Editing Amador County, California

{{Short description|County in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
 | name                     = Amador County, California
 | settlement_type          = [[List of counties in California|County]]
 | image_skyline            = AmadorCountyCAFoothills.jpg
 | image_caption            = The Amador County foothills in April 2007
 | image_flag               = Flag of Amador County, California.png
 | image_seal               = Seal of Amador County, California.png
 | nickname                 = "The Heart of the [[Mother Lode]]"
 | image_map                = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=250|frame-align=center|type=shape|fill=#ffffff|fill-opacity=0|stroke-width=3}}
 | map_caption              = Interactive map of Amador County
 | image_map1               = Map of California highlighting Amador County.svg
 | mapsize1                 = 200px
 | map_caption1             = Location in the state of [[California]]
 | subdivision_type         = Country
 | subdivision_name         = United States 
 | subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
 | subdivision_name1        = [[California]]
 | subdivision_type2        = [[List of regions of California|Region]]
 | subdivision_name2        = [[Sierra Nevada]]
 | established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
 | established_date         = May 1, 1854<ref>{{Cite GNIS|1675841|Amador County|access-date=February 10, 2015}}</ref>
 | named_for                = [[José María Amador]]
 | seat_type                = [[County seat]]
 | seat                     = [[Jackson, California|Jackson]]
 | parts_type               = Largest city
 | parts                    = [[Ione, California|Ione]] (population and area)
 | unit_pref                = US
 | area_total_sq_mi         = 606
 | area_land_sq_mi          = 595
 | area_water_sq_mi         = 11.4
 | elevation_max_footnotes  = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2576|title=Thunder Mountain|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=February 10, 2015}}</ref>
 | elevation_max_ft         = 9414
 | population_as_of         = [[2010 United States census|2020]]
 | population_footnotes     = 
 | population_total         = 40474
 | pop_est_as_of            = 2024
 | population_est           = 42026 {{gain}}
 | pop_est_footnotes        = 
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
|demographics_type2        = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes  = <ref>{{Cite web|title= Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Amador County, CA|url= https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPALL06005 |work=[[Federal Reserve Economic Data]] |publisher=[[Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis]]}}</ref>
|demographics2_title1     = Total
|demographics2_info1      = $1.921 billion (2022)
<!-- Government ----------->
 | government_type          = [[Council–manager government|Council–CAO]]
 | leader_title             = Chair
 | leader_name              = Pat Crew
 | leader_title1            = Vice Chair
 | leader_name1             = Jeff Brown 
 | governing_body           = {{Collapsible list
  | title = Board of Supervisors<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amadorgov.org/government/board-of-supervisors | title=Board of Supervisors &#124; Amador County }}</ref>
| 1 = Pat Crew
| 2 = Dan Epperson
| 3 = Jeff Brown
| 4 = Logan Carnell
| 5 = Brian Oneto 
 | City of Ione             = Diane Wratten
 | City of Jackson          = Bob Stimpson
 | City of Sutter Creek     = Linda Rianda 
 | City of Plymouth         = Keith White
 | City of Amador City      = Susan Bragstad
  }}
 | leader_title3            = County Administrative Officer
 | leader_name3             = Chuck Iley
 | timezone                 = [[Pacific Time Zone]]
 | utc_offset               = -8
 | timezone_DST             = [[Pacific Daylight Time]]
 | utc_offset_DST           = -7
 | area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
 | area_code                = [[Area code 209|209]]
 | blank_name_sec1          = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
 | blank_info_sec1          = 06-005
 | blank1_name_sec1         = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
 | blank1_info_sec1         = {{GNIS 4|1675841}}
 | blank_name_sec2          = Congressional district
 | blank_info_sec2          = [[California's 5th congressional district|5th]]
 | website                  = {{URL|www.co.amador.ca.us}}
}}
'''Amador County''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|m|ə|d|ɔːr|audio=En-us-amador.ogg}}) is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the U.S. state of California, in the [[Sierra Nevada]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 40,474.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amador County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US06005|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Jackson, California|Jackson]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> Amador County, located within California's [[Gold Country]], is known as "The Heart of the [[Mother Lode]]." There is a substantial [[Viticulture|viticulture industry]] in the county.

