San Mateo County, California

Time Zone: San Mateo County lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Redwood City is the seat for San Mateo County.

San Mateo County was founded in 1856 and was created by taking area from San Francisco County.

Using the Census estimates for 2008^<1>, San Mateo had a population of 712,690 people. This is an increase of 0.6% since the 2000 Census, which gave a population of 708,442 people.

At the time of the 2000 Census, San Mateo represented 2.08% of the total population of California, making it the state's 13th most populous county (out of 58 counties).

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the San Mateo County Census page.

Below are some of the communities located in San Mateo County (for more communities, please visit our Nearby Page):

The Commemorative Quarter for California<2>

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We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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