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Tracy is the second most populated city in
San Joaquin County San Joaquin County ( ; , meaning " St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 779,233. The county seat is Stockton. San Jo ...
, California, United States. The population was 93,000 at the 2020 census. Tracy is located inside a geographic triangle formed by
Interstate 205 Interstate 205 may refer to either of two unconnected Interstate Highways in the United States, both of which are related to Interstate 5 * Interstate 205 (California), a connector in the San Francisco Bay Area * Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washing ...
on the north side of the city,
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to the east, and Interstate 580 to the southwest.


History

Until the 1760s, the area that became the city of Tracy was long populated by the Yokuts ethnic group of loosely associated bands of Native Americans and their ancestors. They lived on hunting and gathering game and fish from local rivers and creeks. After encountering the Spanish colonists, the Yokuts suffered from new infectious diseases, which caused social disruption, as did the Spanish efforts to impress them into labor at
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. Mexican and American explorers later arrived, pushing the Yokuts out. The Yokuts people remain, living in small groups with about 2,600 people identifying as Yokut. Along with them, another language group of Native Americans found near Tracy are referred to as the
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, numbering around 1,800. Tracy is a
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that came from the mid-19th century construction, mainly by Chinese laborers, of
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rail lines running from
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through Stockton to the
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, beginning 1868 and ending September 1878 with the opening of a new branch and junction. A number of small communities sprang up along these lines at designated station sites, including one at the junction named for railroad director J. J. Tracy. Incorporated in 1911, Tracy grew rapidly and prospered as the center of an agricultural area, even when larger railroad operations began to decline in the 1950s. Competition with trucking and automobiles resulted in widespread railroad restructuring. Tracy is part of the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area, an extension of the Bay Area. In December 1969, the town of Tracy hosted the
Altamont Free Concert The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a counterculture rock concert in the United States, held on Saturday, December 6, 1969, at the Altamont Speedway outside of Tracy, California. Approximately 300,000 attended the concert, with some an ...
, held at the later closed
Altamont Raceway Park Altamont Raceway Park is a motorsports race track in the western United States, located in northern California, west of Tracy. It opened on July 22, 1966, and operated under the names Altamont Speedway, Altamont Raceway, Altamont Motorsports ...
. An estimated 300,000 people gathered at the speedway infield in an event that was plagued by violence among attendees, many of whom were drunk or drugged. Artists featured included the British
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and the California bands
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,
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,
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and
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. Tracy was the headquarters of a branch of the
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. Increased activity was reported by the media in 1972, with the appearance of graffiti spray-painted Nazi
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s and the words "White Power". A surplus army 2½-ton 6×6 truck with swastika symbols was seen carrying neo-Nazi recruits around town. Members handed out flyers printed with "Join the National Socialist White People’s Party" and a Tracy-based
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mailing address. The television program ''
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'' aired a report in 1978 titled "The California Reich" with an interview of a Tracy resident who was a neo-Nazi leader. After about a decade, most of the city's neo-Nazis moved to
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. On August 7, 1998, a
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ignited at S.F. Royster's Tire Disposal south of Tracy at 29425 South MacArthur Drive, near Linne Road. The tire dump held more than 7 million illegally stored tires and was allowed to burn for over two years before it was extinguished. Allowing the fire to burn was considered to be a better way to avoid groundwater contamination than putting it out. The cleanup of chemicals released by the fire cost $16.2 million. The chemicals were found to have contaminated groundwater in the region.


Geography

Located in the Central Valley, Tracy is near both fertile and (due to a region of hills west of Tracy) infertile agricultural lands. Tracy has a Mediterranean climate. Some of this land (in the east and mostly north of Tracy because of the moist Delta river system) has come under increasing development pressure. The
San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a List of regions of California, region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, S ...
's vigorous population growth has spilled over into the Tracy area as well as other locations, such as the new town of Mountain House. Tracy passed Measure A in 1990 in an attempt to contain and limit development. In an effort to reduce environmental impacts of the city, it launched the Emerald Tracy Project in September 2009. City spokesman Matt Robinson said that if it succeeds, Tracy will be the second city after
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to satisfy the state's goal for sustainable communities.


Climate

Tracy features a
semi-arid A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a aridity, dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below Evapotranspiration#Potential evapotranspiration, potential evapotranspiration, but not as l ...
climate (
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''BSk''), with cool, moist winters and very hot and dry summers, displaying Mediterranean characteristics. December and January are the coolest months, and average around , and there are 19 nights with lows at or below freezing annually, with the coldest night of the year typically bottoming out below . July is the warmest month, averaging ; normally, there are 18 days of + highs and 82 days of + highs. Average annual precipitation is around , which, by definition, results in the area being classified as a semi-desert.