== History ==
[[File:José María Amador (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Amador County is named after [[José María Amador]], a [[Californio]] miner who found gold in the area in 1848.]]
[[File:Dr. Charles Boarman.jpg|thumb|left|Dr. [[Charles Boarman (pioneer)|Charles Boarman]] (1828–1880), son of Rear Admiral [[Charles Boarman]], and his family settled in the area. He served as the first county physician and coroner from 1863 to 1880.|upright]]
[[File:2009-0724-CA-Jackson-AmadorCtyCourt.jpg|thumb|The former Amador County Courthouse consists of two buildings: the second courthouse (built 1864) and the Hall of Records (1893), that were enclosed and combined in 1939 with an [[Art Deco]] exterior.<ref name="CAcourt">[http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/trial/historic/amador.htm], Judicial Council of California. Retrieved August 2, 2009.</ref>]]
[[File:Gold-quartz hydrothermal vein in matrix (Amador County, California, USA) (17161938811).jpg|thumb|High-grade Gold-quartz ore from Amador County]]

Amador County was created by the California Legislature on May 11, 1854, from parts of [[Calaveras County, California|Calaveras]] and [[El Dorado County, California|El Dorado]] counties.<ref name="hmdb">{{cite web |url= http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=11222|title= 1854 · Amador County · 1954|last= Whittle|first=Syd |date= September 8, 2008|work= The Historical Marker Database|publisher= J. J. Prats|access-date=May 14, 2012}} (historical marker placed by Board of Supervisors and Amador County Historical Society, 1954)</ref> It was organized on July 3, 1854.<ref name="hmdb" /> In 1864, part of the county's territory was given to [[Alpine County, California|Alpine County]].

The county is named for [[José María Amador]], a soldier, rancher, and miner, born in [[San Francisco]] in 1794,<ref name="BrightGudde1998">{{cite book|author1=William Bright|author2=Erwin Gustav Gudde|title=1500 California place names: their origin and meaning|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CET4QodMZysC|access-date=January 20, 2012|date=November 30, 1998|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-21271-8|page=15}}</ref> the son of Sergeant [[Pedro Amador (soldier)|Pedro Amador]] (a [[Spain|Spanish]] soldier who settled in California in 1771) and younger brother to Sinforosa Amador.

In 1848, Jose Maria Amador, with several [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], established a successful [[gold mining]] camp near the present town of Amador City. In [[Spanish language|Spanish]], the word ''amador'' means "one who loves". Some of the Mother Lode's most successful gold mines were located in Amador County, including the Kennedy, Argonaut, and Keystone.

During the outbreak of [[American Civil War|Civil War]] the county organized Company C, [[1st California Infantry Regiment|1st California Infantry]] and Company D, [[4th California Infantry Regiment|4th California Infantry]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=California. Adjutant General's Office |url=https://archive.org/details/recordscaliforn00ortogoog |title=Records of California men in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1867 |date=1890 |publisher=Sacramento, CA : State Office |others=unknown library}}</ref> Not everyone supported the Union; in April 1862 when the stars and stripes flew from a house a local judge cursed at it.<ref name=":0">''Sacramento Daily Union'', 15 April 1862</ref><gallery>
File:Company C, 1st California Infantry flag.jpg|Company C, "Amador Volunteers"<ref>The Army of the Pacific : its operations in California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Plains Region, Mexico, etc., 1860-1866, by Aurora Hunt, p. 33</ref>
</gallery>There are numerous gold mines in Amador County including the [[Argonaut Mine]], the [[Kennedy Mine]], the Central Eureka, and the Lincoln. The Kennedy Mine in Jackson was the deepest gold mine of its time. The federal government closed all of the Mother Lode's mines in 1942 because they were considered non-essential to the war effort.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

== Geography ==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|606|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|595|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|11.4|sqmi}} (1.9%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 24, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is the fifth-smallest county in California by land area and second-smallest by total area. Water bodies in the county include [[Lake Amador]], [[Lake Camanche]], [[Pardee Reservoir]], [[Bear River Reservoir]], [[Silver Lake (Amador County)|Silver Lake]], [[Sutter Creek]], [[Cosumnes River]], [[Mokelumne River]], and Lake Tabeaud. Thirty-seven miles of the North Fork and main Mokelumne River were added to the California Wild and Scenic Rivers System on June 27, 2018, when Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown signed Senate Bill 854.

