Sacramento
It's been a typical week in Sacramento. Local residents have been visiting Elkhorn Park and Ride for their parking needs and some have also been taking their dogs to Bark Busters Sacramento for training.
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Outdoors in Sacramento
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1860
Central Pacific Railroad depot, at Sacramento City, 1860
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About Sacramento
Capital city of California, United StatesSacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California. The county seat of Sacramento County, it is located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in the Sacramento Valley. It is the fourth-most populous city in Northern California, sixth-most populous city in the state, and 35th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 524,943 at the 2020 census. The Sacramento metropolitan area, with 2.46 million residents, is the 27th-largest metropolitan area in the country. Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area was inhabited by the Nisenan, Maidu, and other indigenous peoples of California. In 1808, Spanish cavalryman Gabriel Moraga surveyed and named…
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How Sacramento ranks
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Housing in Sacramento
The typical Sacramento home is worth about $474,000, down 0.9% in a year, 38% below the California typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Sacramento
Safety Grade D
Sacramento reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 92% report less.
Schools in Sacramento
All Sacramento schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Sacramento’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 54% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CA. Ratings are from neighbors.
Famous people from Sacramento
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Where Sacramento is
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