Sacramento County is a county in the
U.S. stateA U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...
of
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
. The
county seatA county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there...
is the city of
SacramentoSacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...
, the
state capital. As of 2008 the population was 1,394,154.
The Sacramento–
Arden-ArcadeArden-Arcade is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. The population was 96,025 at the 2000 census. However, the population is now estimated at 83,000 due to a change in borders after the census...
–
RosevilleRoseville is a city in Placer County, California, United States, located in the metropolitan area of Sacramento. As of January 1, 2009 the population was 112,343...
Metropolitan Statistical AreaThe Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, California Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Sacramento metropolitan area or Greater Sacramento, is an area consisting of four counties in California's Central Valley, and El Dorado foothills, anchored by the city of Sacramento...
consists of four counties with Sacramento being the largest. The County covers about in the middle of the
Central ValleyThe Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U.S. state of California. It is home to many of California's most productive agricultural efforts....
, California's prime agricultural region. Sacramento County extends from the low delta lands between the
SacramentoThe Sacramento River is the longest river entirely within the state of California. Starting at the confluence of the South Fork and Middle Fork of the Sacramento River, near Mount Shasta in the Cascade Range mountains, the Sacramento flows south for , through the northern Central Valley of...
and
San Joaquin RiverThe San Joaquin River , long, is the second-longest river in California. The average unimpaired runoff of the main stem of the river at Millerton Reservoir is about 1.8 million acre feet per year . The San Joaquin and its eight major tributaries drain about of California's San Joaquin Valley...
s north to about ten miles (16 km) beyond the State Capitol and east to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The southernmost portion of Sacramento County has direct access to the
San Francisco BaySan Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
.
History
Sacramento County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood.
The county was named after the
Sacramento RiverThe Sacramento River is the longest river entirely within the state of California. Starting at the confluence of the South Fork and Middle Fork of the Sacramento River, near Mount Shasta in the Cascade Range mountains, the Sacramento flows south for , through the northern Central Valley of...
, which forms its western border. The river was named by Spanish cavalry officer
Gabriel MoragaSpanish army officer Gabriel Moraga was one of the first Europeans to explore California's Great Central Valley . As the first explorer, he became the source of many of the place names in the region, including San Joaquin, Sacramento, the Merced River, which he named El Río de Nuestra Señora de la...
for the
Santisimo Sacramento (Most Holy Sacrament), referring to the
EucharistThe Eucharist, also called Holy Communion, Sacrament of the Table, the Blessed Sacrament, or The Lord's Supper and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance, generally considered to be a commemoration of the Last Supper, the final meal that Jesus Christ shared with his disciples before his...
.
Alexander Hamilton WillardAlexander Hamilton Willard was a blacksmith who joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition.-Origin:Alexander Hamilton Willard Sr. was born in July 1777 in the town of Charlestown, New Hampshire, he was the oldest son of Lt Jonathan Willard and the only child of Betty Caswell...
of the
Lewis and Clark ExpeditionThe Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first overland expedition undertaken by the United States to the Pacific coast and back. The expedition team was headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and assisted by Sacajawea and Toussaint Charbonneau. The expedition's goal was to gain an accurate...
is buried in the old
FranklinFranklin is an unincorporated community about west-southwest of Elk Grove in Sacramento County, California, United States. The town was named after the Franklin House that Andrew George built in 1856....
Cemetery.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, the county has a total area of 995 square miles (2,578 km²), of which, 966 square miles (2,501 km²) of it is land and 30 square miles (77 km²) of it (3.00%) is water. Most of the county is at an elevation close to sea level, with some areas below sea level. Hills along the eastern boundary rise to several hundred feet.
Major watercourses in the county include the
American RiverThe American River located in the US state of California, has a prominent place in United States history for being the site of Sutter's Mill, northwest of Placerville, California, where gold was found in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush...
,
Sacramento RiverThe Sacramento River is the longest river entirely within the state of California. Starting at the confluence of the South Fork and Middle Fork of the Sacramento River, near Mount Shasta in the Cascade Range mountains, the Sacramento flows south for , through the northern Central Valley of...
and
Dry CreekDry Creek is a long stream in Placer County and Sacramento County, California, USA, tributary to the American River. Its watershed lies within the Sacramento Valley.. Because suburban development borders much of its length, the stream is noted for its capacity to cause local flooding and as a...
, a tributary of the Sacramento River.
Cities and towns
Incorporated places
- Citrus Heights
Citrus Heights is a city in Sacramento County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 85,071. As of 2006, the city's total increased to 86,883....
