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Also known as Sacramento County, California, Sacramento County, CA

county in California, United States

AI overview

Sacramento County is a county located in California that includes the state capital city of Sacramento. It matters because Sacramento is California's capital, making the county an important center for state government and politics.

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Named after
Sacramento
Located in
California
Contains
Sacramento
Capital
Sacramento
Population
1585055
Area
2578
Shares border with
Contra Costa County
Official website
www.saccounty.gov
Image
Sacramento Riverfront.jpg
Households
547519
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Commons category
Sacramento County, California
inception
1850-00-00
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Sacramento County, California
water as percent of area
2.96
native label
Sacramento County
per capita income
34078
contains the statistical territorial entity
Wilton
number of viewers/listeners
2076042
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Encyclopedic overview

Sacramento County (/ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ/ ) is located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,585,055. Its county seat is Sacramento, which has been the state capital of California since 1854.

Sacramento County is the central county of the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area. The county covers about 1,026 square miles (2,660 km) in the northern portion of the Central Valley, on into Gold Country. Sacramento County extends from the low delta lands between the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River, including Suisun Bay, north to about ten miles (16 km) beyond the State Capitol and east into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The southernmost portion of Sacramento County has direct access to San Francisco Bay. Since 2010, statewide droughts in California have further strained Sacramento County's water security.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sacramento County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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