Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and serves as the county seat of Sacramento County. It is situated at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers within the Sacramento Valley.
The city ranks as the fourth-most populous city in Northern California and the sixth-most populous in the state. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 524,943. The surrounding Sacramento metropolitan area has approximately 2.46 million residents, making it the 27th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.