SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
PLACER COUNTY
OVERVIEW
Extending from the Sacramento Valley, along Interstate 80,
to Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada, Placer County offers
breath-taking scenery and easy access to the Capital Region.
South Placer residents are highly educated, on par with the
Bay Area, 48 percent have an associates degree or higher.
Local higher education institutions include CSU Sacramento,
Sierra College, and William Jessup University. The county
has frequently ranked in the top ten on the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, County Rankings in the “quality of life”
and “healthfulness” categories in the past five years.
TOTAL POPULATION
386,166
KEY COMMUNITIES
Auburn
Lincoln
Rocklin
Roseville
KEY ASSETS
• Lake Tahoe
• Interstate 80
• High quality of life
• Higher Education Hub
» Sacramento State University
» Sierra College
» William Jessup University
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