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Ukiah is the county seat and largest city of Mendocino County, set in the Russian River valley on California's North Coast.

The name Ukiah is an anglicized form of the Pomo word Yokaya, meaning 'deep valley' or 'south valley'; the area was earlier the Rancho Yokaya land grant of 1845.

Ukiah was incorporated on March 8, 1876, two decades after the first Anglo settler, Samuel Lowry, built a log cabin on the site in 1856.

Ukiah had a population of 16,607 in the 2020 census, up from 16,075 in 2010.

Ukiah had 6,584 households in 2020, averaging 2.43 people each, and only 42.7% of its homes were owner-occupied; about 32.8% of residents are Hispanic or Latino and the median age is 38.2.

The San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad reached Ukiah in 1889, and the city's 20th-century growth rode the redwood lumber boom of the late 1940s.

Ukiah lies on U.S. Route 101 about 60 miles north of Santa Rosa and is known for its wine country, with wineries such as Parducci, Frey and Bonterra nearby.

Hops were first grown around Ukiah in 1868, and by 1890 Mendocino County was California's third-largest hops-producing county.

Ukiah has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate with about 39 inches of rain a year, a record high of 117 degrees Fahrenheit (set in 2022 and tied in 2024) and a record low of 12 degrees, set in 1898.

Mendocino College's main campus is located in Ukiah, serving students from across Mendocino and Lake counties.