Amador County is located approximately {{convert|45|mi|km}} southeast of [[Sacramento]] in the part of California known as the Mother Lode, or Gold Country in the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]].

Amador County ranges in elevation from approximately {{convert|250|ft|m}} in the western portion of the county to over {{convert|9000|ft|m}} in the eastern portion of the county, the tallest point being Thunder Mountain. The county is bordered on the north by the Cosumnes River and El Dorado County and on the south by the Mokelumne River and Calaveras County, on the west by Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties, and the east by Alpine County.

===Adjacent counties===

*[[El Dorado County, California|El Dorado County]] – north
*[[Alpine County, California|Alpine County]] – east
*[[Calaveras County, California|Calaveras County]] – south
*[[San Joaquin County, California|San Joaquin County]] – southwest
*[[Sacramento County, California|Sacramento County]] – west

===National protected area===

*[[Eldorado National Forest]] (part)
*[[Mokelumne Wilderness]] (part)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1860= 10930
|1870= 9582
|1880= 11384
|1890= 10320
|1900= 11116
|1910= 9086
|1920= 7793
|1930= 8494
|1940= 8973
|1950= 9151
|1960= 9990
|1970= 11821
|1980= 19314
|1990= 30039
|2000= 35100
|2010= 38091
|2020= 40474
|estyear=2024
|estimate=42026
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 9, 2025}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790-2000|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Amador County, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Amador County, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US06005&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Amador County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06005&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Amador County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06005&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|28,920
|30,325
|style='background: #ffffe6; |29,725
|82.39%
|79.61%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |73.44%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,348
|938
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,215
|3.84%
|2.46%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.00%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|538
|547
|style='background: #ffffe6; |577
|1.53%
|1.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.43%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|326
|396
|style='background: #ffffe6; |554
|0.93%
|1.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.37%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|29
|63
|style='background: #ffffe6; |73
|0.08%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.18%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|178
|130
|style='background: #ffffe6; |249
|0.51%
|0.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.62%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|635
|936
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,067
|1.81%
|2.46%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.11%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|3,126
|4,756
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,014
|8.91%
|12.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.86%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''35,100'''
|'''38,091'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''40,474'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

=== 2011 ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="6" | Population, race, and income
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | 38,244
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;White<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
| 33,454
| 87.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
| 870
| 2.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;American Indian or Alaska Native<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
| 889
| 2.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
| 529
| 1.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
| 82
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Some other race<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
| 1,432
| 3.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Two or more races<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
| 988
| 2.6%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B03003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref>
| 4,677
| 12.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19301. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $28,030
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19013. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $56,180
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19113. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $69,521
|}

