murksiderock
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fukk it, it's time and I'm surprised I haven't made one already...
Defining the Greater Sac area as the region of Northern California that is culturally and economically intertwined to the city of Sacramento, the following counties: Sacramento, San Joaquin, Placer, Yolo, Butte, El Dorado, Shasta, Nevada, Sutter, Yuba, Tehama...
The largest cities in the Greater Sacramento metropolis are Sacramento, Stockton, Chico, Redding, and Yuba City. There are suburbs of Sac that are larger than these other cities but those suburbs don't exist independent of Sacramento...
This is probably the only large area in California currently growing, with a population of 3,948,515 people as of 2022, which is +.07% from 2020. Most of the growth is of course in the Sacramento and Stockton areas. This area too, is about 5.7% non-Hispanic black, with about 224,000 black residents, again most of us concentrated in and around Sacramento and Stockton. That is a decline of around 1.2% since '20, when the region had over 226,000 black people and was around 5.8% black...
If you add in the "mixed blacks", the region probably easily clears 10% black and is probably closer to 12-12.5% black...
Sacramento is an emerging city nationally and "the city" for 4 million Californians, with its own unique character and vibe. It's time to dedicate specific space to talking about Sacramento, the Sacramento Valley and Greater Sacramento on its own merits and benefits to California and what it offers!
Defining the Greater Sac area as the region of Northern California that is culturally and economically intertwined to the city of Sacramento, the following counties: Sacramento, San Joaquin, Placer, Yolo, Butte, El Dorado, Shasta, Nevada, Sutter, Yuba, Tehama...
The largest cities in the Greater Sacramento metropolis are Sacramento, Stockton, Chico, Redding, and Yuba City. There are suburbs of Sac that are larger than these other cities but those suburbs don't exist independent of Sacramento...
This is probably the only large area in California currently growing, with a population of 3,948,515 people as of 2022, which is +.07% from 2020. Most of the growth is of course in the Sacramento and Stockton areas. This area too, is about 5.7% non-Hispanic black, with about 224,000 black residents, again most of us concentrated in and around Sacramento and Stockton. That is a decline of around 1.2% since '20, when the region had over 226,000 black people and was around 5.8% black...
If you add in the "mixed blacks", the region probably easily clears 10% black and is probably closer to 12-12.5% black...
Sacramento is an emerging city nationally and "the city" for 4 million Californians, with its own unique character and vibe. It's time to dedicate specific space to talking about Sacramento, the Sacramento Valley and Greater Sacramento on its own merits and benefits to California and what it offers!
