Rodeo, California

Rodeo, California
Census-designated place
Aerial view of Rodeo
Location in Contra Costa County and the state of California
Coordinates: 38°01′59″N 122°16′01″W / 38.03306°N 122.26694°W / 38.03306; -122.26694
Country	United States
State	California
County	Contra Costa
Government
• State Senate	Nancy Skinner (D)[1]
• State Assembly	Buffy Wicks (D)[2]
• U. S. Congress	John Garamendi (D)[3]
Area [4]
• Total	4.632 sq mi (12.00 km2)
• Land	3.747 sq mi (9.70 km2)
• Water	0.885 sq mi (2.29 km2)  19.1%
Elevation [5]	16 ft (5 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	9,653
• Density	2,100/sq mi (800/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	94547, 94572
Area code(s)	510, 341
FIPS code	06-62490
GNIS feature IDs	1659538, 2409201

Rodeo (/roʊˈdeɪ.oʊ/; Spanish for "Cattle roundup") is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Contra Costa County, California, in the East Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area, on the eastern shore of San Pablo Bay, 25 miles northeast of San Francisco. The population was 9,653 at the 2020 census. The place is named for the rodeos common in the late 19th century. Cattle from the surrounding hills were regularly driven down through the old town district to a loading dock on the shoreline of San Pablo Bay for shipment to slaughterhouses, a practice which continued through the early 20th century. Rodeo is served by the Interstate 80 freeway and State Route 4 and used to be served by the first transcontinental railroad which still passes through Rodeo. Rodeo has not been a stop on the railroad since the 1950s.