Northern California

American geographic and cultural region

This article is about the northern part of the U.S. state. For the historic region, see Alta California. For the megaregion, see Northern California megaregion.

Place in California, United States

Northern California

Golden Gate Bridge

Northern California coast as seen from Muir Beach Overlook

View of an aerial tram in Lake Tahoe

Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz

Muir Woods National Monument

San Jose skyline

Northern California counties in red

Country| United States
State| California
Major cities| San Jose
San Francisco
Fresno
Sacramento
Oakland
Stockton
Fremont
Modesto
Santa Rosa
Salinas
Hayward
Sunnyvale
Visalia
Chico
Redding
San Mateo
San Rafael
Eureka
Susanville
Largest city| San Jose
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 15,775,319

Northern California (commonly shortened to NorCal) is a geocultural region that comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, spanning the northernmost 48 of the state's 58 counties.[1][2] Northern California in its largest definition is determined by dividing the state into two regions, the other being Southern California. The main northern population centers include the San Francisco Bay Area (anchored by the cities of San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland), the Greater Sacramento area (anchored by the state capital Sacramento), the Redding, California, area south of the Cascade Range, and the Metropolitan Fresno area (anchored by the city of Fresno). Northern California also contains redwood forests, along with most of the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite Valley and part of Lake Tahoe, Mount Shasta (the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range after Mount Rainier in Washington), and most of the Central Valley, one of the world's most productive agricultural regions. Northern California is also home to Silicon Valley, the global headquarters for several of the largest most powerful companies in the world, including Alphabet Inc. (Google), Apple, Meta, and Nvidia.

The Northern California Megaregion, one of the 11 megaregions of the United States is centered in Northern California, and extends from Metropolitan Fresno north to Greater Sacramento, and from the Bay Area east across the Nevada state line to encompass the entire Lake Tahoe–Reno area.[3]

Evidence of Native American habitation in the area dates from at least 19,000 years ago[4] and successive waves of arrivals led to one of the most densely populated areas of pre-Columbian North America. The arrival of European explorers from the early 16th to the mid-18th centuries did not establish European settlements in northern California. In 1770, the Spanish mission at Monterey was the first European settlement in the area, followed by other missions along the coast—eventually extending as far north as Sonoma County.[5]

## Description

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### North–south divisions of California

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Map of northern California counties

California experienced a population boom during its gold rush (1848–1855), bringing more than 300,000 new residents, with very few of these settling in the southern part of the state. The northern two-thirds of the state was seen as the main part, and was often referred to as simply "California", while the southern third was called "Southern California".[6] At that time, the state was profoundly divided by the Tehachapi Mountains which were a barrier to travelers before highways were built, and remain a bioregion barrier. This geographical barrier curves from Point Conception at the Pacific Ocean eastward through the Transverse Ranges including Mount Pinos and Tejon Pass, continuing through the Tehachapi Mountains including Tehachapi Pass, then cutting northward through the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range to Mount Patterson and the Nevada border. The Mojave Desert and the Great Basin Desert are separated from Northern California by mountain ranges in this definition of bioregions.[7][8] Southern California in the 1850s was a backwater of mainly Spanish-speaking Californios who resented paying state taxes without receiving state projects.[6][9]

The Pico Act of 1859 proposed to divide California to create the Territory of Colorado in the south, with the northern area retaining the name of California.

In 1859, as proposed by the Californio politician Andrés Pico, the California State Legislature passed the Pico Act aiming to divide the state and create a new territory in the south. The border started in the west at a latitude of six standard parallels south of Mount Diablo—meaning 144 miles south of Mount Diablo at the latitude of 35°45'N,[10] currently the border between Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties. The proposed border bent southward to capture more of the Central Valley, then it angled northeast from Old Tejon Ranch to the California border.[11] The new southern portion was to be called the Territory of Colorado because much of its eastern border was the Colorado River. This legislation was signed by Governor John B. Weller and sent to the United States Congress for ratification, but it never came to a vote. Congress was too divided with tensions which would soon break out into the American Civil War, and despite the efforts of Senator Milton Latham, the bill died. However, the proposed east-west line continued to define one of the views of north–south division of the state.[6]

"Northern California" may refer to the state's northernmost 48 counties, using the line established by the Pico Act, or it may refer to the portion north of the geographic barrier formed by the Transverse Ranges, the Tehachapi Mountains, and the Southern Sierras.[6] Because of California's large size and diverse geography, the state can be subdivided in other ways as well. For example, the Central Valley is a region that is distinct both culturally and topographically from coastal California, though in northern versus southern California divisions, the Sacramento Valley and most of the San Joaquin Valley are usually placed in northern California. Some observers describe three partitions of California, with north and south sections separated by Central California.

