Editing Placer County, California (section)

== Politics, government, and policing ==
===Government===
County government is by a five-person four-year term elected board of supervisors from five single member districts with a board-appointed county manager and his/her department administrators.

===Law enforcement===
The Placer County Sheriff's Office provides court protection, jail administration, and coroner services for all of Placer County. It provides patrol, detective, and other police services for the unincorporated areas of the county plus by contract to the city of Colfax and the town of Loomis.

===Politics===
====Voter registration====

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible collapsible collapsed"
|+Population and registered voters
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="2020CensusP2" />
| colspan="2" | 404,739
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/15day-gen-2024/complete-ror.pdf October 21, 2024 - Report of Registration]. Retrieved March 7, 2025.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group="note">Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 291,479
| 72.02%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic<ref name="CA-SS" />
| 91,719
| 31.47%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican<ref name="CA-SS" />
| 119,117
| 40.87%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic&ndash;Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS" />
| <span style="color: #800080;">'''-27,398'''</span>
| <span style="color: #800080;">'''-9.40%'''</span>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;American Independent<ref name="CA-SS" />
| 14,217
| 4.88%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green<ref name="CA-SS" />
| 1,151
| 0.39%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS" />
| 5,203
| 1.79%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS" />
| 895
| 0.31%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unknown<ref name="CA-SS" />
| 1,141
| 0.39%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other<ref name="CA-SS" />
| 2,051
| 0.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No party preference<ref name="CA-SS" />
| 55,985
| 19.21%
|}

==== Cities by population and voter registration ====

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%;"
|+Cities by population and voter registration
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="2020CensusP2" />
! data-sort-type="number" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS" /><br /><ref name="PCT-RV" group="note" />
! data-sort-type="number" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SS" />
! data-sort-type="number" | Republican<ref name="CA-SS" />
! data-sort-type="number" | D&ndash;R spread<ref name="CA-SS" />
! data-sort-type="number" | Third parties, Unknown, Other<ref name="CA-SS" />
! data-sort-type="number" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SS" />
|-
| [[Auburn, California|Auburn]] || 13,776 || 10,072 || 3,488 || 3,724 || <span style="color: #800080;">'''-2.34%'''</span> || 932 || 1,928
|-
| [[Colfax, California|Colfax]] || 1,995 || 1,178 || 302 || 481 || <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-15.20%'''</span> || 142 || 253
|-
| [[Lincoln, California|Lincoln]] || 49,757 || 39,135 || 12,368 || 16,676 || <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-11.01%'''</span> || 3,235 || 6,856
|-
| [[Loomis, California|Loomis]] || 6,836 || 5,070 || 1,121 || 2,566 || <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-28.50%'''</span> || 478 || 905
|-
| [[Rocklin, California|Rocklin]] || 71,601 || 47,936 || 15,142 || 19,173 || <span style="color: #800080;">'''-8.41%'''</span> || 4,018 || 9,603
|-
| [[Roseville, California|Roseville]] || 147,773 || 103,882 || 35,396 || 39,078 || <span style="color: #800080;">'''-3.54%'''</span> || 8,382 || 21,026
|
|-
| Unincorporated Areas || 113,001 || 84,206 || 23,902 || 37,419 || <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-16.05%'''</span> || 7,471 || 15,414
|}

=== Overview ===
In its early history Placer County was solidly Republican: it voted Republican in every election between 1860 and 1912, when Bull Moose nominee [[Theodore Roosevelt]] was California's official Republican nominee.<ref name="Geography">Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 153–156 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> Between 1916 and 1976, however, the county voted Republican only in three landslide elections of [[United States presidential election in California, 1920|1920]], [[United States presidential election in California, 1952|1952]] and [[United States presidential election in California, 1972|1972]] – in all of which its GOP margins were much smaller than for the state or nation. Since the "[[Reagan Revolution]]" Placer County has become and remained a stronghold of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]; it consistently elects Republican public officials and has voted for presidential candidates from the party in every election since 1980.

