Overview
San Joaquin County's population continues to grow, having surpassed 700,000 residents in 2012, and it now has 745,424 people in 2017. In fact, since 2014, San Joaquin County has increased in population at a rate higher than California or the United States as a whole. Stockton is the most populous city in the county with more than 300,000 residents, followed by Tracy and Manteca. According to Pacific's Center for Business and Policy Research, San Joaquin County is expected to exceed 1 million people by 2040.