Ukiah, California

===2000===
[[Image:WorldsLargestRedwoodTreeServiceStation.jpg|thumb|right|The "World's Largest Redwood Tree Service Station" in Ukiah is built largely from a massive section of [[Sequoia sempervirens|Sequoia]].]]

As of the [[census]] of 2000,<ref name="GR2">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=2008-01-31 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> inside the city limits, there were 15,497 people, 5,985 households, and 3,656 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 3,275/sq&nbsp;mi (1,265/km{{sup|2}}). There were 6,137 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,296|/sqmi|/km2|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 79.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3.8% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.7% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 19.3% of the population.

There were 5,985 households, out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.9% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the city, the population was spread out in age, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males.

The median [[income]] for a household in the city was $32,707, and the median income for a family was $39,524. Males had a median income of $31,608 versus $24,673 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,601. About 13.2% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.4% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

As a community, Ukiah has roughly twice the number of people (including [[Redwood Valley, California|Redwood Valley]], [[Potter Valley]], [[Calpella, California|Calpella]], and [[Talmage, California|Talmage]]) as the census reports. During the business day, an average of 40,000 people work inside the city limits, or in the business and residential neighborhoods to the north and south.