Sacramento, California
State capital and city of California
City of Sacramento
Clockwise from top left: California State Capitol, Sacramento RT Light Rail in transit down K Street, Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Downtown Sacramentoskyline, Crocker Art Museum, Tower Bridge from the riverfront.
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Nickname(s): "City of Trees", "Sactown", "Sac", "Sacto", "River City"
Motto(s): Latin: Urbs Indomita (English: "Indomitable City")
Location of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California
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Coordinates: 38°33′20″N 121°28′08″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Sacramento
Region	Sacramento Valley
CSA	Sacramento-Roseville
MSA	Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade
Incorporated	February 27, 1850[1]
Chartered	1920[2]
Named for	Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
Government
• Type	City Council[3]
• Body	Sacramento City Council
• Mayor	Darrell Steinberg (D)[4]
• City Council[4]	Council Members[show]
Area[5]
• 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[6]	30 ft (9 m)
Population (2010)
• City	501,334
• Estimate (2018)[7]	501,334
• Rank	1st in Sacramento County 6th in California 35th in the United States
• Density	5,057.33/sq mi (1,952.65/km2)
• Urban[8]	1,723,634
• Metro[9]	2,149,127
• CSA[10]	2,414,783
Demonym(s)	Sacramentan
Time zone	Pacific (UTC−8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes	942xx, 958xx
Area code	916 and 279
FIPS code	06-64000
GNIS feature IDs	1659564, 2411751
Website	cityofsacramento.org