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City in California

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento County

Capital city of the U.S. state of California and seat of Sacramento County.

Population
535,798 (2024)
Density
5,431 / sq mi
Land area
98.7 sq mi
Water area
2.1 sq mi
Elevation
46 ft
Founded
1849
Coordinates
38.5677, -121.4682

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Photos of Sacramento

  • Sutters Fort, Panoramic view looking West from the Central Building

    Mark Urquhart · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Eastern Star Hall (1)

    JinCA · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • 23rd Street station 3986 01

    Pedro Xing · CC0

  • 23rd Street station 3990 03

    Pedro Xing · CC0

  • 23rd Street station 3987 02

    Pedro Xing · CC0

  • 23rd Street station 3991 04

    Pedro Xing · CC0

  • 23rd Street station 3993 06

    Pedro Xing · CC0

  • 23rd Street station 3992 05

    Pedro Xing · CC0

Photos from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses; select a photo for its author and full license.

Climate

July average high
94°F
January average low
41°F
Annual rainfall
19.2 in
Annual snowfall
0.0 in
  1. 57° 41° Jan 3.9"
  2. 62° 44° Feb 3.6"
  3. 68° 47° Mar 2.8"
  4. 74° 49° Apr 1.4"
  5. 81° 54° May 0.9"
  6. 89° 59° Jun 0.2"
  7. 94° 61° Jul 0.0"
  8. 94° 61° Aug 0.0"
  9. 89° 59° Sep 0.2"
  10. 79° 53° Oct 0.9"
  11. 65° 45° Nov 1.8"
  12. 56° 41° Dec 3.5"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Sacramento 5 Ese (5 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Sacramento ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$83,753
Median rent
$1,694 / mo
Median home value
$484,600
Median age
35.7
Unemployment
6.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher
36.4%
Poverty rate
14.4%
Renter-occupied homes
48.5%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
200
Students enrolled
126,862
Students per teacher
23.9 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
67.0%
Charter schools
17.5%
School districts serving the city
31

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Districts: Sacramento City Unified, Elk Grove Unified, Twin Rivers Unified, San Juan Unified, Natomas Unified

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
30.1%
No leisure-time physical activity
22.5%
Adults with diabetes
11.1%
Adults who smoke
12.1%
Frequent mental distress
17.9%
Sleeping under 7 hours
39.3%
Adults without health insurance
10.0%
Routine checkup in past year
69.5%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
88.9%
Share of city that is parkland
10.6%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
15.1
Median air quality index (county)
49
Unhealthy air days (county)
5

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
92.7%
Households with no internet
5.1%
Average commute
25.6 min
Work from home
17.8%
Commute by transit
1.9%
Commute on foot
2.7%
Commute by bike
1.4%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Sacramento County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 9 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Drought: relatively high
  • Riverine flooding: relatively high
  • Earthquake: relatively high
  • Heat wave: relatively moderate

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

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