(incorporated 1997)
- Elk Grove
Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, located just south of the state capital of Sacramento. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. State population estimates place the city's population at 136,318 as of January 1, 2007...
(incorporated 2000)
- Folsom
Folsom is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States. Folsom is most commonly known by its famous Folsom Prison. As of 2008, the State of California's estimate of Folsom's population is 72,590....
(incorporated 1946)
- Galt
Galt is a city in Sacramento County, California, USA. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 19,472 at the 2000 census...
(incorporated 1946)
- Isleton
Isleton is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States. The population was 828 at the 2000 census. Located on an island amid the slough wetlands of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta....
(incorporated 1923)
- Rancho Cordova
Rancho Cordova is a city in Sacramento County, California, USA, that incorporated in 2003. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The State of California estimates its population at 59,056 as of January 1, 2007...
(incorporated 2003)
- Sacramento
Sacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...
(incorporated 1850)
Unincorporated census-designated places
- Antelope
Antelope is an unincorporated area of Sacramento County, California, United States located approximately 15 miles northeast of downtown Sacramento and 5 miles southwest of Roseville.-Geography:...
- Arden-Arcade
Arden-Arcade is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. The population was 96,025 at the 2000 census. However, the population is now estimated at 83,000 due to a change in borders after the census...
- Carmichael
Carmichael is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 49,742 at the 2000 census.-Geography and geology:...
- Del Paso Heights
- Elverta
- Fair Oaks
Fair Oaks is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 28,008 at the 2000 census. Fair Oaks's zip code is 95628 and its area code is 916...
- Florin
Florin is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Foothill Farms
Foothill Farms is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, USA. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 17,426 at the 2000 census...
- Gold River
Gold River is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California. The population was 8,023 at the 2000 census. Gold River is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area....
- Hagginwood
- Herald
Herald is an unincorporated rural community located in Sacramento County, California, USA. It is located east of the City of Galt along State Route 104...
- La Riviera
La Riviera is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 10,273 at the 2000 census...
- Laguna
Laguna is a census-designated place in the city of Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Locke
Locke , also known as Locke Historic District, is an unincorporated community in California built by Chinese immigrants during the early 20th century. It was originally named Lockeport after George Locke, a local land owner. It is located in the primarily agricultural region south of Sacramento,...
- Natomas
- North Highlands
North Highlands is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Orangevale
Orangevale is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 26,705 at the 2000 census. It is located approximately northeast of Sacramento...
- Parkway-South Sacramento
Parkway-South Sacramento is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area shares three boundaries with the City of Sacramento...
- Rancho Murieta
Rancho Murieta is a census-designated place and guard-gated private community in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,193 at the 2000 census...
- Rio Linda
Rio Linda is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 10,466...
- Rosemont
Rosemont is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Vineyard
Vineyard is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Walnut Grove
Walnut Grove is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Wilton
Wilton is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,551 at the 2000 census.-Geography and environment:...
Adjacent counties
- San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County is a county located in Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of 2006, the population was approximately 620,000.The urban population is 610,783 people...
, CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
- south
- Contra Costa County
Contra Costa County is a primarily suburban county in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2006, the US Census Bureau estimated it had a population of 1,024,319...
, CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
- southwest
- Solano County
Solano County is a county located in Bay-Delta region of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento and is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. As of 2000 its population was 406,542...
, CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
- west
- Yolo County
Yolo County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California, bordered by the counties of Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Lake, Colusa, and Sutter. Woodland is the county seat.As of the 2000 census, Yolo County had a population of 168,660...
, CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
- west
- Sutter County
Sutter County is a county located along the Sacramento River in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of state capital Sacramento. its population was 93,142. The county seat is Yuba City.-History:...
, CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
- northwest
- Placer County
Placer County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, in what is known as the Gold Country. It stretches from the suburbs of Sacramento to Lake Tahoe and the Nevada border. Because of the expansion of the Sacramento metropolitan area, Placer County is one of the...
, CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
- north
- El Dorado County
El Dorado County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. Its 2004 population was estimated to be 172,889, its 2000 population was 156,299. The county seat is Placerville....
, CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
- east
- Amador County
Amador County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. As of 2005, the population was 38,471. The county seat is Jackson.Amador County bills itself as "The Heart of the Mother Lode" and lies within the Gold Country...
, CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
- east
Major highways
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Interstate 5In the U.S. state of California, Interstate 5 , a major north-south route of the Interstate Highway System, has its southern terminus at the United States-Mexico border at the San Ysidro crossing...