==== Places by population, race, and income ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"
|+ class="nowrap"| Places by population and race
|-
!scope="col"| Place
!scope="col"| Type<ref name="US-CB">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| White<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Other<ref name="US-CB-B02001" /><br /><ref name="other" group="note">Other = Some other race + Two or more races</ref>
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Black or African<br />American<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Native American<ref name="US-CB-B02001" /><br /><ref name="na" group="note">Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native</ref>
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Hispanic or Latino<br />(of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003" />
|-
!scope="row"| [[Amador City, California|Amador City]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[List of cities and towns in California|City]]
| 158 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Buckhorn, Amador County, California|Buckhorn]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 2,090 || 98.4% || 1.6% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 5.6%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Buena Vista, Amador County, California|Buena Vista]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 435 || 68.5% || 25.1% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 6.4% || 0.0%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Camanche North Shore, California|Camanche North Shore]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 791 || 96.7% || 3.3% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 16.9%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Camanche Village, California|Camanche Village]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 704 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Drytown, California|Drytown]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 138 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Fiddletown, California|Fiddletown]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 121 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Ione, California|Ione]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[List of cities and towns in California|City]]
| 7,873 || 70.7% || 14.6% || 2.6% || 9.7% || 2.4% || 25.3%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Jackson, California|Jackson]]<sup>†</sup>
|style="text-align:left"| [[List of cities and towns in California|City]]
| 4,626 || 90.7% || 4.8% || 1.2% || 0.8% || 2.5% || 16.6%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Kirkwood, California|Kirkwood]]<sup>‡</sup>
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 158 || 96.8% || 0.0% || 0.6% || 2.5% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Martell, California|Martell]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 140 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pine Grove, Amador County, California|Pine Grove]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 2,573 || 93.0% || 5.9% || 1.1% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 7.3%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pioneer, California|Pioneer]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 1,226 || 82.1% || 2.6% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 15.3% || 0.0%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Plymouth, California|Plymouth]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[List of cities and towns in California|City]]
| 1,055 || 94.0% || 3.2% || 0.6% || 0.0% || 2.2% || 11.7%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Red Corral, California|Red Corral]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 1,757 || 84.4% || 11.8% || 2.3% || 0.2% || 1.4% || 2.9%
|-
!scope="row"| [[River Pines, California|River Pines]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 578 || 97.1% || 0.0% || 2.9% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 6.9%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Sutter Creek, California|Sutter Creek]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[List of cities and towns in California|City]]
| 2,497 || 93.4% || 1.5% || 4.8% || 0.0% || 0.3% || 5.3%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Volcano, California|Volcano]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 184 || 99.4% || 0.0% || 0.6% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|}
<span style="font-size:85%;"><sup>†</sup> County seat<br /><sup>‡</sup> Data for Amador County area of this CDP</span>

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"
|+ class="nowrap"| Places by population and income
|-
!scope="col"| Place
!scope="col"| Type<ref name="US-CB" />
!scope="col"| Population<ref name="US-CB-B01003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B01003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
!scope="col" data-sort-type="currency"| Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="currency"| Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="currency"| Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113" />
|-
!scope="row"| [[Amador City, California|Amador City]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[List of cities and towns in California|City]]
| 158 || $36,439 || $63,036 || $81,500
|-
!scope="row"| [[Buckhorn, Amador County, California|Buckhorn]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 2,090 || $31,611 || $50,365 || $54,833
|-
!scope="row"| [[Buena Vista, Amador County, California|Buena Vista]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 435 || $12,573 || $32,944 || $33,444
|-
!scope="row"| [[Camanche North Shore, California|Camanche North Shore]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 791 || $31,857 || $58,309 || $79,125
|-
!scope="row"| [[Camanche Village, California|Camanche Village]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 704 || $35,199 || $98,333 || $98,631
|-
!scope="row"| [[Drytown, California|Drytown]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 138 || $20,676 || $21,172 || $70,595
|-
!scope="row"| [[Fiddletown, California|Fiddletown]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 121 || $69,702 || $65,192 || $49,766
|-
!scope="row"| [[Ione, California|Ione]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[List of cities and towns in California|City]]
| 7,873 || $14,946 || $72,734 || $79,775
|-
!scope="row"| [[Jackson, California|Jackson]]<sup>†</sup>
|style="text-align:left"| [[List of cities and towns in California|City]]
| 4,626 || $24,945 || $48,631 || $63,028
|-
!scope="row"| [[Kirkwood, California|Kirkwood]]<sup>‡</sup>
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 39 || $14,623 || $7,188 ||<ref name="ND">Data unavailable</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Martell, California|Martell]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 140 || $23,051 || $50,962 || $90,391
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pine Grove, Amador County, California|Pine Grove]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 2,573 || $29,918 || $52,917 || $74,048
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pioneer, California|Pioneer]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 1,226 || $32,153 || $42,917 || $92,600
|-
!scope="row"| [[Plymouth, California|Plymouth]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[List of cities and towns in California|City]]
| 1,055 || $21,626 || $38,333 || $56,667
|-
!scope="row"| [[Red Corral, California|Red Corral]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 1,757 || $20,145 || $58,450 || $57,803
|-
!scope="row"| [[River Pines, California|River Pines]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 578 || $30,626 || $31,544 || $38,875
|-
!scope="row"| [[Sutter Creek, California|Sutter Creek]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[List of cities and towns in California|City]]
| 2,497 || $26,788 || $46,316 || $51,389
|-
!scope="row"| [[Volcano, California|Volcano]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 183 || $47,178 || $89,688 ||<ref name="ND" />
|}
<span style="font-size:85%;"><sup>†</sup> County seat<br /><sup>‡</sup> Data for Amador County area of this CDP</span>

