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Sutter County, California

A county in California, ranked 37 of 58 by population.

CountyFIPS 06101

Within California
Sutter County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
98,787
-676 (-0.7%) since 2020
Land area
602.7
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
164
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Yuba City
Seat of county government.
Established
1850
175 years ago
Largest city
Yuba City city
Population 69,485.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Sutter County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Sutter County, California from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 605 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Sutter County ranks

Position among the 58 counties of California, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn CaliforniaNationally
Population98,78737th of 58632nd of 3,144
Land area602.7 sq mi53rd of 581,619th of 3,144
Population density164 per sq mi22nd of 58655th of 3,144
Median household income$79,70431st of 58598th of 3,143

Full data for Sutter County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population98,787Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202099,463Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?99,632Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area602.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area608.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?164 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$79,704American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$433,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households33,292American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units34,798American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+322
1,205 births, 883 deaths
Net migration
-470
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Sutter County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Yuba CountyCalifornia47 mi88,691
Colusa CountyCalifornia40 mi21,836
Yolo CountyCalifornia38 mi224,410
Placer CountyCalifornia22 mi442,081
Butte CountyCalifornia16 mi209,211
Sacramento CountyCalifornia6.4 mi1,618,460

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 58 counties of California

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.