San Joaquin County is located at the northern end of the San Joaquin Valley and includes the San Joaquin Delta area. About 4,000 farms are located in the county with an average size of 202 acres.

• Land Area: 1,400 square miles
• Land in Farms (2002): 812,629 acres
• Population (2006): 668,265

Gross agricultural production in San Joaquin County (in 2007) was $2,005,793,000. This ranked San Joaquin County SEVENTH in the state. The tope ten commoditions and their value were:

• Milk: $466,159,000
• Grapes: $216,914,000
• Cherries: $201,694,000
• Almond Meats: $158,932,000
• Walnuts, English: $129,363,000 (#1 in the State & in the Nation!)
• Tomatoes, All: $125,326,000
• Cattle & Calves: $103,483,000
• Hay $96,646,000
• Nursery, Woody Ornamentals: $55,692,000
• Apples, All:$38,457,000
• All other crops: $433,125,000

San Joaquin County is also first in California in producers of the following commodities:

• apples
• asparagus (also #1 in the Nation!)
• cherries, sweet
• grain, corn
• pumpkins
• walnuts (also #1 in the Nation!)

We are also one of California's top five producers of the following commodities:

• apricots
• berries, blueberries
• chickens
• corn, fresh market
• cucumbers
• grapes, wine
• onions
• peaches
• pears
• potatoes
• tomatoes, fresh market
• tomatoes, processing
• watermelon

(Sources: 2007 Agricultural Report, San Joaquin County & California Agricultural Resource Directory 2007