Demographics


2020 census


2010 census

The 2010 United States Census reported that Tracy had a population of 82,922. The population density was . The racial makeup of Tracy was 43,724 (52.7%)
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, 5,953 (7.2%)
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, 715 (0.9%) Native American, 12,229 (14.7%) Asian, 747 (0.9%)
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, 13,173 (15.9%) from other races, and 6,381 (7.7%) from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 30,557 persons (36.9%). The Census reported that 82,606 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 69 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 247 (0.3%) were institutionalized. There were 24,331 households, out of which 13,143 (54.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 15,122 (62.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 3,196 (13.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, and 1,627 (6.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,501 (6.2%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 184 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 3,326 households (13.7%) were made up of individuals, and 1,026 (4.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.40. There were 19,945
families Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...
(82.0% of all households); the average family size was 3.72. The population was spread out, with 26,668 people (32.2%) under the age of 18, 7,476 people (9.0%) aged 18 to 24, 23,826 people (28.7%) aged 25 to 44, 19,202 people (23.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 5,750 people (6.9%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males. There were 25,963 housing units at an average density of , of which 16,163 (66.4%) were owner-occupied, and 8,168 (33.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.9%. 54,275 people (65.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 28,331 people (34.2%) lived in rental housing units.


Arts and culture


Historical monuments

Tracy City Hall and Jail was first commissioned by the city in November–December 1899 and completed in March 1900 after the original Jail and city hall was burnt down. This historical site served as the local governments place of operation during Tracy's formative years, which makes this building an integral part of Tracy's foundation. The structure is made of a simple brick building that is 24 by 43 feet in dimension located on 25 West Seventh Street, and was built by J.F. Hoerl. In the historical resources inventory, the Tracy City Hall and Jail was one of only fourteen buildings to receive and "exceptional" rating. The Tracy Inn was originally opened in 1927 with a total of 60 rooms on the second floor and is still located on 24 West Eleventh Street. The building has a very transitional architectural style befitting the 1920s with a classic Spanish Colonial revival and modern styles mixed together. The building was designed by the Oakland firm of Slocomhe and Tuttle. In 1949, after the ownership changed, the Tracy Inn suffered with a fire that burned the only original blue prints of the building. Even with this loss the owner was still able to recreate the original look of the Tracy Inn. The iconic sign of the Tracy Inn has also been replaced in 1945.


Government

The
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operates the Tracy Post Office and the Tracy Carrier Annex. The
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is the penal law enforcement agency of the government of California responsible for the operation of the California state prison and parole systems. Its headquarters are in Sacra ...
operates the
Deuel Vocational Institution Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) was a state prison located in unincorporated San Joaquin County, California, near Tracy. The prison closed on September 30, 2021. Facilities DVI opened in 1953 and named for California state senator Char ...
, a state prison, in unincorporated
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, near Tracy. The Tracy Defense Distribution Depot began its operations back in 1942, and has since been a main supply for American troops for all major wars since World War II. The distribution depot has around 30 warehouses and is a major employer for the area, just under Safeway. In the
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, most of Tracy is in
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and is represented by Democrat Josh Harder, and the southeast corner of Tracy is in
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and is represented by
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.


Education

Three public school districts serve the city of Tracy. The largest and most recognized is the
Tracy Unified School District Tracy Unified School District is a public school district in Tracy, California, United States. As of 2024-2025 school year, there were 22 schools in the district. The district serves approximately 16,000 students in the area. Schools High scho ...
. This school system incorporates many elementary and middle schools as well as five Tracy high schools:
Tracy High School Tracy High School is a four-year public secondary school located in Tracy, California, United States. Enrollment during the 2009-2010 school year was 2339 students. History The West Side Union High School, renamed Tracy Union High School in 19 ...
, Merrill F. West High School,
Delta Charter High School Delta Charter High School (DCHS) is located on the outskirts of Tracy, California. DCHS has a student population of about 300. It is a Charter School focused on balancing a mix of both independent study and classroom instruction, and is accredit ...
, Millennium Charter High School, Tracy Independent Study Charter School and John C. Kimball High School. Tracy's students with behavioral issues attend the Willow Community Day School, and the Tracy One Program, or Community One. The other two school districts are: Lammersville Joint Unified School District, which includes six K-8 schools (Peter Hansen Elementary, Julius Cordes Elementary, Wicklund Elementary, Bethany Elementary, Questa Elementary, and Altamont Elementary) along with Mountain House High School, which was opened in 2014. and Jefferson School District. The latter covers the south side of Tracy and includes four schools: Jefferson Middle School, Tom Hawkins Elementary School, Monticello Elementary School and Anthony C. Traina School.


Media

Tracy's
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is the ''
Tracy Press The ''Tracy Press'' is a weekly newspaper published in Tracy, California, United States. , the paper has an average weekly circulation of over 10,000 and covers both Tracy and Mountain House. History ''The'' ''Tracy Exponent'' was established ...
'', a once-weekly newspaper. ''Bilingual Weekly News'' covers Tracy in English and Spanish.


