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The Commission uses the following fourteen regions for planning and statistical analysis. Click on the name of a region or a county for more details and region-specific data.

North Coast
• Del Norte • Humboldt • Lake • Mendocino •
Superior California
• Lassen • Modoc • Shasta • Siskiyou • Trinity •
Upper Sacramento Valley
• Butte • Colusa • Glenn • Plumas • Sierra • Tehama •
Sacramento-Tahoe
• Alpine • Amador • El Dorado • Nevada •
• Placer • Sacramento • Sutter • Yolo • Yuba •
San Francisco Bay Area
• Alameda • Contra Costa • Marin • Napa •
• San Francisco • San Mateo •
• Santa Clara • Solano • Sonoma •
Monterey Bay
• Monterey • San Benito • Santa Cruz •
Central Coast
• San Luis Obispo • Santa Barbara • Ventura •
North San Joaquin Valley
• Calaveras • Fresno • Madera • Mariposa • Merced •
• San Joaquin • Stanislaus • Tuolumne •
South San Joaquin Valley
• Kern • Kings • Tulare •
Inyo-Mono
• Inyo • Mono •
Los Angeles
• Los Angeles •
Orange County
• Orange •
Inland Empire
• Riverside • San Bernardino •
San Diego-Imperial
• Imperial • San Diego •

For a list of the counties in each region, please visit our Glossary.

For a map of the regions used prior to 2003, please see Historic Regions.

Submit any comments or questions to Data_Request@cpec.ca.gov or fill out the Comments form.