Serenade in Sacramento County
Sacramento County encompasses approximately 994 square miles in the middle of the 400-mile long Central Valley, which is 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.
Statistics for Sacramento county, CA
- County Population: 1,223,499
- County Houses: 474,814
- Land area: 965.7 sq. mi.
- Water area: 29.8 sq. mi.
- Industries providing employment:
- Educational,health and social services (18.4%)
- Public administration (12.3%)
- Retail trade (11.5%)
- Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (10.3%)
- Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 70%
- Government: 23%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
- Races in Sacramento County:
- White Non-Hispanic (57.8%)
- Hispanic (16.0%)
- Black (10.0%)
- Other race (7.5%)
- Two or more races (5.8%)
- Other Asian (2.7%)
- American Indian (2.5%)
- Chinese (2.5%)
- Filipino (2.0%)
- Vietnamese (1.3%)
- Asian Indian (1.1%)
- Japanese (1.0%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.6%)
- Median age: 33.8 years
- Males: 48.9%
- Females: 51.1%
- Average household size in Sacramento County: 2.64
- Median household income: $43,816 (year 2000)
- Median house value: $144,200 (year 2000)
- Median montly rent in 2000: $659
- Institutionalized population: 13625
- Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Sacramento County in 2000: $1223
Sacramento County Area Facts
- Average Annual Maximum Temperature - 73.6 degrees
- Average Annual Minimum Temperature - 49 degrees
- 19.6 inches average annual rainfall
- 20.5 miles of light rail system
- 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
- 1,252 persons per square mile
- Leading agricultural crops include:
- Milk
- Wine grapes
- Bartlett pears
- Field corn
- Turkeys
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