Sacramento County, California
Sacramento County
Incorporated in 1850, Sacramento County was one of the original 27 counties of the state. The county seat is in the city of Sacramento.
Sacramento County covers about 994 square miles in the middle of the Central Valley, California's prime agricultural region. The County is bordered by Contra Costa and San Joaquin Counties on the south, Amador and El Dorado Counties on the east, Placer and Sutter Counties on the north, and Yolo and Solano Counties on the west. Sacramento County extends from the low delta lands between the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers north to about ten miles 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 Bay.
Cities within Sacramento County are:
- Citrus Heights (incorporated 1997)
- Elk Grove (incorporated 2000)
- Folsom (incorporated 1946)
- Galt
- Sacramento
Miscellaneous information about Sacramento County:
- Average Annual Maximum Temperature - 73.6 degrees
- Average Annual Minimum Temperature - 49 degrees
- Average Rainfall - 19.6 inches
- 20.5 miles of light rail system (an additional 22.1 miles is under construction)
- 3 mainline railroad tracks
- 7.4 million passengers annually through Sacramento International airport
- Port of Sacramento ships 870,000 short tons of cargo annually
- 14 Regional Parks Districts
- 6 million trees
- 19 major public & private colleges & universities
- 16 public school districts
- 15 major art and historical museums
- 26 public libraries
- 10 hospitals
- 69.6 of eligible voters are registered to vote
- Persons per square mile - 1,252
- Leading agricultural crops include: milk, wine grapes, Bartlett pears, field corn, turkeys
The County's official website is at http://www.saccounty.net/
The website of the transit provider for the County is Sacramento Regional Transit at http://www.sacrt.com/