===2010===

The [[2010 United States census]] reported that Amador County had a population of 38,091. The racial makeup of Amador County was 33,149 (87.0%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 962 (2.5%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 678 (1.8%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 419 (1.1%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 77 (0.2%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1,450 (3.8%) from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 1,356 (3.6%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4,756 persons (12.5%).<ref>{{USCensus2010CA}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"
|+ class="nowrap"| Population reported at [[2010 United States census]]
|-
!scope="col"| Place
!scope="col"| Type
!scope="col"| Total<br />population
!scope="col"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
!scope="col"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]
!scope="col"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]
!scope="col"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
!scope="col"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]
!scope="col"| [[Race (United States census)|Other<br />races]]
!scope="col"| Two or<br />more races
!scope="col"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)
|-
!scope="row"| Amador County
|style="text-align:left"| County
| 38,091 || 33,149 || 962 || 678 || 419 || 77 || 1,450 || 1,356 || 4,756
|-
!scope="row"| [[Amador City, California|Amador City]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Municipal corporation|City]]
| 185 || 171 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 6 || 11
|-
!scope="row"| [[Ione, California|Ione]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Municipal corporation|City]]
| 7,918 || 5,826 || 824 || 173 || 110 || 21 || 678 || 286 || 1,991
|-
!scope="row"| [[Jackson, California|Jackson]]<sup>†</sup>
|style="text-align:left"| [[Municipal corporation|City]]
| 4,651 || 4,090 || 32 || 94 || 60 || 4 || 185 || 186 || 520
|-
!scope="row"| [[Plymouth, California|Plymouth]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Municipal corporation|City]]
| 1,005 || 850 || 3 || 18 || 6 || 2 || 70 || 56 || 183
|-
!scope="row"| [[Sutter Creek, California|Sutter Creek]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Municipal corporation|City]]
| 2,501 || 2,272 || 10 || 34 || 65 || 5 || 40 || 75 || 219
|-
!scope="row"| [[Buckhorn, Amador County, California|Buckhorn]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 2,429 || 2,259 || 9 || 37 || 25 || 4 || 47 || 48 || 168
|-
!scope="row"| [[Buena Vista, Amador County, California|Buena Vista]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 429 || 365 || 1 || 23 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 28 || 35
|-
!scope="row"| [[Camanche North Shore, California|Camanche North Shore]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 979 || 860 || 3 || 14 || 12 || 3 || 38 || 49 || 150
|-
!scope="row"| [[Camanche Village, California|Camanche Village]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 847 || 762 || 0 || 9 || 8 || 4 || 31 || 33 || 121
|-
!scope="row"| [[Drytown, California|Drytown]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 167 || 153 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 11 || 11
|-
!scope="row"| [[Fiddletown, California|Fiddletown]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 235 || 215 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 6 || 22
|-
!scope="row"| [[Kirkwood, California|Kirkwood]]<sup>‡</sup>
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 61 || 59 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
!scope="row"| [[Martell, California|Martell]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 282 || 234 || 0 || 14 || 0 || 5 || 14 || 15 || 36
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pine Grove, Amador County, California|Pine Grove]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 2,219 || 2,027 || 9 || 36 || 9 || 6 || 49 || 83 || 202
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pioneer, California|Pioneer]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 1,094 || 1,017 || 0 || 34 || 1 || 2 || 12 || 28 || 52
|-
!scope="row"| [[Red Corral, California|Red Corral]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 1,413 || 1,259 || 24 || 15 || 12 || 3 || 33 || 67 || 147
|-
!scope="row"| [[River Pines, California|River Pines]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 379 || 324 || 0 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 8 || 38 || 31
|-
!scope="row"| [[Volcano, California|Volcano]]
|style="text-align:left"| [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
| 115 || 109 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 7
|-
!scope="row"| All others not CDPs (combined)
|style="text-align:left"| Others not CDPs
| 11,182 || 10,297 || 47 || 160 || 100 || 18 || 221 || 339 || 848
|}
<span style="font-size:85%;"><sup>†</sup> County seat<br /><sup>‡</sup> Data for Amador County area of this CDP</span>

