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El Dorado County (/ ˌ ɛ l d ə ˈ r ɑː d oʊ / ⓘ), officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 191,185. The county seat is Placerville. The county is part of the Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Discover the diverse beauty and rich history of El Dorado County, a year-round vacation destination in California. Explore regions, events, activities, dining, wine, and more in this Sierra foothills paradise.
Elevate to El Dorado. El Dorado County began its entrepreneurial spirit with the California Gold Rush and is still open for business today! With unmatched rural beauty, endless recreational opportunities, world class public schools, the County provides an unparalleled quality of life.
El Dorado County is in California. From the Gold Country in the west, this county extends east across the Sierra Nevada mountains. Overview. Map. Directions. Satellite.
If any spot in California—even the United States—can boast of having a “rich” history, El Dorado County is it. After all, this region, located between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe, is where the Gold Rush kicked off in the 1840s.
Learn more about the inner workings of the El Dorado County Government, our current Board of Supervisors, and the most recent election information. You can also contact the County or find information about any of our departments to find the service you need, below.
El Dorado County is one of about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the United States and is one of 58 counties in California. It has 1,710.8 square miles in land area and a population density of 102.9 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its population grew by 256.6%.
