Arcata, California

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The coastal city of Arcata is located in Humboldt County.

Arcata was incorporated February 2, 1858.

The community of Arcata is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Arcata lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Arcata, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Arcata had a population of 16,651 people^<2> (or 13.17% of the total population of Humboldt County). The population of Arcata represented 0.05% of the total of California.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Arcata had a population of 17,044 people. This is an increase of 2.36% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Arcata.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Blue Lake	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	1,104	2.73% decrease
	Cutten	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Eureka	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	25,300	3.17% decrease
	Fortuna	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	11,329	7.93% increase
	Humboldt Hill	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	McKinleyville	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Arcata.

Website for Arcata

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The Commemorative Quarter for California<4>

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Arcata. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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