Sutter County, California

Sutter County is a located along the  in the  of the  of, north of state capital. its population was 93,142. The is.

History
Sutter County was one of the original counties of California, created in at the time of statehood. Parts of the county were given to in.

Sutter County was named after General, a citizen, who obtained a large  from the  government, and called his first settlement  (now the ). In 1841, the general established a great stock ranch in this area to which he retired in 1850 when seekers deprived him of most of his holdings at Sacramento.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,576 (609 ). 1,561 km² (603 sq mi) of it is land and 16 km² (6 sq mi) of it (0.99%) is water.

Sutter County is home to the Sutter Buttes, known as the "World's Smallest Mountain Range." This volcanic formation provides relief to the otherwise seemingly flat Sacramento Valley.

Adjacent counties

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Major highways

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Public Transportation
operates local bus service, as well as commuter runs to Downtown Sacramento.

Airports
is a general aviation airport located just south of Yuba City.

Demographics
As of the of, there were 78,930 people, 27,033 households, and 19,950 families residing in the county. The was 51/km² (131/sq mi). There were 28,319 housing units at an average density of 18/km² (47/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 67.52%, 1.91% or , 1.55% , 11.26% , 0.20% , 12.96% from , and 4.60% from two or more races. 22.21% of the population were or  of any race. 70.3% spoke, 17.9% and 9.3%  as their first language.

There were 27,033 households out of which 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.35.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.00% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males.

The for a household in the county was $38,375, and the median income for a family was $44,330. Males had a median income of $35,723 versus $25,778 for females. The for the county was $17,428. About 12.1% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the, including 21.3% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

Politics
Sutter is a strongly Republican county in and  elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was in. Sutter is part of, which is held by Republican. In the Sutter is in the 2nd Assembly district, which is held by Republican, and the 4th Senate district, which is held by Republican.