Technically, California's exact north–south midway division is around 37°N, near the latitude of Morgan Hill and Chowchilla. The geographic center of California is at 37°09′58″N 119°26′58″W﻿ / ﻿37.16611°N 119.44944°W﻿ / 37.16611; -119.44944 near North Fork, northeast of Fresno.[12]

The state is often considered as having an additional division north of the urban areas of the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento metropolitan areas. Extreme northern residents have felt under-represented in state government and, in 1941, attempted to form a new state with southwestern Oregon to be called Jefferson, or more recently to introduce legislation to split California into two or three states.

### Popular usage

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The coastal area north of the Bay Area is often referred to as the North Coast, touching the counties of Mendocino, Lake, Humboldt, and Del Norte. The interior region north of Sacramento metropolitan area is referred to by locals as the Northstate, consisting of about 20 counties.[13]

"Northern California" was used by Tim Draper as the name of the northernmost state to be created by splitting California into three new states. The bill, Cal 3, was prevented from appearing on the 2018 California ballot because of a constitutional review by the Supreme Court of California.[14]

## Significance

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Since the events of the California Gold Rush, Northern California has been a leader on the world's economic, scientific, and cultural stages. From the development of gold mining techniques and logging practices in the 19th century that were later adopted around the world, to the development of world-famous and online business models (such as Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Google, Yahoo!, and eBay), northern California has been at the forefront of new ways of doing business. In science, advances range from being the first to isolate and name fourteen transuranic chemical elements, to breakthroughs in microchip technology. Cultural contributions include the works of Ansel Adams, George Lucas, and Clint Eastwood, as well as beatniks, the Summer of Love, winemaking, the cradle of the international environmental movement, and the open, casual workplace first popularized in the Silicon Valley dot-com boom and now widely in use around the world. Other examples of innovation across diverse fields range from Genentech (development and commercialization of genetic engineering) to CrossFit as a pioneer in extreme human fitness and training. It is also home to one of the largest Air Force Bases on the West Coast, and the largest in California by square meters, Travis Air Force Base.

## Cities

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Northern California's largest metropolitan area is the San Francisco Bay Area which consists of 9 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties. The Bay Area consists of the major cities of San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and their many suburbs. Although not a part of the Bay Area, in recent years the Bay Area has drawn more commuters from as far as Central Valley cities such as Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, Turlock and Modesto. These cities in the central part of the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada foothills may be viewed as part of a single megalopolis.[3] The 2010 U.S. Census showed that the Bay Area grew at a faster rate than the Greater Los Angeles Area while Greater Sacramento had the largest growth rate of any metropolitan area in California.

The state's larger inland cities are considered part of Northern California in cases when the state is divided into two parts. Key cities in the region which are not in major metropolitan areas include Eureka on the far North Coast, Redding, at the northern end of the Central Valley, Chico, and Yuba City in the mid-north of the Central Valley, as well as Fresno and Visalia on the southern end. Though smaller in each case, with the notable exception of Fresno, than the larger cities of the general region, these smaller regional centers are often of historical and economic importance for their respective size, due to their locations, which are primarily rural or otherwise isolated.

* San Jose, the most populous city in Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, and the 13th most populous city in the United States.

* San Francisco, the second most populated city in Northern California and a major economic, cultural, and financial center for the region.

* Fresno, the fourth most populated city in northern California, as seen from Chukchansi Park. Fresno is the largest city by population in the San Joaquin Valley.

* Sacramento, the third most populous city in Northern California, the capital city of the State of California, and the principal city of the Sacramento metropolitan area.

* Oakland, the fifth-largest city by population in Northern California. Oakland is the major port city of the region and the center of Northern California's African American community.

## History

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### Prehistory to 1847

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Inhabited for millennia by Native Americans, from the Shasta tribe in the north, to the Miwoks in the central coast and Sierra Nevada, to the Yokuts of the southern Central Valley, northern California was among the most densely populated areas of pre-Columbian North America.[15]

#### European explorers

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The first European to explore the coast was Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, sailing for the Spanish Crown; in 1542, Cabrillo's expedition sailed perhaps as far north as the Rogue River in today's Oregon.[16] Beginning in 1565, the Spanish Manila galleons crossed the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to the Spanish Philippines, with silver and gemstones from Mexico. The Manila galleons returned across the northern Pacific, and reached North America usually off the coast of northern California, and then continued south with their Asian trade goods to Mexico.

In 1579, northern California was visited by the English explorer Sir Francis Drake who landed north of today's San Francisco and claimed the area for England. In 1602, the Spaniard Sebastián Vizcaíno explored California's coast as far north as Monterey Bay, where he went ashore. Other Spanish explorers sailed along the coast of northern California for the next 150 years, but no settlements were established.[17]

#### Spanish era

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The first European inhabitants were Spanish missionaries, who built missions along the California coast. The mission at Monterey was first established in 1770, and at San Francisco in 1776. In all, ten missions stretched along the coast from Sonoma to Monterey (and still more missions to the southern tip of Baja California). In 1786, the French signaled their interest in the northern California area by sending a voyage of exploration to Monterey.

