Sacramento California Real Estate

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Quick Facts About Sacramento California

• Sacramento County was incorporated in 1850 as one of the original 27 counties of the State of California. The County's largest city, the City of Sacramento, is the seat of government for the State of California. Sacramento became the State Capital in 1854..
• Sacramento County encompasses approximately 994 square miles in the middle of the 400-mile long Central Valley, which is California's prime agricultural region.
• Sacramento County extends from the low delta lands between the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers north to about ten miles beyond the State Capitol and east to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The southernmost portion of Sacramento County has direct access to the San Francisco Bay.
• Sacramento has an average Annual Maximum Temperature - 73.6 degrees
• Sacramento has an average Annual Minimum Temperature - 49 degrees
• Sacramento has an average Rainfall - 19.6 inches
• Sacramento has 20.5 miles of light rail system
• Sacramento has 3 mainline railroad tracks
• 7.4 million passengers annually through Sacramento International airport
• Port of Sacramento ships 870,000 short tons of cargo annually
• Sacramento has 14 Regional Parks Districts
• Sacramento has 6 million trees
• Sacramento has 19 major public & private colleges & universities
• Sacramento has 16 public school districts
• Sacramento has 15 major art and historical museums
• Sacramento has 26 public libraries
• Sacramento has 10 hospitals
• Sacramento has 69.6 of eligible voters registered to vote in California
• Sacramento's Leading agricultural crops include: milk, wine grapes, Bartlett pears, field corn, turkeys.

More Facts About California

Capital: Sacramento

Governor: Arnold Schwarzenegger, R (to Jan. 2007)

Lieut. Governor: Cruz M. Bustamante, D (to Jan. 2007)

Senators: Barbara Boxer, D (to Jan. 2005); Dianne Feinstein, D (to Jan. 2007)

Secy. of State: Kevin Shelley, D (to Jan. 2007)

Atty. General: Bill Lockyer, D (to Jan. 2007)

Treasurer: Phil Angelides, D (to Jan. 2007)

Entered Union (rank): Sept. 9, 1850 (31)

Present constitution adopted: 1879

Motto: Eureka (I have found it)

Nickname: Golden State

Origin of name: From a book, Las Sergas de Esplandián, by Garcia Ordóñez de Montalvo, c. 1500

10 largest cities (2003 est.): Sacramento, 3,819,951; San Diego, 1,266,753; Sacramento, 898,349; San Francisco, 751,682; Long Beach, 398,844; Fresno, 451,455; Sacramento, 445,335; Oakland, 398,844; Santa Ana, 342,510; Anaheim, 332,361

Land area: 155,959 sq mi. (403,934 sq km)

Geographic center: In Madera Co., 38 mi. E of Madera

Number of counties: 58

Largest county by population and area: Sacramento, 9,637,494 (2001); San Bernardino, 20,062 sq mi.

National forests: 18

State parks and beaches: 264

Residents: Californian

2003 resident population est.: 35,484,453

2000 resident census population (rank): 33,871,648 (1). Male: 16,874,892 (49.8%); Female: 16,996,756 (50.2%). White: 20,170,059 (59.5%); Black: 2,263,882 (6.7%); American Indian: 333,346 (1.0%); Asian: 3,697,513 (10.9%); Other race: 5,682,241 (16.8%); Two or more races: 1,607,646 (4.7%); Hispanic/Latino: 10,966,556 (32.4%). 2000 percent population 18 and over: 72.7; 65 and over: 10.6; median age: 33.3.

State Symbols:

Flower: Golden poppy (1903)

Tree: California redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens & Sequoiadendron giganteum) (1937, 1953)

Bird: California valley quail (1931)

Animal: California grizzly bear (1953)

Fish: California golden trout (1947)

Colors: Blue and gold (1951)

Song: "I Love You, California" (1951)