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Rocklin Information
Rocklin is a city in Placer County, California, just north of Sacramento. It
borders the nearby cities of Roseville and Lincoln. As of the 2004 census, the
city population was 48,637.
Geography
Location of Rocklin, California
Rocklin is located at 38�48′0″N, 121�14′48″W (38.800011, -121.246731)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 41.9
km� (16.2 mi�). 41.9 km� (16.2 mi�) of it is land and 0.1 km� (0.04 mi�) of it
(0.12%) is water.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 36,330 people, 13,258 households, and
10,009 families residing in the city. The population density was 867.5/km�
(2,246.2/mi�). There were 14,421 housing units at an average density of
344.3/km� (891.6/mi�). The racial makeup of the city was 88.32% White, 0.91%
African American, 0.80% Native American, 4.16% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander,
1.93% from other races, and 3.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of
any race were 7.91% of the population.
There were 13,258 households out of which 42.6% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 62.3% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 18.7% of all
households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average
family size was 3.15.
In the city the population was spread out with 30.0% under the age of 18, 7.0%
from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there
were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $64,737, and the median income
for a family was $72,245. Males had a median income of $54,426 versus $35,920
for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,910. About 3.1% of
families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3%
of those under age 18 and 3.5% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Currently, the Rocklin Unified School District contains three High Schools
(Rocklin High School, Whitney High School,and Victory Continutaion High School),
two Middle Schools (Granite Oaks Middle School and Springview Middle School),
and ten Elementary Schools (Antelope Creek Elementary School, Breen Elementary
School, Cobblestone Elementary School, Parker Whitney Elementary School, Rocklin
Elementary School, Ruhkala Elementary School, Sierra Elementary School, Twin
Oaks Elementary School, Valley View Elementary School, and Rock Creek Elementary
School). Rocklin Elementary is the oldest school in the district, though its
location has changed a few times. Parker Whitney is the oldest school in the
district maintaining the same location. The newest addition is Whitney High
School on the border of Rocklin and Lincoln, it is located near Highway 65 and
Twelve Bridges exit.
2006 is the year that Sierra College, a local Community College, will be
celebrating its 70th year of service to the community.
Rocklin is also home to the Sacramento area's first private Christian
University: William Jessup University (www.jessup.edu), previously known as San
Jose Christian College.
History
Recent archeological evidence indicates earliest human habitation of the Rocklin
area at about 7,000 years ago. About 3000 year ago, perhaps as late as 1500
years ago, the Nisenan, sometimes called Southern Maidu, occupied the area.
Although European-Americans severely disrupted their culture in the 19th
century, descendants of these people still reside in South Placer County.
Although European-Americans were probably fishing and harvesting game in the
Rocklin area in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries, major European-American
settlement started in the early 1850’s as fortune hunters sluiced for gold in
Secret Ravine, an area of oaks and dredger tailings that can be found today
southeast of Interstate 80 between Roseville and Loomis.
* Rocklin History Series