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Interstate 80In the U.S. state of California, Interstate 80, a major east-west route of the Interstate Highway System, has its western terminus in San Francisco, California, United States. From there it heads east across the Bay Bridge to Oakland, where it turns north and crosses the Carquinez Bridge before...
Interstate 80 BusinessInterstate 80 Business, called the Capital City Freeway in its entirety, is a Business Loop of Interstate 80 through Sacramento. As it is state-maintained, unlike most business routes in California, it is assigned route numbers - part of U.S. Route 50 on its western half , and unsigned State Route...
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U.S. Route 50In the U.S. state of California, U.S. Route 50 runs east from I-80 in West Sacramento to the Nevada state line in South Lake Tahoe. The western half of the highway, from I-80 through Sacramento and Placerville to the canyon of the South Fork American River at Riverton, is a four-or-more-lane...
State Route 16
State Route 70State Route 70 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California. Connecting Sacramento with U.S. Route 395 near Beckwourth Pass via the Feather River Canyon, it was formerly known as U.S. Route 40 Alternate, crossing the Sierra Nevada at a lower elevation than Donner Pass on U.S. Route 40...
State Route 99State Route 99 , commonly known as Highway 99 or 99, is a north-south state highway in the U.S. state of California, stretching almost the entire length of the Central Valley...
State Route 104State Route 104 is a west-east state highway in California's Central Valley. It connects State Route 99 near Galt to State Route 49 in Sutter Creek via the city of Ione. It is known as Twin Cities Road from its western terminus up until just before Ione...
State Route 160State Route 160 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California consisting of two sections. The longer, southern, section is a scenic highway through the alluvial plain of the Sacramento River, linking SR 4 in Antioch with Sacramento via the Antioch Bridge...
Public transportation
Sacramento Regional Transit (RT) provides bus and light rail service in Sacramento and nearby communities. Sacramento hosts 37.4 miles (60.2km) of
light railLight rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
. The cities of
Elk GroveElk Grove can refer to:*Elk Grove, California, in Sacramento County*Elk Grove, Humboldt County, California*Elk Grove Village, Illinois*Elk Grove, Wisconsin...
,
FolsomFolsom may refer to:In places in the United States of America:*Folsom, Alabama*Folsom, California*Folsom, Louisiana*Folsom, New Jersey*Folsom, New Mexico*Folsom, PennsylvaniaIn people:...
and
Galt-People:*Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, a major figure in Canadian Confederation*James Galt, Scottish footballer*Galt MacDermot, musician*John Galt , Scottish writerFictional*John Galt, the hero character from Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged...
also operate their own bus lines. In addition, the transit agencies of the adjacent counties have routes operating into downtown Sacramento, or connecting with the light rail system.
GreyhoundGreyhound Lines, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, USA, is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States and Canada, operating under the well-known logo of a leaping greyhound. It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, in 1914 and incorporated...
and
AmtrakThe National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a blend of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union Station...
both serve Sacramento. The port of Sacramento ships 870,000
short tonThe short ton is a unit of weight equal to . In the United States it is often called simply ton without distinguishing it from the metric ton or the long ton ; rather, the other two are specifically noted. There are, however, some U.S...
s (790,000 metric tons) of cargo annually.
Airports
Sacramento International AirportSacramento International Airport is a public airport located 10 miles northwest of the central business district of Sacramento, in Sacramento County, California, USA. It is run by Sacramento County...
is a major, full-service airport with passenger flights. It is owned by the County of Sacramento. The County also owns
Sacramento Mather AirportSacramento Mather Airport , also known as simply Mather Airport, is a county-owned public-use airport located 10 nautical miles east of the central business district of Sacramento, a city in Sacramento County, California, United States...
in Rancho Cordova and
Sacramento Executive AirportSacramento Executive Airport , also known as simply Executive Airport, is a public airport located three miles south of the central business district of Sacramento, a city in Sacramento County, California, USA...
, both of which are general aviation airports. There are also privately owned public use airports located in Elk Grove and Rio Linda.
Government and politics
Presidential Election Results
| Year |
DEM The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world. In the U.S...
|
GOPThe Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP, despite being the younger of the two major parties. In the U.S...
