SACRAMENTO AREA COMMUNITY PROFILES (Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area)
The Greater Sacramento Area is composed of eight counties, two metropolitan areas and two micropolitan areas. The following counties are located in the Greater Sacramento Area: El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba.
El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties comprise the Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Sacramento County was one of the original 27 counties established in February 18, 1850. Both the city and county of Sacramento were named for the Sacramento River. The river was named in honor of the Holy Sacrament by Gabriel Moraga, the first to explore the area in 1808.
El Dorado County is also one of the original 27 counties formed February 18, 1850. When the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Coloma in January 1848 became known to the world, California, and particularly that section where gold was discovered, was called “El Dorado”. “El Dorado” means ‘the gilded one’. The name first appears at the beginning of the Sixteenth Century in reference to a mythical Indian chief who was said to have been covered with gold dust during the performance of religious rites.
Placer County was organized April 25, 1851 from parts of Sutter and Yuba Counties. Placer County takes its name from the Spanish term for deposits containing gold obtainable by washing.
Yolo County, one of the original 27 counties, was formed February 18, 1850. The county name is Native American – believed to be a corruption of the tribal name “Yoloy” (meaning “place abounding in rushes”) or of the name of one Chief Yodo or the Native American village of Yodoi.
SACRAMENTO
Arden-Arcade (census-designated place (CDP) in Sacramento County)
- East of downtown Sacramento
- Approximately 19 square miles in size
- Population of approximately 108,000
Carmichael (CDP in Sacramento County)
- About 10 miles east of Sacramento
- Approximately 17 square miles in size
- Population of approximately 72,000
Citrus Heights, City of (Sacramento County)
- About 16 miles from Sacramento
- Approximately 14 square miles in size
- Population of approximately 83,000
Elk Grove, City of (Sacramento County)
- About 15 miles south of downtown Sacramento and four miles south of Sacramento city limits
- Approximately 42 square miles in size
- Population of approximately 169,800
Fair Oaks (CDP in Sacramento County)
- About 16 miles northeast of Sacramento
- Approximately 11 square miles in size
- Population of approximately 32,100
Folsom, City of (Sacramento County)
- About 25 miles east of Sacramento
- Approximately 27.6 square miles in size
- Population of approximately 77,000
Galt, City of (Sacramento County)
- About 25 miles south of Sacramento
- Approximately 5 square miles in size
- Population of approximately 24,500
Gold River (CDP in Sacramento County)
- About 18 miles east of Sacramento
- Approximately 2.7 square miles in size
- Population of approximately 7,912
North Highlands (CDP in Sacramento County)
- About 13 miles from Sacramento
- Approximately 8.8 square miles in size
- Population of approximately 43,000
Orangevale (CDP in Sacramento County)
- About 18 miles northeast of Sacramento
- Approximately 14 square miles in size
- Population of approximately 34,900
Rancho Cordova, City of (Sacramento County)
- About 13 miles from Sacramento
- Approximately 33.8 square miles in size
- Population around 72,000
Rancho Murieta (CDP/gated community in Sacramento County)
- About 25 miles east of Sacramento
- Approximately 3,500 acres in size
- Population of approximately 6,000
Sacramento, City of (Sacramento County)
- Approximately 100.11 square miles in size
- Population of approximately 490,000
EL DORADO, PLACER, YOLO COUNTIES
Auburn, City of (Placer County)
• About 33 miles from Sacramento
• Approximately 7.17 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 14,000
Davis, City of (Yolo County)
• About 11 miles west of Sacramento
• Approximately 9.92 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 66,000
El Dorado Hills (CDP in El Dorado County)
• About 25 miles east of Sacramento
• Approximately 48.6 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 44,000
Granite Bay (CDP in Placer County)
• About 25 miles east of Sacramento
• Approximately 25 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 24,000
Lincoln, City of (Placer County)
• About 30 miles northeast of Sacramento
• Approximately 20.13 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 52,350
Loomis, Town of (Placer County)
• About 24 miles from Sacramento
• Approximately 7.27 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 6,700
Placerville, City of (El Dorado County)
• About 45 miles east of Sacramento
• Approximately 5.8 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 10,500
Rocklin, City of (Placer County)
• About 22 miles from Sacramento
• Approximately 19.59 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 61,200
Roseville, City of (Placer County)
• About 16 miles north of Sacramento
• Approximately 43 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 134,100
South Lake Tahoe, City of (El Dorado County)
• About 103 miles from Sacramento
• Approximately 16.60 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 21,700
Truckee, Town of (Placer County)
• About 98 miles from Sacramento
• Approximately 33.65 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 16,300
West Sacramento, City of (Yolo County)
• About one mile west of Downtown Sacramento
• Approximately 23 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 53,000
Winters, City of (Yolo County)
• About 31 miles from Sacramento
• Approximately 2.94 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 7,000
Woodland, City of (Yolo County)
• About 15 miles northwest of Sacramento
• Approximately 15.30 square miles in size
• Population of approximately 58,500