Sacramento, California

"Sacramento" redirects here. For other uses, see Sacramento (disambiguation).

"City of Sacramento" redirects here. For the former vessel, see SS Asbury Park.

Sacramento, California
State capital city
City of Sacramento
Sacramento California State Capitol Crocker Art Museum West The Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center Sacramento Riverfront California Supreme Court From the top to right: Downtown Sacramento; California State Capitol, Crocker Art Museum; The Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center; Tower Bridge and the Sacramento Riverfront; California Supreme Court.
Flag of Sacramento, California Flag Official seal of Sacramento, California Seal
Nickname(s):  "Sactown", "Sac"
Motto(s):  Latin: Urbs Indomita (English: "Indomitable City")
Location within Sacramento County Location within Sacramento County
Sacramento Location within California Sacramento Location within the United States
Coordinates: 38°33′20″N 121°28′08″W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Country	United States
State	California
County	Sacramento
Region	Sacramento Valley
CSA	Sacramento-Roseville
MSA	Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade
Incorporated	February 27, 1850
Chartered	1920
Named for	Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
Government
• Type	City Council
• Body	Sacramento City Council
• Mayor	Darrell Steinberg (D)
• City Council	Council Members Angelique Ashby Allen Warren Jeff Harris Steve Hansen Jay Schenirer Eric Guerra Rick Jennings, II Larry Carr
Area
• City	100.11 sq mi (259.27 km2)
• Land	97.92 sq mi (253.62 km2)
• Water	2.18 sq mi (5.65 km2)  2.19%
Elevation	30 ft (9 m)
Population (2010)
• City	466,488
• Estimate  (2017)	501,901
• Rank	1st in Sacramento County 6th in California 35th in the United States
• Density	5,057.33/sq mi (1,952.65/km2)
• Urban	1,723,634
• Metro	2,149,127
• CSA	2,414,783
Demonym(s)	Sacramentan
Time zone	UTC−8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	942xx, 958xx
Area code	916 and 279
FIPS code	06-64000
GNIS feature IDs	1659564, 2411751
Primary Airport	Sacramento International Airport SMF (Major/International)
Interstates	File:I-5 (CA).svg File:I-80 (CA).svg File:Business Loop 80 (CA).svg File:I-305 (CA).svg
U.S. Routes	File:US 50 (CA).svg
State Routes	File:California 16.svg File:California 51.svg File:California 99.svg File:California 160.svg File:California 244.svg File:California 275.svg
Light Rail	Sacramento RT Light Rail
Commuter Rail	File:Amtrak logo.svg Altamont Corridor Express (planned) CAHSR (planned)
Website	cityofsacramento.org

Sacramento (/ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ/ SAK-rə-MEN-toh; Spanish: [sakɾaˈmento]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's estimated 2018 population of 501,334 makes it the sixth-largest city in California and the ninth largest capital in the United States. Sacramento is the seat of the California Assembly, the Governor of California, and Supreme Court of California, making it the state's political center and a hub for lobbying and think tanks. Sacramento is also the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which had 2010 population of 2,414,783, making it the fifth largest in California.

Sacramento is the fastest-growing major city in California, owing to its status as a notable financial center on the West Coast and as a major educational hub, home of Sacramento State University and University of California, Davis. Similarly, Sacramento is a major center for the California healthcare industry, as the seat of Sutter Health, the world-renowned UC Davis Medical Center, and the UC Davis School of Medicine, and notable tourist destination in California, as the site of The California Museum, the Crocker Art Museum, California Hall of Fame, the California State Capitol Museum, and the Old Sacramento State Historic Park. Sacramento is known for its evolving contemporary culture, dubbed the most "hipster city" in California. In 2002, the Harvard University Civil Rights Project conducted for Time magazine named Sacramento "America's Most Diverse City".

Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area was inhabited by the Nisenan people indigenous peoples of California. Spanish cavalryman Gabriel Moraga surveyed and named the Rio del Santísimo Sacramento (Sacramento River) in 1808, after the Blessed Sacrament, referring to the Eucharist in the Catholic Church. In 1839, Juan Bautista Alvarado, Mexican governor of Alta California granted the responsibility of colonizing the Sacramento Valley to Swiss-born, Mexican citizen John Augustus Sutter, who subsequently established Sutter's Fort and the settlement at the Rancho Nueva Helvetia. Following the American Conquest of California and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the waterfront developed by Sutter began to be developed and incorporated in 1850 as the City of Sacramento. As a result of the California Gold Rush, Sacramento became a major commercial center and distribution point for Northern California, serving as the terminus for the Pony Express and the First Transcontinental Railroad.

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