CALIFORNIA COUNTIES |
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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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| San Francisco County | 47 | San Francisco | 1850 | 776,733 |
| Santa Cruz County | 446 | Santa Cruz | 1850 | 255,602 |
| San Mateo County | 449 | Redwood City | 1856 | 707,161 |
| Marin County | 520 | San Rafael | 1850 | 247,289 |
| Amador County | 593 | Jackson | 1854 | 35,100 |
| Sutter County | 603 | Yuba City | 1850 | 78,930 |
| Yuba County | 630 | Marysville | 1850 | 60,219 |
| Contra Costa County | 720 | Martinez | 1850 | 948,816 |
| Alameda County | 738 | Oakland | 1853 | 1,443,741 |
| Alpine County | 739 | Markleeville | 1864 | 1,208 |
| Napa County | 754 | Napa | 1850 | 124,279 |
| Orange County | 790 | Santa Ana | 1889 | 2,846,289 |
| Solano County | 828 | Fairfield | 1850 | 394,542 |
| Sierra County | 953 | Downieville | 1852 | 3,555 |
| Nevada County | 958 | Nevada City | 1851 | 92,033 |
| Sacramento County | 966 | Sacramento | 1850 | 1,223,499 |
| Del Norte County | 1,008 | Crescent City | 1857 | 27,507 |
| Yolo County | 1,012 | Woodland | 1850 | 168,660 |
| Calaveras County | 1,020 | San Andreas | 1850 | 40,554 |
| Colusa County | 1,151 | Colusa | 1850 | 18,804 |
| Lake County | 1,258 | Lakeport | 1861 | 58,309 |
| Santa Clara County | 1,291 | San Jose | 1850 | 1,682,585 |
| Glenn County | 1,315 | Willows | 1891 | 26,453 |
| San Benito County | 1,389 | Hollister | 1874 | 53,234 |
| Kings County | 1,390 | Hanford | 1893 | 129,461 |
| San Joaquin County | 1,399 | Stockton | 1850 | 563,598 |
| Placer County | 1,404 | Auburn | 1851 | 248,399 |
| Mariposa County | 1,451 | Mariposa | 1850 | 17,130 |
| Stanislaus County | 1,495 | Modesto | 1854 | 446,997 |
| Sonoma County | 1,576 | Santa Rosa | 1850 | 458,614 |
| Butte County | 1,640 | Oroville | 1850 | 203,171 |
| El Dorado County | 1,712 | Placerville | 1850 | 156,299 |
| Ventura County | 1,846 | Ventura | 1873 | 753,197 |
| Merced County | 1,929 | Merced | 1855 | 210,554 |
| Madera County | 2,138 | Madera | 1893 | 123,109 |
| Tuolumne County | 2,236 | Sonora | 1850 | 54,501 |
| Plumas County | 2,554 | Quincy | 1854 | 20,824 |
| Santa Barbara County | 2,738 | Santa Barbara | 1850 | 399,347 |
| Tehama County | 2,951 | Red Bluff | 1856 | 56,039 |
| Mono County | 3,044 | Bridgeport | 1861 | 12,853 |
| Trinity County | 3,179 | Weaverville | 1850 | 13,022 |
| San Luis Obispo County | 3,304 | San Luis Obispo | 1850 | 246,681 |
| Monterey County | 3,322 | Salinas | 1850 | 401,762 |
| Mendocino County | 3,509 | Ukiah | 1850 | 86,265 |
| Humboldt County | 3,573 | Eureka | 1853 | 126,518 |
| Shasta County | 3,786 | Redding | 1850 | 163,256 |
| Modoc County | 3,944 | Alturas | 1874 | 9,449 |
| Los Angeles County | 4,060 | Los Angeles | 1850 | 9,519,338 |
| Imperial County | 4,175 | El Centro | 1907 | 142,361 |
| San Diego County | 4,204 | San Diego | 1850 | 2,813,833 |
| Lassen County | 4,558 | Susanville | 1864 | 33,828 |
| Tulare County | 4,824 | Visalia | 1852 | 368,021 |
| Fresno County | 5,963 | Fresno | 1856 | 799,407 |
| Siskiyou County | 6,287 | Yreka | 1852 | 44,301 |
| Riverside County | 7,208 | Riverside | 1893 | 1,545,387 |
| Kern County | 8,142 | Bakersfield | 1866 | 661,645 |
| Inyo County | 10,192 | Independence | 1866 | 17,945 |
| San Bernardino County | 20,062 | San Bernardino | 1853 | 1,709,434 |
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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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