Sutter County, California

Sutter County population, land area and income

Sutter County had 98,545 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 602.7 square miles of land. It ranks 37th of 58 in California by population and 53rd by land area. That works out to 163.5 people per square mile, 1.7 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in California has 187,274 residents; Sutter County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $71,968 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Sutter County's population changed since 2020

Sutter County lost 934 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.9%. That ranks 34th of 58 in California for growth. The median California county changed by -0.6%, and the state as a whole by -0.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Sutter County recorded 5,060 births and 4,009 deaths, a natural change of +1,051. Net international migration added +2,138 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -4,315. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 4,315 people.

Where Sutter County is

The Census internal point of Sutter County is at 39.036200, -121.703900. It sits in UTM zone 10N. The map shades California's 58 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Sutter County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Sutter County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Sutter County, 78,651 people together, or 80% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Sutter County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Yuba City with 69,148.

Counties bordering Sutter County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Sutter County. The most populous is Sacramento County, CA, with 1,611,231 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Sacramento County

  1,611,231 people

  45 mi SSE

• Placer County

  433,822 people

  53 mi E

• Yolo County

  225,251 people

  27 mi SSW

• Butte County

  208,334 people

  44 mi N

• Yuba County

  87,469 people

  25 mi NE

• Colusa County

  22,074 people

  30 mi WNW

Distance to Sacramento and the nearest big city

Sacramento is 33.7 miles SSE of Sutter County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Roseville, CA (population 163,304), 27.7 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Yuba City, CA (population 69,148), 7.3 miles away.

Sutter County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Sutter County is 06101: state code 06 for California plus county code 101. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $71,968.