|
| 2008 |
58.6% 316,506 |
39.6% 213,583 |
| 2004 |
49.6% 236,657 |
49.3% 235,539 |
| 2000 |
49.3% 212,792 |
45.3% 195,619 |
| 1996 |
49.8% 203,019 |
40.8% 166,049 |
| 1992 |
43.6% 197,540 |
35.4% 160,366 |
| 1988 |
47.7%188,557 |
51.0% 201,832 |
| 1984 |
43.1%159,128 |
55.6% 204,922 |
| 1980 |
40.4% 130,031 |
47.7% 153,721 |
| 1976 |
52.3% 144,203 |
44.6% 123,110 |
| 1972 |
47.6% 137,287 |
49.0% 141,218 |
| 1968 |
50.9% 118,769 |
41.7% 97,177 |
| 1964 |
65.7% 149,668 |
34.2% 77,871 |
| 1960 |
56.3% 109,695 |
43.3% 84,252 |
Sacramento County is governed by an elected five-member
Sacramento County Board of SupervisorsThe Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Sacramento County, California.Like all other counties in California, with the exception of San Francisco County, Sacramento is split into five districts and each district elects a supervisor every four years.-Current...
according to the
Sacramento County Charter and the Sacramento County
Code. The county is administered by the County Executive appointed by the Board, and an elected Assessor, District Attorney, Sheriff, and Board of Education.
Sacramento County is politically competitive in presidential elections, though marginally
DemocraticThe Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world. In the U.S...
. Candidates from the Democratic Party have carried the county in the past five presidential elections, but have won a majority of the county's votes only once during that time (in
2008The 56th quadrennial United States presidential election was held on November 4, 2008. Outgoing Republican President George W. Bush's policies and actions and the American public's desire for change were key issues throughout the campaign, and during the general election campaign, both major party...
). The city of
SacramentoSacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...
is strongly Democratic, while rural areas are strongly
RepublicanThe Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP, despite being the younger of the two major parties. In the U.S...
; suburban areas are more divided. This pattern is also present in congressional and state legislative elections. The last Republican presidential candidate to win a majority in the county was George H.W. Bush in
1988The United States presidential election of 1988 featured an open primary for both major parties. Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Reagan's Vice President, George H. W. Bush, won the...
.
In the
House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as the "House," is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, the upper house being the United States Senate. The composition and powers of the House and the Senate are established in Article One of the Constitution...
, all of
California's 5th congressional districtCalifornia's 5th congressional district currently covers the city of Sacramento, its suburbs and the surrounding area. It is currently represented by Democrat Doris Matsui.John Kerry won the district in 2004 with 61.1% of the vote...
, part of the
3rdCalifornia's 3rd congressional district covers most of Sacramento County and part of Solano County, as well as all of Alpine, Amador and Calaveras counties. Since 2005, Republican Dan Lungren has represented the district.-Competitiveness:...
district, as well as small portions of the
4thCalifornia's 4th congressional district covers the northeastern corner of California along Route 395, covering El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Sierra, Plumas, Lassen, and Modoc counties, as well as parts of Butte County including Oroville and a small portion of Sacramento County including Orangevale...
and
10thCalifornia's 10th congressional district is a U.S. House district located in the East Bay region of Northern California. This once compact and politically balanced district received national attention when Democrat Ellen Tauscher defeated incumbent Republican Representative Bill Baker in 1996...
districts, are in the county. The 3rd and 4th districts are represented by Republicans
Dan LungrenDaniel Edward Lungren , is a Republican of the United States House of Representatives representing California's 3rd congressional district since 2005. The district is located in the southeastern suburbs of Sacramento...
and
Tom McClintockThomas Miller McClintock II is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 4th congressional district...
, respectively, while the 5th and 10th are represented by Democrats
Doris MatsuiDoris Okada Matsui is an American politician of the Democratic Party who represents in the United States House of Representatives...
and
Ellen TauscherEllen O'Kane Tauscher is an American politician and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs...
, respectively.
In the
State AssemblyThe California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...
, all of the
9th districtCalifornia's 9th State Assembly District is one of 80 districts in the California State Assembly, currently represented by Democrat Dave Jones of Sacramento.-District Profile:...
and parts of the
4thCalifornia's 4th State Assembly District is one of 80 districts in the California State Assembly. It is currently represented by Republican Ted Gaines of Roseville.-District Profile:All of Alpine County
El Dorado County - 84.35%...
,
5thCalifornia's 5th State Assembly District is one of 80 districts in the California State Assembly. It is currently represented by Republican Roger Niello of Fair Oaks.-District profile:Placer County - 7.81%*Granite Bay...
,
10thCalifornia's 10th State Assembly District is one of 80 districts in the California State Assembly. It is currently represented by Democrat Alyson Huber of El Dorado Hills.-District Profile:Sacramento County - 20.06%*Arden-Arcade - 7.92%...
, and
15thCalifornia's 15th State Assembly District is one of 80 districts in the California State Assembly. It is currently represented by Democrat Joan Buchanan.-District Profile:Contra Costa County - 27.21%*Alamo*Bethel Island...
districts are in the county. The 9th, represented by
Dave JonesDave Jones has represented California's 9th assembly district since December 2004.-Sacramento City Council:...