The first twenty years of the 19th century continued the colonization of the northern California coast by Spain. By 1820, Spanish influence extended inland approximately 25 to 50 miles (80 km) from the missions. Outside of this zone, perhaps 200,000 to 250,000 Native Americans continued to lead traditional lives. The Adams-Onís Treaty, signed in 1819 between Spain and the young United States, set the northern boundary of the Spanish claims at the 42nd parallel, effectively creating today's northern boundary of northern California.

#### Russian presence

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In 1812, the Russian state-sponsored Russian-American Company established Fort Ross, a fur trading outpost on the coast of today's Sonoma County. Fort Ross was the southernmost Russian settlement, located some 60 miles (97 km) north of Spanish colonies in San Francisco. In 1839, the settlement was abandoned due to its inability to meet resource demands, and the increasing Mexican and American presence in the region.[18]

#### Mexican era

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After Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, Mexico continued Spain's missions and settlements in northern California as well as Spain's territorial claims. The Mexican Californios (Spanish-speaking Californians) in these settlements primarily traded cattle hides and tallow with American and European merchant vessels.

Coast Redwoods in Muir Woods National Monument, in Marin County

In 1825, the Hudson's Bay Company established a major trading post just north of today's Portland, Oregon. British fur trappers and hunters then used the Siskiyou Trail to travel throughout northern California.[19] The leader of a further French scientific expedition to northern California, Eugene Duflot de Mofras, wrote in 1840 "...it is evident that California will belong to whatever nation chooses to send there a man-of-war and two hundred men."[20]: 260  By the 1830s, a significant number of non-Californios had immigrated to northern California. Chief among these was John Sutter, a European immigrant from Switzerland, who was granted 48,827 acres (197.60 km2) centered on the area of today's Sacramento.[21]

#### American interest

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American trappers began entering northern California in the 1830s.[20]: 263–4  In 1834, American visionary Ewing Young led a herd of horses and mules over the Siskiyou Trail from missions in northern California to British and American settlements in Oregon. Although a small number of American traders and trappers had lived in northern California since the early 1830s, the first organized overland party of American immigrants to arrive in northern California was the Bartleson-Bidwell Party of 1841 via the new California Trail.[20]: 263–273  Also in 1841, an overland exploratory party of the United States Exploring Expedition came down the Siskiyou Trail from the Pacific Northwest. In 1846, the Donner Party earned notoriety as they struggled to enter northern California.

#### Californian independence and beginning of the United States era

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When the Mexican–American War was declared on May 13, 1846, it took almost two months (mid-July 1846) for word to get to California. On June 14, 1846, some 30 non-Mexican settlers, mostly Americans, staged a revolt and seized the small Mexican garrison in Sonoma. They raised the "Bear Flag" of the California Republic over Sonoma. The "Bear Flag Republic" lasted only 26 days, until the U.S. Army, led by John Frémont, took over on July 9.[22] The California state flag today is based on this original Bear Flag, and continues to contain the words "California Republic."

Commodore John Drake Sloat ordered his naval forces to occupy Yerba Buena (present San Francisco) on July 7 and within days American forces controlled San Francisco, Sonoma, and Sutter's Fort in Sacramento.[22] The treaty ending the Mexican–American War was signed on February 2, 1848, and Mexico formally ceded Alta California (including all of present-day northern California) to the United States.

Moon Lake in Lassen County, California

### Gold Rush and California statehood

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The California Gold Rush took place almost exclusively in northern California from 1848 to 1855. It began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in Coloma.[23] News of the discovery soon spread, resulting in some 300,000 people coming to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. San Francisco grew from a tiny hamlet, home to about 1,000 Californios into a boomtown of over 50,000 people in the 12 years between 1848 and 1860.[24][25] New roads, churches, and schools were built, and new towns sprung up, aided in part by the development of new methods of transportation such as steamships which came into regular service and railroads which now connected the coasts. The Gold Rush also had negative effects: American colonists chose to use genocide as a tool to remove the Indigenous people so that they could look for gold on their land.

The Gold Rush also increased pressure to make California a U.S. state. Pro-slavery politicians initially attempted to permanently divide northern and southern California at 36 degrees, 30 minutes, the line of the Missouri Compromise. But instead, the passing of the Compromise of 1850 enabled California to be admitted to the Union as a free state.[26]

### Population and agricultural expansion (1855–1899)

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Farm near Mount Shasta

The decades following the Gold Rush brought dramatic expansion to northern California, both in population and economically – particularly in agriculture. The completion of the First transcontinental railroad in 1869, with its terminus in Sacramento (and then later, Oakland), meant that northern California's agricultural produce (and some manufactured goods) could now be shipped economically to the rest of the United States. In return, immigrants from the rest of the United States (and Europe) could comfortably come to northern California. A network of railroads spread throughout northern California, and in 1887, a rail link was completed to the Pacific Northwest. Almost all of these railways came under the control of the Southern Pacific Railroad, headquartered in San Francisco, and San Francisco continued as a financial and cultural center.

