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Labeled county boundary map and complete directory of all 58 counties in California (CA, State FIPS 06). View 5-digit FIPS codes, county seats, land area in square miles, and official county government websites below.

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County boundary map of California (CA) showing all 58 counties

Showing all 58 counties in California. Use the search box below to filter by county name, 5-digit FIPS code, or county seat.

California County Statistics & Summary

Total Counties

58

State FIPS 06 · Capital: Sacramento

Largest by Land Area

San Bernardino County

20,068.4 sq mi · FIPS 06071

Smallest by Land Area

San Francisco County

46.7 sq mi · FIPS 06075

All 58 Counties in California (FIPS, County Seat & Official Website)

County Name 5-Digit FIPS Seat / Administrative Center Land Area (sq mi) Coordinates Official Website
Alameda County 06001 Oakland 737.5 37.640°, -121.907° Official Site
Alpine County 06003 Markleeville 738.3 38.602°, -119.845° Official Site
Amador County 06005 Jackson 594.6 38.443°, -120.652° Official Site
Butte County 06007 Oroville 1,636.5 39.665°, -121.603° Official Site
Calaveras County 06009 San Andreas 1,020 38.191°, -120.554° Official Site
Colusa County 06011 Colusa 1,150.6 39.178°, -122.238° Official Site
Contra Costa County 06013 Martinez 716.9 37.908°, -121.959° Official Site
Del Norte County 06015 Crescent City 1,006.2 41.747°, -123.953° Official Site
El Dorado County 06017 Placerville 1,707.8 38.786°, -120.534° Official Site
Fresno County 06019 Fresno 5,958.6 36.761°, -119.655° Official Site
Glenn County 06021 Willows 1,313.9 39.602°, -122.402° Official Site
Humboldt County 06023 Eureka 3,568 40.707°, -123.926° Official Site
Imperial County 06025 El Centro 4,175.5 33.041°, -115.355° Official Site
Inyo County 06027 Independence 10,197.3 36.611°, -117.307° Official Site
Kern County 06029 Bakersfield 8,134.7 35.356°, -118.719° Official Site
Kings County 06031 Hanford 1,391 36.072°, -119.816° Official Site
Lake County 06033 Lakeport 1,255.1 39.108°, -122.746° Official Site
Lassen County 06035 Susanville 4,541.4 40.708°, -120.609° Official Site
Los Angeles County 06037 Los Angeles 4,060.3 34.196°, -118.262° Official Site
Madera County 06039 Madera 2,136.7 37.206°, -119.749° Official Site
Marin County 06041 San Rafael 520.1 38.051°, -122.746° Official Site
Mariposa County 06043 Mariposa 1,448.8 37.574°, -119.912° Official Site
Mendocino County 06045 Ukiah 3,506.8 39.433°, -123.427° Official Site
Merced County 06047 Merced 1,938 37.194°, -120.722° Official Site
Modoc County 06049 Alturas 3,948.2 41.593°, -120.718° Official Site
Mono County 06051 Bridgeport 3,048.9 37.910°, -118.879° Official Site
Monterey County 06053 Salinas 3,281.7 36.240°, -121.316° Official Site
Napa County 06055 Napa 752 38.507°, -122.326° Official Site
Nevada County 06057 Nevada City 957.8 39.308°, -120.743° Official Site
Orange County 06059 Santa Ana 793.2 33.676°, -117.777° Official Site
Placer County 06061 Auburn 1,407.4 39.067°, -120.716° Official Site
Plumas County 06063 Quincy 2,553.1 39.992°, -120.824° Official Site
Riverside County 06065 Riverside 7,209 33.801°, -115.948° Official Site
Sacramento County 06067 Sacramento 965.4 38.449°, -121.343° Official Site
San Benito County 06069 Hollister 1,388.7 36.612°, -121.086° Official Site
San Bernardino County 06071 San Bernardino 20,068.4 34.857°, -116.182° Official Site
San Diego County 06073 San Diego 4,210.9 33.019°, -116.770° Official Site
San Francisco County 06075 San Francisco 46.7 37.727°, -123.032° —
San Joaquin County 06077 Stockton 1,392.3 37.935°, -121.272° Official Site
San Luis Obispo County 06079 San Luis Obispo 3,300.8 35.388°, -120.449° Official Site
San Mateo County 06081 Redwood City 448.6 37.415°, -122.371° Official Site
Santa Barbara County 06083 Santa Barbara 2,733.9 34.537°, -120.038° Official Site
Santa Clara County 06085 San Jose 1,291.1 37.222°, -121.689° Official Site
Santa Cruz County 06087 Santa Cruz 445.1 37.012°, -122.008° Official Site
Shasta County 06089 Redding 3,775.6 40.760°, -122.044° Official Site
Sierra County 06091 Downieville 953.2 39.577°, -120.522° Official Site
Siskiyou County 06093 Yreka 6,278.8 41.586°, -122.534° Official Site
Solano County 06095 Fairfield 821.7 38.267°, -121.940° Official Site
Sonoma County 06097 Santa Rosa 1,575.3 38.522°, -122.916° Official Site
Stanislaus County 06099 Modesto 1,496.2 37.562°, -121.003° Official Site
Sutter County 06101 Yuba City 602.7 39.036°, -121.704° Official Site
Tehama County 06103 Red Bluff 2,949.1 40.126°, -122.232° Official Site
Trinity County 06105 Weaverville 3,179.3 40.648°, -123.115° Official Site
Tulare County 06107 Visalia 4,823.9 36.229°, -118.781° Official Site
Tuolumne County 06109 Sonora 2,220.9 38.021°, -119.965° Official Site
Ventura County 06111 Ventura 1,840.8 34.359°, -119.133° Official Site
Yolo County 06113 Woodland 1,013 38.679°, -121.901° Official Site
Yuba County 06115 Marysville 632 39.270°, -121.344° Official Site

How California Counties and 5-Digit FIPS Codes Work

In U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line geography, California (CA) is assigned the 2-digit state Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code 06 and covers 155,860 square miles of land area across 58 counties in the Pacific Time (PT) zone (with Sacramento as the state capital). Every county in the directory above carries a unique 5-digit GEOID formed by combining state prefix 06 with a 3-digit county code (ranging alphabetically from Alameda County at 06001 to Yuba County at 06115).

Because U.S. Postal Service 5-digit ZIP Codes follow mail carrier delivery routes rather than local government borders, many postal addresses in California carry a neighboring city’s mailing name or sit inside a multi-county ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA). Property tax assessments, deed recording, circuit and county court venue, voter registration precincts, sheriff jurisdiction, and county sales tax rates in California are determined by the legal county boundary shown on the map above rather than the postal city name on an envelope.

Land area figures in square miles and internal centroid coordinates (INTPTLAT, INTPTLON) come directly from the U.S. Census Bureau’s current TIGERweb State_County benchmark, while 58 administrative seats and 57 verified official government websites are cross-referenced from Wikidata (CC0). Need a clean outline worksheet without county labels, or want to verify which California county a specific home or business address sits in? Open the Blank Map of California, run a street-segment check on Address to County Lookup, check multi-county postal overlap on ZIP Code to County Lookup, or browse all 50 states on the National U.S. County Map.

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