West Sacramento, California
West Sacramento, California | |
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| City of West Sacramento | |
The Ziggurat Building on the Sacramento River in West Sacramento | |
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Seal | |
| Nickname: West Sac | |
Location in Yolo County and the state of California | |
West Sacramento Location in the State of California West Sacramento Location in the contiguous United States | |
| Coordinates: 38°34′50″N 121°31′49″W / 38.58056°N 121.53028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Yolo |
| Incorporated | January 1, 1987 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–Manager |
| • Mayor | Martha Guerrero |
| • City Council | Members
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| • City manager | Aaron Laurel |
| • State leg. | Sen. Christopher Cabaldon (D) Asm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) |
| • U.S. Congress | Doris Matsui (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.80 sq mi (59.05 km2) |
| • Land | 21.47 sq mi (55.61 km2) |
| • Water | 1.33 sq mi (3.45 km2) 5.84% |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 53,915 |
• Estimate (2024) | 55,991 |
| • Density | 2,511/sq mi (969.5/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 95691, 95605 |
| Area codes | 916 and 279 |
| FIPS code | 06-84816 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660149, 2412228 |
| Website | cityofwestsacramento.org |
West Sacramento (also known as West Sac) is a city in Yolo County, California, United States. The city is separated from Sacramento by the Sacramento River, which also separates Sacramento and Yolo counties. The population was 53,915 at the 2020 census, up from 48,744 at the 2010 census. The traditional industrial center of the region since the California gold rush era, West Sacramento is home to a diverse economy and is one of the area's top four employment centers.
The United States Conference of Mayors named West Sacramento as the Most Livable City in America in 2014 in the category of cities with fewer than 100,000 residents.
West Sacramento is part of the Sacramento–Arden Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area which has a population (2000) of approximately 1,796,857 (July 1, 2016, estimate placed the population at 2,296,418). Major industries to the region include agriculture, government, and transportation.