Welcome to Sonoma County ...
Time Zone: Sonoma County lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.
The community of Santa Rosa is the Seat for Sonoma County.
Sonoma County is one of the original counties of California and was founded in 1850.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Sonoma had a population of 494,336 people. This is an increase of 1.98% since the last Census (which gave a population of 484,755 people in 2010).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Sonoma represented 1.3% of the total population of California.
Below are some of the communities located in Sonoma County:
- Cloverdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cotati
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Healdsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Petaluma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rohnert Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Rosa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sebastopol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sonoma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Websites of Interest ...
- Websites specific to California
- Websites specific to Sonoma County
- Websites for nearby counties
- Contra Costa County
- Lake County
- Marin County
- Mendocino County
- Napa County
- Solano County
- Cemetery Information and Directories
Footnotes ...
<1> | On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census. |
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