presidential primary until the 2020 presidential primary , the California Republican Party awarded 3 delegates to the winner of the primary within each one of the state's congressional districts , with the balance (about a dozen delegates) awarded proportionally based on the statewide result. Ahead of

2340-465: The right to vote. Republicans dominated state politics for most of the 20th century (they controlled the state senate from 1891 to 1958) until the 1960s when the Democrats once again became competitive with the rightward shift of the Republican Party, exemplified by their nomination of Barry Goldwater in 1964 (Goldwater lost California in a landslide). Republicans still saw ample success up until

2392-588: The urging of the Donald Trump presidential campaign , the rules were also changed that if a candidate receives more than 50% of the primary votes, the candidate gets 100% of the state's 169 allotted delegates. If no candidate gets 50% of the primary vote, then delegates are awarded proportionally. Since January 2001, California has had a "modified" closed primary system in which political parties can determine whether or not to allow voters who are not affiliated with any party (i.e. "independent") to participate in

2444-613: The winter symbolized perseverance to the Maidu, who identified with the animal spiritually. The Kuksu cult system was also followed by the Pomo and the Patwin among the Wintun . Missionaries later forced the peoples to adopt Christianity, but they often retained elements of their traditional practices. Stories of K'odojapem/World-maker and Wepam/ Trickster Coyote are particularly prominent in Maidu traditional narratives . The Maidu spoke

2496-471: Was 11.2% German , 10.4% American, 7.6% Irish, and 7.5% English according to Census 2000 ; 78.8% spoke English , 13.2% Spanish , and 4.7% Hmong as their first language. Of the 20,535 households, 38.1% had children under living with them, 53.2% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were not families. About 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who

2548-402: Was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.87, and the average family size was 3.34. In the county, the age distribution was 31.0% under 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.6 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 99.4 males. The median income for

2600-576: Was appointed in 2010 by Schwarzenegger to fill the vacancy when John Garamendi resigned to take a seat in Congress. Maldonado lost his election in 2010 for a full term, and left office in January 2011. The last Republican elected to the position is Mike Curb , who was elected in 1978 and served until January 1983. The last Republican to serve as Attorney general is Dan Lungren who was elected in 1990, reelected in 1994, and served until January 1999. The last Republican to serve as Secretary of State

2652-549: Was elected to the presidency as the first Republican president. The Republican Party would emerge as primary opposition to the Democratic Party until the present day. California Republicans and Democrats were competitive throughout the late 19th century. In 1878, Republican California Senator Aaron A. Sargent introduced the language that would become the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which would allow women

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2704-530: Was prepared in the house at ground level. It had a stone-lined pit and bedrock mortar to hold heat for food preparation. For summer dwelling, a different structure was built from cut branches tied together and fastened to sapling posts, then covered with brush and soil. The summer shelters were built with the principal opening facing east to catch the rising sun, and to avoid the heat of afternoon sun. Maidu lived in small villages or bands with no centralized political organization. Leaders were typically selected from

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