Substantial tensions during this era included nativist sentiments (primarily against Chinese immigrants),[27] tensions between the increasing power of the Southern Pacific Railroad and small farmers, and the beginnings of the labor union movement.

## Economy

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Satellite image of Northern California at night

Northern California's economy is noted for being the de facto world leader in high-tech industry (software, semiconductor/micro-electronics, biotechnology and medical devices/instruments), as well as being known for clean power, biomedical, government, and finance. Other significant industries include tourism, shipping, manufacturing, and agriculture. Its economy is diverse, though more concentrated in high technology. It is home to the state capital, as well as several Western United States regional offices in San Francisco, such as the Federal Reserve and 9th Circuit Court.

## Climate

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Köppen climate types in northern California

Northern California has a warm or mild to cool climate, in which the Sierra mountains gets snow in the late fall through winter and occasionally into spring. Summers are mild along the coast and generally warm and dry, while winters are cool and usually wet. The high temperatures range from 50s °F (10–15 °C) to 30s °F (−1 – +4 °C) in the winters while summers temperature range is 90s °F (32–37 °C) to 60s °F (15–20 °C) or 50s °F (10–15 °C), with highs well into the 100s °F (37–42 °C) for the Sacramento region. Snow covers the mountains (generally above 3,000 feet (910 m)) in mid January through February. Fog occurs infrequently or occurs normally in the west and coast, especially in the summer, creating some of the coolest summer conditions in North America.[28] Since the first decade of the 21st century, droughts and wildfires have increased in frequency as a consequence of climate change.[29][30]

## Population

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Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1850| 86,105| | —
1860| 346,714| | 302.7%
1870| 516,089| | 48.9%
1880| 772,778| | 49.7%
1890| 961,628| | 24.4%
1900| 1,147,725| | 19.4%
1910| 1,569,141| | 36.7%
1920| 2,003,075| | 27.7%
1930| 2,632,273| | 31.4%
1940| 3,066,654| | 16.5%
1950| 4,654,248| | 51.8%
1960| 6,318,482| | 35.8%
1970| 7,849,575| | 24.2%
1980| 9,359,160| | 19.2%
1990| 11,490,926| | 22.8%
2000| 13,234,136| | 15.2%
2010| 14,573,946| | 10.1%
2020| 15,775,319| | 8.2%

The population of the forty-eight counties of northern California has shown a steady increase over the years.[31][32]

The largest percentage increase outside the Gold Rush era (52%) came during the 1940s, as the region was the destination of many post-War veterans and their families, attracted by the greatly expanding industrial base and (often) by their time stationed in northern California during World War II. The largest absolute increase occurred during the 1980s (over 2.1 million person increase), attracted by job opportunities in part by the expansion taking place in Silicon Valley and the Cold War–era expansion of the defense industry. Since the 2000 U.S. Census, Northern California has grown at a faster rate than Southern California due to the strong economic performances of the Bay Area and Sacramento.[33]

Ethnic origins in Northern California

## Parks and other protected areas

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### National Park System

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Main articles: List of areas in the United States National Park System and List of national parks of the United States

The U.S. National Park System controls a large and diverse group of parks in northern California. The best known is Yosemite National Park, which is displayed on the reverse side of the California state quarter. Other prominent parks are the Kings Canyon-Sequoia National Park complex, Redwood National Park, Pinnacles National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park and the largest in the contiguous forty-eight states, Death Valley National Park.

### National Monuments and other federally protected areas

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Main articles: List of national monuments of the United States, United States National Marine Sanctuary, List of National Wildlife Refuges of the United States, and List of national forests of the United States

Other areas under federal protection include Muir Woods National Monument, Giant Sequoia National Monument, Devils Postpile National Monument, Lava Beds National Monument, Point Reyes National Seashore, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and the Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries (both off the coast of San Francisco). Included within the latter National Marine Sanctuary is the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge; this National Wildlife Refuge is one of approximately twenty-five such refuges in northern California. National forests occupy large sections of northern California, including the Shasta–Trinity, Klamath, Modoc, Lassen, Mendocino, Eldorado, Tahoe, and Sequoia national forests, among others. Included within (or adjacent to) national forests are federally protected wilderness areas, including the Trinity Alps, Castle Crags, Granite Chief, and Desolation wilderness areas.

In addition, the California Coastal National Monument protects all islets, reefs, and rock outcroppings from the shore of northern California out to a distance of 12 nmi (22 km), along the entire northern California coastline. In addition, the National Park Service administers protected areas on Alcatraz Island, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Whiskeytown–Shasta–Trinity National Recreation Area, and the Smith River National Recreation Area. The NPS also administers the Manzanar National Historic Site in Inyo County, the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, and the Tule Lake National Monument outside of Tulelake.