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|123,941|103,958|7,034|California}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|122,488|106,869|5,727|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|95,138|73,509|17,377|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|99,921|66,818|4,972|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|94,647|75,112|4,053|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|95,969|55,573|1,736|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|69,835|42,449|5,515|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|49,808|34,981|9,638|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|38,298|30,783|22,285|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|42,096|27,516|1,030|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|38,035|21,294|1,098|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|28,179|17,311|5,950|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|18,154|21,026|1,131|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|18,597|16,911|1,437|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|12,427|14,050|2,667|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|9,389|18,256|31|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|10,439|13,304|120|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|9,059|10,611|69|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|9,841|9,444|168|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|5,570|8,837|702|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|4,196|7,149|64|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,887|8,402|147|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,321|7,959|108|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,242|6,200|241|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|3,669|3,685|96|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|2,192|390|3,402|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,894|1,559|416|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,954|3,375|462|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|15|1,823|2,519|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,865|1,491|269|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,050|1,023|201|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,009|1,592|76|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|1,890|1,721|65|California}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|1,743|1,524|271|California}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|1,761|1,547|56|California}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|1,749|1,483|75|California}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Republican|1,643|1,416|58|California}}

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Placer County is within California's [[California's 3rd congressional district|3rd]]  congressional district, represented by {{Representative|cacd|3}}.

In the [[California State Senate]], Placer County is split between the [[California's 1st State Senate district|1st]], [[California's 4th State Senate district|4th]], and [[California's 6th State Senate district|6th]] districts,<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Citizens Redistricting Commission Senate Districts |url=https://sdmg.senate.ca.gov/sites/sdmg.senate.ca.gov/files/2021/2021_crc_sd_state_a_final.pdf |publisher=California Citizens Redistricting Commission}}</ref> represented by {{Representative|casd|1}}, {{Representative|casd|4}}, and {{Representative|casd|6}}, respectively.

In the [[California State Assembly]], the county is split between the [[California's 1st State Assembly district|1st]], [[California's 3rd State Assembly district|3rd]], and [[California's 5th State Assembly district|5th]] districts,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Final Maps |url=https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/transition/maps-final-draft-assembly-districts/ |publisher=California Citizens Redistricting Commission}}</ref> represented by {{Representative|caad|1}}, {{Representative|caad|3}}, and {{Representative|caad|5}} respectively.

=== Crime ===

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and crime rates
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
| colspan="2" | 343,554
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Violent crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11">Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of California. [http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf Table 11: Crimes &ndash; 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222315/http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf |date=December 2, 2013 }}. Retrieved November 14, 2013.</ref>
| 816 || 2.38
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Homicide<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 6 || 0.02
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Forcible rape<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 61 || 0.18
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Robbery<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 156 || 0.45
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Aggravated assault<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 593 || 1.73
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Property crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 4,274 || 12.44
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Burglary<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 1,606 || 4.67
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Larceny-theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" /><ref name="LT-note group=note" group="note"">Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.</ref>
| 5,513 || 16.05
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Motor vehicle theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 711 || 2.07
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Arson<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 42 || 0.12
|}

=== Cities by population and crime rates ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="9" | Cities by population and crime rates
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8">United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. [https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_california_by_city_2012.xls Crime in the United States, 2012, Table 8 (California)]. Retrieved November 14, 2013.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8" />
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crime rate<br />per 1,000 persons
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8" />
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crime rate<br />per 1,000 persons
|-
| [[Auburn, California|Auburn]] || 13,787 || 44 || 3.19 || 249 || 18.06
|-
| [[Lincoln, California|Lincoln]] || 44,378 || 14 || 0.32 || 506 || 11.40
|-
| [[Rocklin, California|Rocklin]] || 58,865 || 49 || 0.83 || 917 || 15.58
|-
| [[Roseville, California|Roseville]] || 122,896 || 293 || 2.38 || 3,288 || 26.75
|}