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| There are 58 administrative divisions, referred to as counties, in the state of California. The population figures given below are from the 2000 census. You may list the counties by county name, by area in square miles, by year organized or by population by clicking on the column headings or using the pull-down list box. | ||||
| County | Area (sq miles) | County Seat | Established | Population (2000) |
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| Alameda County | 738 | Oakland | 1853 | 1,443,741 |
| Alpine County | 739 | Markleeville | 1864 | 1,208 |
| Amador County | 593 | Jackson | 1854 | 35,100 |
| Butte County | 1,640 | Oroville | 1850 | 203,171 |
| Calaveras County | 1,020 | San Andreas | 1850 | 40,554 |
| Colusa County | 1,151 | Colusa | 1850 | 18,804 |
| Contra Costa County | 720 | Martinez | 1850 | 948,816 |
| Del Norte County | 1,008 | Crescent City | 1857 | 27,507 |
| El Dorado County | 1,712 | Placerville | 1850 | 156,299 |
| Fresno County | 5,963 | Fresno | 1856 | 799,407 |
| Glenn County | 1,315 | Willows | 1891 | 26,453 |
| Humboldt County | 3,573 | Eureka | 1853 | 126,518 |
| Imperial County | 4,175 | El Centro | 1907 | 142,361 |
| Inyo County | 10,192 | Independence | 1866 | 17,945 |
| Kern County | 8,142 | Bakersfield | 1866 | 661,645 |
| Kings County | 1,390 | Hanford | 1893 | 129,461 |
| Lake County | 1,258 | Lakeport | 1861 | 58,309 |
| Lassen County | 4,558 | Susanville | 1864 | 33,828 |
| Los Angeles County | 4,060 | Los Angeles | 1850 | 9,519,338 |
| Madera County | 2,138 | Madera | 1893 | 123,109 |
| Marin County | 520 | San Rafael | 1850 | 247,289 |
| Mariposa County | 1,451 | Mariposa | 1850 | 17,130 |
| Mendocino County | 3,509 | Ukiah | 1850 | 86,265 |
| Merced County | 1,929 | Merced | 1855 | 210,554 |
| Modoc County | 3,944 | Alturas | 1874 | 9,449 |
| Mono County | 3,044 | Bridgeport | 1861 | 12,853 |
| Monterey County | 3,322 | Salinas | 1850 | 401,762 |
| Napa County | 754 | Napa | 1850 | 124,279 |
| Nevada County | 958 | Nevada City | 1851 | 92,033 |
| Orange County | 790 | Santa Ana | 1889 | 2,846,289 |
| Placer County | 1,404 | Auburn | 1851 | 248,399 |
| Plumas County | 2,554 | Quincy | 1854 | 20,824 |
| Riverside County | 7,208 | Riverside | 1893 | 1,545,387 |
| Sacramento County | 966 | Sacramento | 1850 | 1,223,499 |
| San Benito County | 1,389 | Hollister | 1874 | 53,234 |
| San Bernardino County | 20,062 | San Bernardino | 1853 | 1,709,434 |
| San Diego County | 4,204 | San Diego | 1850 | 2,813,833 |
| San Francisco County | 47 | San Francisco | 1850 | 776,733 |
| San Joaquin County | 1,399 | Stockton | 1850 | 563,598 |
| San Luis Obispo County | 3,304 | San Luis Obispo | 1850 | 246,681 |
| San Mateo County | 449 | Redwood City | 1856 | 707,161 |
| Santa Barbara County | 2,738 | Santa Barbara | 1850 | 399,347 |
| Santa Clara County | 1,291 | San Jose | 1850 | 1,682,585 |
| Santa Cruz County | 446 | Santa Cruz | 1850 | 255,602 |
| Shasta County | 3,786 | Redding | 1850 | 163,256 |
| Sierra County | 953 | Downieville | 1852 | 3,555 |
| Siskiyou County | 6,287 | Yreka | 1852 | 44,301 |
| Solano County | 828 | Fairfield | 1850 | 394,542 |
| Sonoma County | 1,576 | Santa Rosa | 1850 | 458,614 |
| Stanislaus County | 1,495 | Modesto | 1854 | 446,997 |
| Sutter County | 603 | Yuba City | 1850 | 78,930 |
| Tehama County | 2,951 | Red Bluff | 1856 | 56,039 |
| Trinity County | 3,179 | Weaverville | 1850 | 13,022 |
| Tulare County | 4,824 | Visalia | 1852 | 368,021 |
| Tuolumne County | 2,236 | Sonora | 1850 | 54,501 |
| Ventura County | 1,846 | Ventura | 1873 | 753,197 |
| Yolo County | 1,012 | Woodland | 1850 | 168,660 |
| Yuba County | 630 | Marysville | 1850 | 60,219 |
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Source: United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov, August 7, 2006.
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About Counties: Overview of counties from the National Association of Counties. History of County Government: Three-part history of county government in the United States from the National Association of Counties. The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000, by Joseph Nathan Cane and updated by by Charles Curry Aiken. Purchase the premiere guide to information on the histories of the names, sizes, and populations of the counties of the United States. Scarecrow Press; 5th edition (December 28, 2004) 560 pages. County Name Origins of the United States by Michael A. Beatty. This thorough and carefully prepared work is recommended for medium to large academic and public libraries. McFarland & Company (May 2001) 665 pages. | ||||
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