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Patterson | |
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| City of Patterson | |
| Nickname: Apricot Capital of the World | |
 Location in Stanislaus County and the state of California | |
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| Coordinates: 37°28′23″N 121°7′58″W / 37.47306°N 121.13278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Stanislaus |
| Region | Central Valley |
| CSA | San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland |
| Metro | Modesto |
| Incorporated | December 22, 1919 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Body | Patterson City Council |
| • Mayor | Michael Clauzel |
| Area | |
| • City | 7.873 sq mi (20.39 km2) |
| • Land | 7.787 sq mi (20.17 km2) |
| • Water | 0.086 sq mi (0.22 km2) |
| Elevation | 115 ft (35 m) |
| Highest elevation | 171 ft (52 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 102 ft (31 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 23,781 |
| • Rank | 6th in Stanislaus County |
| • Density | 3,000/sq mi (1,200/km2) |
| • Metro | 550,081 (102nd) |
| • CSA | 9,665,000 (5th) |
| Demonym | Pattersonite |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (Pacific Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (Pacific Daylight Time) |
| ZIP Code | 95363 |
| Area code | 209 |
| FIPS code | 06-56112 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 277574, 2411383 |
| Website | www |
Patterson is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States, located off Interstate 5. It is 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Tracy and is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. Patterson is known as the "Apricot Capital of the World";[6] and holds an annual Apricot Fiesta to celebrate with many drinks, food, desserts and games. The population was 20,413 at the 2010 Census.[7]
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- ^ "City of Patterson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Patterson Airport (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Patterson Police Department". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ Hepler, Lauren (April 13, 2017). "'It's a perfect storm': homeless spike in rural California linked to Silicon Valley". The Guardian. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ "Patterson (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". quickfacts.census.gov. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2016.