Total population (2010 census): 1418788
Total population (1990 census): 1041219
County seat: Sacramento
CropSELECT
Cereals, Pseudocereals, Oilseeds
Industrial, Fiber
Forages
Vegetables
Small Fruits
Tree Fruits and Nuts
Herb, Aromatic, Medicinal, and Bioactive
Crop Statistics (2007 US Census of Agriculture)
Field Crops for Grain | Farms | Acres | Yield (bu) | |
Barley | 3 | 425 | 33718 | |
Maize=Corn | 64 | 22433 | 3948508 | |
Oats | 4 | 200 | 12975 | |
Sorghum | 8 | 1460 | 78758 | |
Wheat for Grain, Total | 38 | 8009 | 676115 | |
Wheat for Grain, Spring | 2 | D | D | |
Wheat for Grain, Winter | 37 | D | D | |
Forages | Farms | Acres | Yield (tons) | |
Total Hay* | 212 | 25015 | 111708 | |
Alfalfa Hay | 65 | 9960 | 75678 | |
Small Grain Hay | 92 | 8713 | 21844 | |
Tame Hay | 66 | 5028 | 11380 | |
Wild Hay | 30 | 1314 | 2806 | |
All Haylage, Grass Silage & Greenchop | 35 | 4934 | 40348 | |
Corn for Silage or Greenchop | 37 | 7033 | 181574 | |
Sorghum for Silage or Greenchop | 1 | D | D | |
Vegetables | Farms | Acres | Yield | |
Asparagus | 5 | 856 | ||
Snap Beans | 2 | D | ||
Beets | 4 | 1 | ||
Broccoli | 3 | Z | ||
Brussel Sprouts | 2 | D | ||
Chinese Cabbage | 6 | 30 | ||
Cantaloupes | 9 | D | ||
Carrots | 2 | D | ||
Cauliflower | - | - | ||
Collards | 2 | D | ||
Cucumbers & Pickles | 6 | 2 | ||
Eggplant | 4 | 2 | ||
Garlic | 5 | 2 | ||
Fresh Cut Herbs | 8 | 9 | ||
Honeydew Melons | - | - | ||
Kale | - | - | ||
All Lettuce | 12 | D | ||
Mustard Greens | 8 | 27 | ||
Dry Onions | 2 | D | ||
Green Onions | 4 | Z | ||
Okra | 2 | D | ||
Chinese Peas | - | - | ||
Green Peas | 2 | D | ||
Sweet Peppers | 4 | D | ||
Hot Peppers | 5 | D | ||
Potatoes | 2 | D | ||
Pumpkins | 3 | D | ||
Radishes | - | - | ||
Squash | 11 | 37 | ||
Sweet Corn | 12 | 448 | ||
Tomatoes | 30 | 3785 | ||
Watermelons | 4 | D | ||
Other Vegetables | 10 | 24 | ||
Fruits and Nuts | Farms | Acres | Yield | |
Apples | 16 | 330 | ||
Apricots | 4 | 2 | ||
Sweet Cherries | 33 | 540 | ||
Dates | 2 | D | ||
Grapes | 92 | 20931 | ||
Kiwifruit | 4 | 76 | ||
Nectarines | 4 | D | ||
Olives | 12 | 148 | ||
Peaches | 9 | 46 | ||
Pears | 46 | 6138 | ||
Persimmons | 7 | 5 | ||
Pluots | 1 | D | ||
Plums | 6 | 6 | ||
Pomegranates | 1 | D | ||
Other Noncitrus Fruit | 19 | 15 | ||
Citrus Fruit | 8 | 22 | ||
Lemons | 1 | D | ||
Oranges | 6 | 22 | ||
Tangerines | 1 | D | ||
All Nuts | 43 | 520 | ||
Almonds | 8 | 75 | ||
Chestnuts | 1 | D | ||
Pecans |
1 | D | ||
Pistachios | 2 | D | ||
English Walnuts | 33 | 432 | ||
Blackberries and Dewberries | 6 | 6 | ||
Tame Blueberries | 3 | D | ||
Boysenberries | 1 | D | ||
Raspberries | 3 | D | ||
Strawberries | 19 | 62 | ||
Other Berries | 2 | D | ||
Other Crops | Farms | Acres | Yield | |
Field and Grass Seed Crops | 7 | 2880 | X | |
Alfalfa Seed | 2 | D | D | |
Ladino Clover Seed | 1 | D | D | |
Sudangrass Seed | 5 | D | 5109508 Ibs | |
Dry Lima Beans | 1 | D | D | |
Dry Edible Beans | 1 | D | D | |
Rice | 15 | 5114 | 411546 cwt | |
Safflower | 34 | 5537 | 13829189 Ibs | |
Sunflower Seed | 1 | D | D | |
Triticale | 1 | D | D | |
Other | 2 | D | X | |
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale | Farms | Sq. ft. under glass or other protection | Acres in the open | Sales ($1,000) |
Cuttings, Seedlings, Liners, and Plugs | 4 | D | D | 31669 |
Floriculture Crops | 16 | 171980 | 31 | D |
Bedding and Garden Plants | 13 | D | D | D |
Cut Flowers and Cut Florist Greens | 1 | - | D | D |
Potted Flowering Plants | 2 | D | - | D |
Nursery Stock | 23 | D | 547 | 50917044 |
Greenhouse Crops | 3 | 8000 | X | D |
Sod Harvested | 4 | X | 560 | 3871250 |
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested | 2 | X | D | NA |
Crop Statistics (1997 US Census of Agriculture)
Cereals | Farms | Acres | Yield | |
Maize=Corn | 73 | 26662 | 4328447 bu | |
Sorghum for Grain or Seed | 9 | 2512 | 231330 bu | |
Wheat for Grain, Total | 58 | 8437 | 616770 bu | |
Durum Wheat for Grain | 1 | D | D | |
