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Sacramento County, California

A county in California, ranked 8 of 58 by population.

CountyFIPS 06067

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

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Population
1,618,460
+31,691 (+2.0%) since 2020
Land area
965.4
square miles. A further 2.9% of the total area is water
Population density
1,677
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sacramento
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
Sacramento city
Population 536,449.

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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 737 by 800 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 Sacramento 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
Population1,618,4608th of 5823rd of 3,144
Land area965.4 sq mi43rd of 58728th of 3,144
Population density1,677 per sq mi5th of 5891st of 3,144
Median household income$92,17524th of 58265th of 3,143

Full data for Sacramento County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,618,460Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,586,769Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,585,027Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area965.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area29.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area994.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,677 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$92,175American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$534,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households571,057American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units598,385American 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
+4,381
17,345 births, 12,964 deaths
Net migration
+4,086
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 8 areas bordering Sacramento 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
San Joaquin CountyCalifornia48 mi823,815
Yolo CountyCalifornia44 mi224,410
Solano CountyCalifornia29 mi455,376
Contra Costa CountyCalifornia21 mi1,170,070
Placer CountyCalifornia19 mi442,081
El Dorado CountyCalifornia17 mi192,323
Amador CountyCalifornia14 mi41,876
Sutter CountyCalifornia6.4 mi98,787

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

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