, the 10th by
Alyson HuberAlyson Huber is the Assemblywoman from California's 10th Assembly District. She is a Democrat, and began her first term for 2009. Huber had been behind the vote counts for over three weeks after the election; however, on 26 November 2008, she was declared the winner after provisional ballots from...
, and the 15th by
Joan BuchananJoan Buchanan is a Democratic public official and former businesswoman from Alamo, California. She has been a member of the California State Assembly since December 2008...
are represented by Democrats, the other two districts are represented by Republicans: the 4th by
Ted GainesTed Gaines is a Californian politician, representing the 4th District in the California State Assembly. The 4th district is centered on the suburbs of Placer County which are located east of Sacramento...
and the 5th by
Roger NielloRoger Niello is a Republican of the California State Assembly since 2004. He represents California's 5th Assembly District, which includes the Sacramento County cities and towns of Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Fair Oaks, Folsom, North Highlands, McClellan Park, Orangevale, Natomas,...
.
In the
State SenateThe California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Sacramento. The Lieutenant Governor is the ex officio President of the Senate and may break a tied vote...
, all of the
6th districtCalifornia's 6th State Senate district is one of 40 Senate Districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento.- District Profile :...
and parts of the
1stCalifornia's 1st State Senate District is one of 40 Senate Districts. It is currently represented by Republican Dave Cox of Fair Oaks.-District Profile:...
and
5thCalifornia's 5th State Senate District is one of 40 Senate Districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Lois Wolk of Davis.- District Profile :...
districts are in the county. The 1st district is represented by Republican
Dave CoxDavid E. Cox is an American politician from Fair Oaks, California. A Republican, he is a member of the California State Senate, representing the 1st district since December 2004....
and the 5th and 6th districts are represented by Democrats,
Lois WolkLois Wolk is a California State Senator, representing the 5th district of California. Wolk is a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the Senate in 2008.-Early life:...
and
Darrell SteinbergDarrell Steven Steinberg is a Democratic politician from Sacramento, California. He is currently serving his first term in the California State Senate, representing the 6th District. He has been the Senate President Pro Tem since 2008...
, respectively.
As of 2008, approximately 45% of registered voters were
DemocraticThe Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world. In the U.S...
and 31% were registered Republicans; the remaining 23% declined to state their affiliation.
Demographics
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 1,223,499 people, 453,602 households, and 297,562 families residing in the county. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 1,267 people per square mile (489/km²). There were 474,814 housing units at an average density of 492/sq mi (190/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 64.02%
WhiteRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, 10.56%
BlackRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
or
African AmericanRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, 1.09%
Native AmericanRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, 13.53%
AsianRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, 0.59%
Pacific IslanderRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, 7.48% from
other racesRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 5.84% from two or more races. 19.31% of the population were
HispanicRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
or
LatinoRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
of any race. 10.2% were of
GermanThe German people are an ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent, and speaking the German language as a mother tongue. Within Germany, Germans are defined by citizenship , distinguished from people of German ancestry...
, 7.0%
EnglishThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
, 6.7%
IrishThe Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha Dé Danann and the Milesians The Irish...
and 5.1%
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
ancestry according to Census 2000. 75.7% spoke
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
, 10.0%
SpanishSpanish or Castilian is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that originated in northern Spain and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile, evolving into the principal language of government and trade in the Iberian peninsula...
, 1.5%
HmongHmong or Mong is the common name for a group of dialects of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmong-Mien/Miao-Yao language family spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos...
, 1.4%
ChineseChinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of languages mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
or
MandarinStandard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, known by various names to native speakers, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan, and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....
, 1.3%
VietnameseVietnamese , formerly known under French colonization as Annamese , is the national and official language of Vietnam...
, 1.2%
TagalogTagalog is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 22 million people.It is related to Austronesian languages such as Chamorro , Indonesian, Malay, Javanese and Paiwan , Cham , and Tetum...
and 1.2%
RussianRussian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe...
as their first language.
There were 453,602 households out of which 33.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.40% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic...
living together, 14.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.40% were non-families. 26.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.24.
In the county the population was spread out with 27.60% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 31.00% from 25 to 44, 20.90% from 45 to 64, and 11.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 95.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $43,816, and the median income for a family was $50,717. Males had a median income of $39,482 versus $31,569 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the county was $21,142. About 10.3% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.2% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.
See also
- List of school districts in Sacramento County, California
California is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
- List of California Historical Landmarks in Sacramento County
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