Barley | 21 | 1677 | 115439 bu | |
Rice | 26 | 8069 | 653294 cwt | |
Safflower | 37 | 6842 | 16745830 lbs | |
Grain Legumes | Farms | Acres | Yield | |
Dry Edible Beans | 6 | 682 | 11430 cwt | |
Dry Lima Beans | 3 | 337 | D | |
Forages | Farms | Acres | Yield | |
Field Seed and Grass Seed Crops | 16 | 4610 | X | |
Ladino Clover Seed | 5 | 838 | 309540 lbs | |
Red Clover Seed | 2 | D | D | |
Sudangrass Seed | 13 | 3587 | 10051235 lbs | |
Total Hay* | 254 | 24695 | 80647 tons, dry | |
Alfalfa Hay | 62 | 6545 | 35063 tons, dry | |
Small Grain Hay | 83 | 4591 | 10190 tons, dry | |
Tame Hay | 104 | 7731 | 19810 tons, dry | |
Wild Hay | 26 | 1797 | 3441 tons dry | |
Grass Silage | 40 | 4031 | 36414 tons, grn | |
Corn for Silage | 46 | 7632 | 170964 tons, grn | |
Vegetables | Farms | Acres | Yield | |
Asparagus | 3 | D | ||
Green Lima Beans | 3 | D | ||
Snap Bean | 16 | 24 | ||
Beets | 8 | 4 | ||
Sugar Beets for Sugar | 10 | 2593 | 64470 tons | |
Broccoli | 8 | 3 | ||
Chinese Cabbage | 13 | 81 | ||
Head Cabbage | 4 | 3 | ||
Cantaloupes | 7 | 28 | ||
Celery | 3 | 1 | ||
Chinese Peas | 9 | 6 | ||
Cucumbers & Pickles | 14 | 19 | ||
Eggplant | 13 | 8 | ||
Garlic | 4 | 2 | ||
Herbs, Fresh Cut | 8 | 4 | ||
Lettuce and Romaine | 3 | 1 | ||
Mustard Greens | 12 | 11 | ||
Dry Onions | 3 | 1 | ||
Green Onions | 10 | 123 | ||
Okra | 8 | 1 | ||
Hot Peppers | 9 | 11 | ||
Sweet Peppers | 7 | 55 | ||
Potatoes | 6 | 13 | 1820 cwt | |
Pumpkins | 9 | 130 | ||
Squash | 13 | 17 | ||
Sweet Corn | 12 | 624 | ||
Tomatoes | 46 | 7679 | ||
Mixed Vegetables | 34 | 50 | ||
Watermelons | 4 | D | ||
Other Vegetables | 13 | 80 | ||
Fruits and Nuts | Farms | Acres | Yield | |
Apples | 32 | 254 | 83742 trees | |
Apricots | 15 | 11 | 1143 trees | |
Cherries, Total | 25 | 355 | 34349 trees | |
Sweet Cherries | 25 | 355 | 34349 trees | |
Figs | 4 | 1 | 34 trees | |
Grapes | 70 | 10101 | 5688834 vines | |
Kiwifruit | 8 | 30 | 4727 trees | |
Nectarines | 7 | 8 | 1010 trees | |
Olives | 6 | 26 | 1570 trees | |
Peaches | 24 | 94 | 19756 trees | |
Pears | 88 | 6407 | 1027852 trees | |
Persimmons | 11 | 7 | 797 trees | |
Plums and Prunes | 11 | 24 | 3183 trees | |
Pomegranates | 4 | D | D | |
Other Non-Citrus Fruits | 5 | 2 | 207 trees | |
Grapefruit | 6 | 1 | 46 trees | |
Lemons | 3 | Z | 13 trees | |
Oranges | 15 | 14 | 1183 trees | |
Almonds | 14 | 134 | 11454 | |
Pecans | 4 | 5 | 192 in shell | |
Pistachios | 3 | 9 | 820 in shell | |
English Walnuts | 50 | 357 | 14959 in shell | |
Other Nuts | 3 | D | D | |
Blackberries | 5 | 1 | 1000 lbs | |
Boysenberries | 3 | 1 | 200 lbs | |
Strawberries | 18 | 31 | 754668 lbs | |
Other Crops | Farms | Acres | Yield | |
Herbs, Total | 8 | 4 | X | |
Other | 3 | 137 | X | |
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Cut Christmas Trees Harvested, Mushrooms, and Sod Grown for Sale | Farms | Sq. ft. under glass or other protection | Acres in the open | Sales ($1,000) |
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops | 73 | 1660971 | 624 | 19478 |
Nursery, Floriculture Vegetable and Flower Seed Crops | 47 | X | 622 | X |
Floriculture Crops | 33 | 182121 | 21 | 1060 |
Bedding and Garden Plants | 15 | 166855 | 11 | 974 |
Cut Flowers and Cut Florist Greens | 11 | 2452 | 5 | 43 |
Potted Flowering Plants | 5 | D | D | D |
Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes, and Tubers | 5 | D | D | 97 |
Cut Christmas Trees Harvested | 3 | X | D | D |
Nursery Crops | 20 | D | 307 | 16504 |
Sod Harvested | 3 | X | 226 | 1433 |
Vegetable and Flower Seeds | 5 | D | 8 | D |
Greenhouse Vegetables | 3 | D | X | D |
Other Nursery and Greenhouse Crops | 7 | 33350 | D | 155 |
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(-) = Represents zero.
(D) = Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
(NA) = Not Available.
(X) = Not Applicable.
(Z) = Less than half of the unit shown.
Last Updated: August 13, 2012
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