Fairfield

Forklift Parts Fairfield - Fairfield is the county seat of Solano County and hosts a population of about 110,000 individuals. It is located in Northern California on the north-eastern part of San Francisco Bay. The city has a very convenient central location; with both Sacramento and San Francisco being roughly thirty eight miles away. Fairfield was named by a clippership captain, Robert H. Waterman, in the year 1859 after his hometown in Fairfield, Connecticut. Less then eighteen miles away from Fairfield is Napa Valley and approximately 24 miles away is Oakland. The Benicia Bridge and the Carquinez Bridge are also located close by. (15 and 13 miles, respectively) Fairfield shares a border with Suisun city. Various cities within a reasonable travel distance are Vallejo, Vacaville, Benica and Napa.

Suisun Bay is situated due south from the city and San Pablo Bay is located to the southwest. Inside Suisun Bay is the biggest saltwater marsh on the West Coast, the Suisun Marsh. Sacramento Valley could be found to the east.

Fairfield economy is diverse, with different industries in healthcare, manufacturing, retail, government, professional and commercial construction sectors. Some well known businesses are situated here, like for instance Clorox and Jelly Belly. Anheuser-Busch has a Budweiser brewery located here, and Fairfield is also the home of the Travis Air Force Base.

According to the 2008 GDP of the Vallejo-Fairfield area was 13,340 million dollars. After the adjustment of inflation, the right GDP was thought to be closer to $10,151 million.

Fairfield's largest business is presently construction, as this business produces 5.8% of the economic output ($776 million). The second and third biggest industries are wholesale trade $555 million) and Financial/Insurance ($467 million). The professional/business services sector created the most income during the year 2008, with a total of $989 million. After that were the utilities and transport sector (at $497 million) and the leisure and hospitality sector at $424 million.