A city was incorporated around 1977, as a result of a merger among the unincorporated communities of Alta Loma, Cucamonga, and Etiwanda.

Geography
Rancho Cucamonga is placed at 34°7'Xxiv" North, 117°34'46" West (34.123345, -117.579404).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the amount vicinity of 97.Nought km² (37.5 mi²). 97.Cipher kilometer² (37.Pentad mi²) of these are l& and Zero.03% is a lake.

Rancho Cucamonga is the conjunction of the Mojave Trail, the Old Spanish Trail, the Santa Fe Trail, US Main road Route 66 and "El Camino Real".

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 127,743 people, 40,863 menage, & 31,832 families living in the city. A population density is 1,317.0/km² (3,411.4/mi²). There are 42,134 housing units at an typical density of 434.4/km² (1,125.2/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 66.53% White, 7.87% African American, 0.67% Native American, 5.99% Asian, 0.27% Pacific Islander, 13.25% from other races, and 5.41% from a biracial or multiracial background. Xxvii.78% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 40,863 family, of which 44.7% use at times tykes under a age of Eighteen. Lx.2% of house consist of the married couple living together. Dozen.8% have a female homeowner sustaining there is no hubby present. Twenty-two.1% come non-families. Xvi.8% of tons menage come only-individual & Quaternary.1% have a individual of 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Leash.04 & a typical personal size is Trine.44.

In a city, the people spread is when follows: Twenty-nine.Nine% come under a age of Xviii, 9.9% come from either 18 to 2 dozen, 33.2% come from either 25 to 44, Twenty-one.0% come from either 45 to 64, & Hexad.1% come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 32 years. For each C females there are Hundred.Single males. For each C females age Eighteen & complete, there are 98.Zero males.

the median income for a personal in the city is $60,931, & the median income for a family is $66,446. Males have a median income of $47,363 versus $32,113 for females. A per capita income for the city is $23,702. Sevener.1% of the people & Quaternion.9% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Septenary.6% of people under a age of 18 & 7.3% of people 65 & older come dwelling following a poverty level.

Rancho Cucamonga's Population History
1950........1,255 (Z) 1960..........N/A (Z) 1970........5,796 (Z) 1980.......55,250 1990......101,409 2000......127,743

(Z): People Numbers for 1950 & 1970 were for the Cucamonga portion only & a numbers were tabulated before incorporation around 1977. A 1960 census data was non available

Miscellaneous

A title "Cucamonga" comes from either the Tongva place name that probably means "sandy place".

"Cucamonga" hwhen universally been recognized as a funny toponym, among such exotic wharehouses as Timbuktu and Bora Bora. One of a catch-phrases of "The Jack Benny Program" involved a train announcer world health organization said on top a loudspeaker system, "Train now leaving on track five for Anaheim, Azusa, and Cuc... amonga," ingesting more and more hanker pauses between "Cuc" & "amonga." (Mel Blanc was the train depot announcer. He utilized that equivalent catchphrase inside Daffy Duck's voice in the 1948 Merrie Melodies cartoon "Daffy Duck Slept Here" & late inside ''Bugs Bunny's voice in the Sixties Looney Tunes cartoon). A share of the joke, for the Los Angeles audience, was that there are no such train route existed.

Inside an episode of The Simpsons, Krusty the Clown mentioned Rancho Cucamonga, along with Walla Walla, Keokuk, and Seattle, as funny place names. Somehow it overlooked Kankakee.

In the film "Next Friday" the setting is, and was partially filmed inside Rancho Cucamonga.

An ABC television movie comedy Camp Cucamonga'' (1990), presumably will require place around an summer camp inside Rancho Cucamonga's forested front yard in the San Bernardino National Forest. A todays city limits barely extend into a forested regions of the foothills, & big area of Cucamonga Peak north of the city lie in the wilderness area.

The invented Johnny Carson character named Floyd R. Turbo said he was from either Cucamonga, California.

A city hosts a Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League.