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Welcome to Yolo County ...

Time Zone: Yolo County lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Woodland is the Seat for Yolo County.

Yolo County is one of the original counties of California and was founded in 1850.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Yolo had a population of 220,500 people. This is an increase of 9.66% since the last Census (which gave a population of 201,073 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Yolo represented 0.54% of the total population of California.

Below are some of the communities located in Yolo County:

  • Davis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Davis is located in Yolo County (CA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,805 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davis <2>
  • West Sacramento
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Winters
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

Websites of Interest ...

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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