### Other

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* Tilden Regional Park
* Alum Rock Park
* Angel Island
* Bidwell Park
* Big Basin Redwoods State Park
* Butano State Park
* Calaveras Big Trees State Park
* Castle Rock State Park
* Caswell Memorial State Park
* East Bay Regional Park District
* Farallon Islands
* Golden Gate Park
* Henry W. Coe State Park
* Humboldt Redwoods State Park
* Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
* Lake Tahoe Basin
* Marble Mountain Wilderness
* Mill Creek State Park
* Mount Tamalpais State Park
* Suisun Marsh
* Sacramento River
* Talowa Dunes State Park
* Turtle Bay Exploration Park
* McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park
* Wilder Ranch State Park
* Sequoia National Park

## Educational institutions

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Northern California hosts a number of world-renowned universities including Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. Top-tier public graduate schools include Boalt Hall and Hastings law schools and UC San Francisco (a top-ranked medical school) and UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, the largest veterinary school in the United States.

### Public

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* Six University of California campuses:

* UC Berkeley
* UC Davis
* UC Hastings
* UC Merced
* UC San Francisco
* UC Santa Cruz

* Eleven California State University campuses:

* California Maritime Academy
* Chico State
* CSU East Bay
* CSU Monterey Bay
* Fresno State
* Cal Poly Humboldt
* Sacramento State
* San Francisco State
* San Jose State
* Sonoma State
* Stanislaus State

* A large number of local community colleges

### Private

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(Partial list)

* Academy of Art University
* California College of the Arts
* Dominican University of California
* Fresno Pacific University
* Golden Gate University
* Jessup University
* Menlo College
* Northwestern Polytechnic University
* Notre Dame de Namur University
* Pacific Union College
* Samuel Merritt University
* Santa Clara University
* Saint Mary's College of California
* Simpson University
* Stanford University
* Touro University California
* University of San Francisco
* University of the Pacific

### Research

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(Partial list)

* American Institute of Mathematics
* Bodega Marine Reserve
* Hopkins Marine Station
* Joint Genome Institute
* Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
* Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
* Lick Observatory
* Long Marine Laboratory
* Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
* Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
* NASA Ames Research Center
* Owens Valley Radio Observatory
* Pacific Institute
* Point Reyes Bird Observatory
* White Mountain Research Station

## Counties

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* Alameda
* Alpine
* Amador
* Butte
* Calaveras
* Colusa
* Contra Costa
* Del Norte
* El Dorado
* Fresno
* Glenn
* Humboldt
* Inyo
* Kings
* Lake
* Lassen
* Madera
* Marin
* Mariposa
* Mendocino
* Merced
* Modoc
* Mono
* Monterey
* Napa
* Nevada
* Placer
* Plumas
* Sacramento
* San Benito
* San Francisco
* San Joaquin
* San Mateo
* Santa Clara
* Santa Cruz
* Shasta
* Sierra
* Siskiyou
* Solano
* Sonoma
* Stanislaus
* Sutter
* Tehama
* Trinity
* Tulare
* Tuolumne
* Yolo
* Yuba

## Regions

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The following regions are entirely or partly within northern California:

* Big Sur
* Cascade Range
* Central California
* Central Coast
* Central Valley
* Coastal California
* East Bay (SF)
* Eastern California
* Emerald Triangle
* Gold Country
* Greater Sacramento
* Klamath Basin
* Lake Tahoe
* Lassen Peak
* Lost Coast
* Metropolitan Fresno
* Mount Shasta
* North Bay (SF)
* North Coast
* Russian River
* Sacramento Valley
* San Francisco Bay Area
* San Francisco Peninsula
* San Joaquin Valley
* Santa Clara Valley
* Shasta Cascade
* Sierra Nevada
* Silicon Valley
* South Bay (SF)
* Telecom Valley
* Tri-Valley
* Trinity Alps
* Wine Country
* Yosemite
* Yuba–Sutter area

## Cities and towns with more than 50,000 inhabitants

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* Largest cities (city proper) in northern California
* 1 – San Jose

* 2 – San Francisco

* 3 – Fresno

* 4 – Sacramento

* 5 – Oakland

* 6 – Stockton

* 7 – Fremont

* 8 – Modesto

* 9 – Santa Rosa

* 10 – Elk Grove

* 11 – Salinas

* 12 – Hayward

* 13 – Sunnyvale

* 14 – Roseville

* 15 – Visalia

* 16 – Santa Clara

* 17 – Vallejo

* 18 – Concord

* 19 – Berkeley

* 20 – Clovis

* 21 – Fairfield

* 22 – Richmond

* 23 – Antioch

* 24 – San Mateo

* 25 – Daly City

* 26 – Vacaville

* 27 – Chico

* 28 – Redding

* 29 – Tracy

* 30 – San Leandro

* 31 - Livermore

* 32 – Citrus Heights

* 33 – Merced

* 34 – San Ramon

* 35 – Redwood City

* 36 – Manteca

* 37 – Mountain View

* 38 – Folsom

* 39 – Milpitas

* 40 – Pleasanton

City  | Population (2020)[34]

