Watsonville, California

Watsonville, California
Watsonville, California
City
	City of Watsonville
	Top: Mansion House Hotel (left) and the City Plaza (right); middle: view of Downtown Watsonville; bottom: Fox Theatre (left), St. Patrick Church (center), and the Lettunich Building (right)
	Flag Seal
	Motto(s): "Opportunity through diversity; unity through cooperation!"
	Location in Santa Cruz County and the state of California
	Watsonville, California Location in the United States
	Coordinates: 36°55′12″N 121°45′49″W / 36.92000°N 121.76361°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Santa Cruz
Incorporated	March 30, 1868
Government
• Type	Council–manager
Area
• Total	6.80 sq mi (17.62 km2)
• Land	6.71 sq mi (17.37 km2)
• Water	0.10 sq mi (0.25 km2) 1.42%
Elevation	29 ft (9 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	52,590
• Estimate (2019)	53,856
• Density	8,029.82/sq mi (3,100.33/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	95076, 95077
Area code	831
FIPS code	06-83668
GNIS feature IDs	1660138, 2412194
Website	cityofwatsonville.org

Watsonville is a city in Santa Cruz County, California, in the Monterey Bay Area of the Central Coast of California.^[2] The population was 52,590 at the 2020 census.^[5] Predominantly Latino and Democratic, Watsonville is a self-designated sanctuary city.^[8]

^ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Charter of the City of Watsonville". Code Publishing Company. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference City-Data08 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "Quick Facts: Watsonville city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
^ "Watsonville-Santa Cruz JACL Holds Candlelight Vigil in Observance of Feb. 19," Pacific Citizen, March 10–23, 2017, p. 9.