Sacramento Metropolitan Area

Greater Sacramento Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Yuba City
Metropolitan region
Sacramento
Country	United States of America
State	California
Principal cities	Sacramento – Arden-Arcade – Roseville – Yuba City – South Lake Tahoe – Truckee
Area
• Metro	21,429.2 sq mi (55,501.37 km2)
Elevation	0–10,886 ft (0–3,318 m)
Population (2010 est.)
• Density	308.60/sq mi (119.5/km2)
• Urban	1,723,634 (28th)
• MSA	2,215,770 (27th)
• CSA	2,482,660
	MSA = 2013, Urban = 2010
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)

The Greater Sacramento area, or officially Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Yuba City, CA-NV Combined Statistical Area, is a combined statistical area consisting of several metropolitan statistical areas and seven counties in Northern California and one in Western Nevada, namely Sacramento, Yolo, El Dorado, Placer, Sutter, Yuba, and Nevada counties in California, and Douglas County in Nevada.

The metropolitan area experienced a growth of nearly 20% in the last decade. In the 2000 census, the Sacramento MSA had a population of 1,930,857 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 2,458,355).

It lies in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada regions of California as well as a small region of Western Nevada. Greater Sacramento is anchored by Sacramento, the political center of California, the nation's most populous state with the largest number of representatives in the U.S. government, home of the California State Capitol and the secondary location of Supreme Court of California and was the original terminus for the First Transcontinental Railroad. Greater Sacramento also contains sites of natural beauty including Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in North America and numerous ski and nature resorts. It is also located in one of the world's most important agricultural areas. The region's eastern counties are located in Gold Country, site of the California Gold Rush.

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