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Alameda | 78,280
Antioch | 115,291
Berkeley | 124,321
Brentwood | 64,292
Chico | 101,475
Citrus Heights | 87,583
Clovis | 120,124
Concord | 125,410
Cupertino | 60,381
Daly City | 104,901
Davis | 66,850
Dublin | 72,589
Elk Grove | 176,124
Fairfield | 119,881
Folsom | 80,454
Fresno | 542,107
Fremont | 230,504
Gilroy | 59,520
Hanford | 57,990
Hayward | 162,954
Livermore | 87,955
Lodi | 66,348
Madera | 66,224
Manteca | 83,498
Merced | 86,333
Milpitas | 80,273
Modesto | 218,464
Mountain View | 82,376
Napa | 79,246
Novato | 53,225
Oakland | 440,646
Palo Alto | 68,572
Petaluma | 59,776
Pittsburg | 76,416
Pleasanton | 79,871
Porterville | 62,623
Rancho Cordova | 79,332
Redding | 93,611
Redwood City | 84,292
Richmond | 116,448
Rocklin | 71,601
Roseville | 147,773
Sacramento | 524,943
Salinas | 163,542
San Francisco | 873,965
San Jose | 1,013,240
San Leandro | 91,008
San Mateo | 105,661
San Rafael | 61,271
San Ramon | 84,605
Santa Clara | 127,647
Santa Cruz | 62,956
Santa Rosa | 178,127
South San Francisco | 66,105
Stockton | 320,804
Sunnyvale | 155,805
Tracy | 93,000
Tulare | 68,875
Turlock | 72,740
Union City | 70,143
Vacaville | 102,386
Vallejo | 126,090
Visalia | 141,384
Walnut Creek | 70,127
Watsonville | 52,590
West Sacramento | 53,915
Woodland | 61,032
Yuba City | 70,117

### Metropolitan areas

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Northern California is home to three of the state's four extended metropolitan areas, which are home to over three-fourths of the region's population as of the 2010 United States Census:[35]

Metropolitan region  | Population

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San Francisco Bay Area | 7,468,390
Greater Sacramento | 2,461,780
Metropolitan Fresno | 1,081,315

### Major business districts

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The following are major central business districts:

* San Francisco Financial District
* Downtown Oakland
* Downtown Sacramento
* Downtown San Jose

## Transportation

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See also articles:

* Transportation in the Sacramento metropolitan area
* Transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area

See also categories:

* Transportation in Alameda County
* Transportation in Alpine County
* Transportation in Amador County
* Transportation in Butte County
* Transportation in Calaveras County
* Transportation in Colusa County
* Transportation in Contra Costa County
* Transportation in Del Norte County
* Transportation in El Dorado County
* Transportation in Fresno County
* Transportation in Glenn County
* Transportation in Humboldt County
* Transportation in Inyo County
* Transportation in Kings County
* Transportation in Lake County
* Transportation in Lassen County
* Transportation in Madera County
* Transportation in Marin County
* Transportation in Mariposa County
* Transportation in Mendocino County
* Transportation in Merced County
* Transportation in Modoc County
* Transportation in Mono County
* Transportation in Monterey County
* Transportation in Napa County
* Transportation in Nevada County
* Transportation in Oakland
* Transportation in Placer County
* Transportation in Plumas County
* Transportation in Sacramento
* Transportation in Sacramento County
* Transportation in San Benito County
* Transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area
* Transportation in San Francisco
* Transportation in San Joaquin County
* Transportation in San Mateo County
* Transportation in Santa Clara County
* Transportation in Santa Cruz County
* Transportation in Shasta County
* Transportation in Sierra County
* Transportation in Siskiyou County
* Transportation in Solano County
* Transportation in Sonoma County
* Transportation in Stanislaus County
* Transportation in Sutter County
* Transportation in Tehama County
* Transportation in Trinity County
* Transportation in Tulare County
* Transportation in Tuolumne County
* Transportation in Yolo County
* Transportation in Yuba County

### Airports

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Main article: List of airports in California

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is the largest and busiest airport in northern California, also ranking second in the state and tenth in the United States. San Jose International Airport is ranked as the best-run airport in the United States, by the ACBJ.[36]

There are 11 airports in Northern California categorized as Primary Service Commercial airports by the FAA:[37]

