Placer County, California

Placer County, California
County
Images from top, left to right: The Auburn Courthouse, a panorama of a forested area, Lake Tahoe in Kings Beach
Flag Seal
Interactive map of Placer County
Location in the state of California
Coordinates: 39°04′N 120°44′W / 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] Bonnie Gore Shanti Landon Jim Holmes Suzanne Jones Cindy Gustafson
• 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 [3]	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.placer.ca.gov

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]

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.