Placer County, California
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Placer County (/ˈplæsər/ PLASS-ərr; Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 404,739.[4] The county seat is Auburn.[5]
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Placer County, California | |
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Images from top, left to right: The Auburn Courthouse, a panorama of a forested area, Lake Tahoe in Kings Beach | |
Coordinates: 39.06°N 120.73°W / 39.06; -120.73 | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Regions | Sacramento Valley, Sierra Nevada |
Metro area | Greater Sacramento |
Incorporated | April 25, 1851[1] |
Named for | Placer mining, a reference to the area being a center of the California Gold Rush |
County seat | Auburn |
Largest city | Roseville |
Government | |
• Type | Council–CEO |
• Body | Board of Supervisors[2]
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• Chair | Suzanne Jones |
• Vice Chair | Bonnie Gore |
• County Executive Officer | Jane Christenson (Acting) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,502 sq mi (3,890 km2) |
• Land | 1,407 sq mi (3,640 km2) |
• Water | 95 sq mi (250 km2) |
Highest elevation | 9,044 ft (2,757 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 404,739 |
• Density | 270/sq mi (100/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time) |
Area codes | 530, 916, 279 |
FIPS code | 06-061 |
GNIS feature ID | 277295 |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | www |
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Placer County is included in the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area. It is in both the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada regions, in what is known as the Gold Country. The county stretches roughly 65 miles (105 km) from Sacramento's suburbs at Roseville to the Nevada border and the shore of Lake Tahoe.