Sacramento, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Sacramento had a population of 407,018 people^<1>. This represents 1.2% of the total population of California, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
4	San Francisco	SW	99 mi [159.3 km]	808,976	4.15% increase
5	Long Beach	SE	378 mi [608 km]	463,789	0.49% increase
6	Fresno	SE	153 mi [246.2 km]	476,050	11.32% increase
-7-	Sacramento			463,794	13.95% increase
8	Oakland	SW	68 mi [109.4 km]	404,155	1.17% increase
9	Santa Ana	SE	388 mi [624 km]	339,130	0.34% increase
10	Anaheim	SE	385 mi [619 km]	335,288	2.22% increase

Sacramento had 163,957 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Sacramento has a total area of 99.2 square miles [257 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 97.2 square miles [251.6 km²]2.08 square miles [5.4 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Sacramento had a 2000 population density of 4,189 people per square mile [1,617 people/km²], making it the state's 162nd most densely populated area.

Sacramento County

The city of Sacramento is located in Sacramento County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 1,230,247 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 407,018 people, Sacramento contained 33.08% of the Sacramento County total.

In addition, where the community of Sacramento has a population density of 4,189 people per square mile [1,617 people/km²], Sacramento County averages 1,274 people per square mile [491.9 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Sacramento County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Sacramento and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Sacramento. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Sacramento. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Sacramento, it also contains a comparison between Sacramento and the state of California.

Click here for the Sacramento QuickFact (QF-0664000).

The following communities are nearby Sacramento and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	West Sacramento	QF-0684816	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	47,511	50.28% increase
	Citrus Heights	QF-0613588	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	84,432	0.75% decrease
	Davis	QF-0618100	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	62,593	3.79% increase
	Roseville	QF-0662938	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	112,660	40.96% increase
	Woodland	QF-0686328	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	54,567	11.02% increase
	Folsom	QF-0624638	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	67,788	30.65% increase
	Rocklin	QF-0662364	NE	20 mi [32.19 km]	52,811	45.36% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Sacramento.

A Census Quickfact is available for Sacramento County (QF-06067).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Sacramento County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Amador	QF-06005	E	38,238	8.71% increase
	Contra Costa	QF-06013	SW	1,029,703	8.01% increase
	Placer	QF-06061	NE	341,945	36.09% increase
	San Joaquin	QF-06077	S	672,388	18.37% increase
	Solano	QF-06095	SW	407,515	2.66% increase
	Sutter	QF-06101	NW	92,207	16.53% increase
	Yolo	QF-06113	W	197,658	16.36% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Sacramento:

Sacramento is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Sacramento.

The Commemorative Quarter for California<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Sacramento. 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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