Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Sacramento is the seat of the California Assembly, the Governor of California, and Supreme Court of California, making it the state's political center and a hub for lobbying and think tanks. Sacramento is also the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which had 2010 population of 2,414,783, making it the fifth largest in California.

Stolicą Kalifornii jest Sacramento. Za sprawą populacji liczącej 470 956 mieszkańców (2012), stanowi szóste pod względem wielkości miasto w Kalifornii. Miasto leży u zbiegu rzek Sacramento i American River.