Airport | ID | City | Category | 2018 Enplanements

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San Francisco International Airport | SFO | San Francisco | Large Hub | 27,794,154
San Jose International Airport | SJC | San Jose | Medium Hub | 7,037,144
Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport | OAK | Oakland | Medium Hub | 6,687,963
Sacramento International Airport | SMF | Sacramento | Medium Hub | 5,907,901
Fresno Yosemite International Airport | FAT | Fresno | Small Hub | 853,538
Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport | STS | Santa Rosa | Non Hub | 217,994
Monterey Regional Airport | MRY | Monterey | Non Hub | 188,046
Stockton Metropolitan Airport | SCK | Stockton | Non Hub | 99,258
Arcata-Eureka Airport | ACV | Arcata | Non Hub | 69,604
Redding Municipal Airport | RDD | Redding | Non Hub | 42,775
Mammoth Yosemite Airport | MMH | Mammoth Lakes | Non Hub | 23,522

### Railroad

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The 19th Street Oakland BART station in downtown Oakland

* Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) – commuter subway connecting most of the core Bay Area including San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose
* Caltrain – commuter rail between San Francisco and Gilroy (south of San Jose)
* Muni Metro (San Francisco)
* VTA light rail (San Jose)
* Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) – commuter train connecting Stockton and the Central Valley with San Jose and the Bay Area
* Sacramento Regional Transit District light rail
* Amtrak:
* California Zephyr – connects Chicago to the Bay Area
* Capitol Corridor – San Jose to Auburn (eastern suburb of Sacramento)
* Coast Starlight – coastal train between Los Angeles and Seattle with northern California stops in San Jose, Oakland, and Sacramento
* San Joaquin – Central Valley train linking Bakersfield in the Central Valley to Sacramento and Oakland

### Major transit organizations

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* AC Transit
* Arcata and Mad River Transit System
* County Connection
* El Dorado Transit
* Eureka Transit Service
* Fairfield and Suisun Transit
* Fresno Area Express
* Golden Gate Transit
* Lake Transit
* Mendocino Transit Authority
* Monterey-Salinas Transit
* Porterville City Operated Local Transit
* Redwood Transit System
* SamTrans
* San Benito Express
* SF MUNI
* San Joaquin Regional Transit District
* Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
* Santa Cruz Metro
* Solano Express
* SolTrans
* Sonoma County Transit
* Tri Delta Transit
* Visalia Transit
* VINE (Napa County)

### Major transit ferries

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The historic San Francisco Ferry Building is the busiest ferry terminal on the West Coast and connects Downtown San Francisco to various parts of the Bay Area.

* San Francisco Bay Ferry
* Golden Gate Ferry
* Blue & Gold Fleet
* Angel Island – Tiburon Ferry

### Freeways

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See also: Category:San Francisco Bay Area freeways

#### Interstate highways

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* Interstate 80 (Eastshore Freeway/Lincoln Highway)
* Interstate 280 (Southern Embarcadero Freeway/Southern Freeway/Junipero Serra Freeway/Sinclair Freeway)
* Interstate 380
* Interstate 580 (Eastshore Freeway/MacArthur Freeway/Brown Freeway)
* Interstate 680 (Joseph P. Sinclair Freeway/Donald D. Doyle Highway/Blue Star Memorial Highway/Luther E. Gibson Freeway)
* Interstate 780
* Interstate 880 (Nimitz Freeway)
* Interstate 980 (Grove-Shafter Freeway)
* Interstate 238
* Interstate 5 (Golden State Freeway/West Side Freeway)
* Interstate 205 (Robert T. Monagan Freeway)
* Interstate 505
* Interstate 80 Business (Capital City Freeway)

#### U.S. Routes

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The Golden Gate Bridge is one of northern California's most well-known landmarks and one of the most famous bridges in the world.

* U.S. Route 6
* U.S. Route 50 (El Dorado Freeway)
* U.S. Route 101 (South Valley Freeway/Bayshore Freeway/James Lick Freeway/Central Freeway/Redwood Highway/Michael J. Burns Freeway/Redwood Highway)
* U.S. Route 395
* U.S. Route 97
* U.S. Route 199

I-80 and I-580 in Berkeley in the Bay Area State Route 120 is one of the many highways that traverse the isolated areas of inner northern California.