Infrastructure


Transportation


Public transportation

Tracy is served by several bus services: locally,
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runs seven lines that serve as circulators between major transit hubs, shopping, school, residential, and downtown areas.
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(SJRTD) runs two county hopper routes that connect the city with other San Joaquin County communities and one commuter route that runs to Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. Greyhound, Tracer, and SJRTD all connect with taxis, bike stations, and parking at the Tracy Transit Center, a transit station built in 2010.
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buses serve the city's bus station to connect the area with six daily trips to the South Bay and two to San Francisco, all of which stop at BART and job centers in Livermore. South Tracy offers the
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(ACE) service at Tracy (ACE station), which provides
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transportation to the
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and connects with VTA in San Jose, BART via shuttle in Pleasanton and Fremont, in addition to Amtrak train in Santa Clara and San Jose. Valley Link is planned to pass through Tracy and provide a passenger rail service connecting directly to BART. Intercity passenger rail service to Tracy ended in 1971 with the formation of
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.


Major highways

Interstate 205 Interstate 205 may refer to either of two unconnected Interstate Highways in the United States, both of which are related to Interstate 5 * Interstate 205 (California), a connector in the San Francisco Bay Area * Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washing ...
passes along the north side of the city and connects the nearby Interstates 580 to the west and 5 on the east, with the three Interstates forming a triangle around much of the city. Business Loop 205 runs through the center of Tracy along 11th Street, formerly a portion of
U.S. Highway 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic ...
. In addition, the northern terminus of State Highway 33 is located at South Bird Road and Interstate 5 southeast of Tracy.


Aviation

Tracy is served by Tracy Municipal Airport, located south of the city. It serves
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; there is no scheduled airline service from the airport.


Notable people

* Cody Bolton – MLB pitcher (
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) * Sandra Cantu – homicide victim in 2009 *
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– American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer *
Troy Dayak Troy Michael Dayak (born January 29, 1971) is an American former soccer player who played as central defender. He spent his entire Major League Soccer career with the San Jose Clash/Earthquakes and nearly all of his professional career playing ...
– soccer player/coach *
Nick Eddy Nicholas Matthew Eddy (born August 23, 1944) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, ea ...
– former NFL player * Gilbert Fuentes – (born February 21, 2002) American professional soccer player for
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on loan from
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. *
MC Hammer Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit", and "Pumps and a Bump", flashy dance movements, e ...
– American rapper, dancer, entertainer, actor, business entrepreneur *
Josh Harder Joshua Keck Harder (born August 1, 1986) is an American politician and venture capital investor who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for California's 9th congressional district since 2023, after serv ...
– United States Representative *
Rod Lauren Roger Lawrence "Rod" Strunk (March 26, 1939 – July 11, 2007), professionally known as Rod Lauren, was an American actor and singer. Actor and singer As an actor, he worked mostly in television, appearing in single episodes of ''Alfred Hitchco ...
– singer/actor *
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– singer, finalist on ''American Idol'' season ten. * John Moore – racing driver *
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– active NFL player-
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*
Bubba Paris William "Bubba" Paris (born October 6, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the San Francisco 49ers from 1983 to 1990. He played college footba ...
– former NFL football star *
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– Singer from Journey (Banta) * Ryan Philpott – racing driver *
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– former United States Representative *
Saweetie Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993), known professionally as Saweetie (; also pronounced as simply "sweetie"), is an American rapper and singer. Her 2017 debut single, "Icy Grl", received RIAA certification, double platinum cer ...
- American rapper/songwriter *
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– football star


In popular culture

* Tracy was mentioned in
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's book '' Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs'', because of the events at Altamont. The concert was the subject of the 1970 documentary film ''Gimme Shelter''. * Tracy was mentioned in
Jack Kerouac Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Of French-Canadian ...
's book ''
On the Road ''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagoni ...
.'' * The parade scene in the film '' The Candidate'', starring Robert Redford, was filmed in Tracy. *The 1975
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-nominated documentary '' The California Reich'' depicts members of the
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living in Tracy. * The
Tracy High School Tracy High School is a four-year public secondary school located in Tracy, California, United States. Enrollment during the 2009-2010 school year was 2339 students. History The West Side Union High School, renamed Tracy Union High School in 19 ...
football field and MVP trophy were originally named after Peter B. Kyne, a novelist from San Francisco whose
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friends orchestrated the naming in 1927, even though Kyne had very little to do with Tracy. They were renamed for long time Tracy High football coach Wayne Schneider in 2012 after the field was completely rebuilt. *
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recorded her CD ''Kathy Griffin: For Your Consideration'' live on February 17, 2008, at the ETK Theatre at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts in Tracy. * In 2009, the city made national headlines because of a brutal crime, the body of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu was found during routine draining of an irrigation pond. An autopsy established that Cantu had been beaten and sexually abused with a foreign object before being smothered, while toxicology results showed that she had ingested Alprazolam. Melissa Huckaby, a 28-year-old Sunday school teacher, was found guilty of her murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.


Sister cities

Tracy has been a
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of
Memuro, Hokkaido is a town located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of April 30, 2017, the town has an estimated population of 18,806 and a density of 37 persons per km2. The total area is 513.91 km2. The Hokkaido Prefectural Tokachi Agricul ...
since 1989. The city is also a sister city of
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Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atl ...
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