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El Dorado County, California

A county in California, ranked 29 of 58 by population.

CountyFIPS 06017

Within California
El Dorado County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Placerville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
192,323
+1,086 (+0.6%) since 2020
Land area
1,708
square miles. A further 4.4% of the total area is water
Population density
113
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Placerville
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
South Lake Tahoe city
Population 21,115.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of El Dorado County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of El Dorado County, California from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 495 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where El Dorado County ranks

Position among the 58 counties of California, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn CaliforniaNationally
Population192,32329th of 58369th of 3,144
Land area1,708 sq mi27th of 58351st of 3,144
Population density113 per sq mi29th of 58834th of 3,144
Median household income$108,84513th of 58107th of 3,143

Full data for El Dorado County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population192,323Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020191,237Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?191,189Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,708 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area78.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,786 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?113 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$108,845American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$679,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age46.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households76,185American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units94,653American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-356
1,400 births, 1,756 deaths
Net migration
+307
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering El Dorado County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Placer CountyCalifornia100 mi442,081
Amador CountyCalifornia74 mi41,876
Alpine CountyCalifornia23 mi1,043
Sacramento CountyCalifornia17 mi1,618,460
Douglas CountyNevada12 mi50,111

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 58 counties of California

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.