#### Principal state highways

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* State Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway/Cabrillo Highway)
* State Route 3
* State Route 4
* State Route 9
* State Route 12
* State Route 13 (Ashby Avenue/Tunnel Road/Warren Freeway)
* State Route 16
* State Route 17
* State Route 20
* State Route 24
* State Route 25
* State Route 26
* State Route 29
* State Route 32
* State Route 33
* State Route 35 (Skyline Boulevard)
* State Route 36
* State Route 37 (Sears Point Tollway)
* State Route 41 (E.G. Lewis Highway, Yosemite Freeway, Southern Yosemite Highway, Wawona Road)
* State Route 43
* State Route 44
* State Route 49 (Golden Chain Highway)
* State Route 59
* // State Route 61 (Webster Tube/Posey Tube/Doolittle Drive/Davis Street)
* State Route 63
* State Route 65
* State Route 68
* State Route 70
* State Route 82 (Monterey Highway/El Camino Real/Mission Street)
* State Route 84
* State Route 85 (Stevens Creek Freeway/West Valley Freeway/Norman Y. Mineta Highway/CHP Officer Scott M. Greenly Memorial Freeway)
* State Route 87 (Guadalupe Parkway)
* State Route 88
* State Route 89
* State Route 92 (J. Arthur Younger Freeway/Jackson Street)
* State Route 96
* State Route 99
* State Route 104
* State Route 108
* State Route 113
* State Route 116
* State Route 120
* State Route 121
* State Route 128
* State Route 130
* State Route 132
* State Route 137
* State Route 139
* State Route 140
* State Route 152
* State Route 156
* State Route 160 (North Sacramento Freeway/River Road)
* State Route 162
* State Route 165
* State Route 168
* State Route 174
* State Route 180
* / State Route 185 (International Boulevard/East 14th Street/Mission Boulevard)
* State Route 190
* State Route 193
* State Route 198
* State Route 201
* State Route 216
* State Route 219
* State Route 236
* State Route 237
* State Route 238 (Mission Boulevard, Foothill Boulevard)
* State Route 245
* State Route 254 (Avenue of the Giants)
* State Route 262 (Mission Boulevard)
* State Route 267
* State Route 269
* State Route 275 (Tower Bridge Gateway)
* State Route 299

## Communication

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### Telephone area codes

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* 209 — Northern San Joaquin Valley (Stockton, Modesto, and Merced).
* 408/669 — Most of Santa Clara County (San Jose and Gilroy).
* 415/628 — San Francisco, Daly City, and Marin County. One of the three original Area Codes in California.
* 510/341 — Inner East Bay (Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, and Fremont). Originally part of area code 415.
* 530 — A large northeastern section of the region including Tehama County, Shasta County, Lassen County, Yuba County, Sutter County, Butte County, and Nevada County. Split from area code 916 in 1997–1998.
* 559 — Southern San Joaquin Valley (Madera, Fresno, and Visalia).
* 650 — San Francisco Peninsula (San Mateo, Redwood City, and Palo Alto). Originally part of area code 415.
* 707 — The North Coast section of the region from Sonoma County to the Oregon border. Cities include Eureka, Ukiah, Santa Rosa, Napa, Vallejo and Fairfield.
* 831 — Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties. Originally part of area code 408.
* 916/279 — Sacramento County and the Sacramento suburbs in western Placer and El Dorado Counties. One of the three original area codes in California, formerly covered all areas now within 530.
* 925 — Outer East Bay (Concord, Pittsburg, Walnut Creek, San Ramon, Pleasanton and Livermore). Originally part of area codes 415 and 510.[38]

## Sports

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See also: Bay Bridge Series and Sports in California § Northern California–Southern California rivalry

### Major league professional sports teams

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Sport | League | Team | Venue | City

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Baseball | MLB | Athletics (baseball) (American League) | Sutter Health Park | West Sacramento
San Francisco Giants (National League) | Oracle Park | San Francisco
Basketball | NBA | Golden State Warriors | Chase Center | San Francisco
Sacramento Kings | Golden 1 Center | Sacramento
American football | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | Levi's Stadium | Santa Clara
Ice hockey | NHL | San Jose Sharks | SAP Center | San Jose
Soccer | NWSL | Bay FC | PayPal Park | San Jose
Soccer | MLS | San Jose Earthquakes | PayPal Park | San Jose
Basketball | WNBA | Golden State Valkyries | Chase Center | San Francisco
Cricket | MLC | San Francisco Unicorns | Oakland Coliseum | Oakland

### College sports teams

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* California Golden Bears
* Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks
* Stanford Cardinal
* Fresno State Bulldogs
* San Jose State Spartans
* Sacramento State Hornets
* UC Davis Aggies

### Sports venues

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* Laguna Seca Raceway (motorsport)
* Sonoma Raceway (motorsport)
* Olympic Club (golf)
* Silverado Country Club (golf)
* TPC Harding Park (golf)
* TPC Stonebrae (golf)

### Sporting events

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* Pac-12 Football Championship Game (college football)
* Emerald Bowl (college football)
* AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (golf)
* Frys.com Open (golf)
* Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic (golf)
* Grand Prix of Sonoma (motorsport)
* Toyota/Save Mart 350 (motorsport)
* Monterey Sports Car Championships (motorsport)
* Superbike World Championship (motorsport)

## See also

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* California portal
* San Francisco Bay Area portal

* California megapolitan areas
* Central California
* History of California through 1899
* History of the west coast of North America
* Jefferson (proposed Pacific state)
* Megaregions of the United States
* Northern California Megaregion
* Southern California

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## External links

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