===2000 Census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 35,100 people, 12,759 households, and 9,071 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|59|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 15,035 housing units at an average density of {{convert|25|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 85.8% [[Race (United States census)|White]], 3.9% [[Race (United States census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States census)|African American]], 1.8% [[Race (United States census)|Native American]], 1.0% [[Race (United States census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States census)|Pacific Islander]], 5.0% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 2.4% from two or more races. 8.9% of the population were [[Race (United States census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States census)|Latino]] of any race. 14.9% were of [[German people|German]], 12.6% [[English people|English]], 11.7% [[Irish people|Irish]], 8.8% [[Italian people|Italian]] and 7.3% [[United States|American]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]]. 93.1% spoke [[English language|English]] and 5.1% [[Spanish language|Spanish]] as their first language.

There were 12,759 households, out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families. 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 20.6% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 122.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 123.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,280, and the median income for a family was $51,226. Males had a median income of $39,697 versus $28,850 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $22,412. About 6.1% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.1% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
[[File:CaliforniaVineyard.jpg|thumb|right|Amador Vineyard]]

The [[California Shenandoah Valley AVA|Shenandoah Valley]] was once the principal viticultural region of California though not as well known as the [[Napa Valley AVA]] or [[Sonoma Valley AVA]] viticultural regions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Costa |first= Eric J |date=January 1, 1994 |title=Old vines: A history of winegrowing in Amador County |location=Jackson, CA |publisher=Cenotto Publications |pages=v,46 |isbn=0-938121-08-1 }}</ref> With the discovery of gold, the area quickly became a mecca for those trying to make their fortune. In the process numerous wineries sprouted up, many of whose vineyards are still in use by wineries today. The decline of the [[California Gold Rush]] coupled with the onset of [[Prohibition]] devastated the wine-making region of Amador County. Today this area has been resurrected and is now home to over 40 different wineries. Amador County is known for its [[Zinfandel]], but many other varietals are produced as well. Amador County has a high percentage of old Zinfandel vines. Some of the Zinfandel vineyards in this county are more than 125 years old{{When|date=August 2020}}, including the original Grandpère vineyard, planted with Zinfandel before 1869 and believed to be the oldest Zinfandel vineyard in America.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sfgate.com/wine/article/Golden-Oldies-There-s-more-than-just-fruit-in-2652207.php | title = Golden Oldies / There's more than just fruit in old-vine Zinfandel – its earthy flavors are history in a bottle – SFGate | work = SFgate.com | publisher = Hearst Communications Inc | date = July 28, 2005 | access-date = December 14, 2010 }}</ref> This {{convert|10|acre|m2|adj=on}} vineyard is home to some of the oldest Zinfandel vines on earth, with proof of their existence dating to 1869 when it was listed as a descriptor on a deed from the [[U.S. Geological Survey]]. A grant deed in Amador County records further proves their existence in 1869.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

== Politics, government, and policing ==
===County Supervisors===
The county is governed by a five-person elected Board of Supervisors and a County Administrator. The county seat is Jackson.

===Policing===
The unincorporated areas of Amador County are patrolled by the county sheriff's department, which also operates the county jail and protects the courts. Municipal police departments within the county are at Ione, Jackson, and Sutter Creek.

=== Voter registration statistics ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total eligible population<ref name="2022reg">{{cite web |title=Statement of Vote, November 8, 2022, General Election |url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-general/sov/complete.pdf |website=California Secretary of State |access-date=May 5, 2023}}</ref>
| colspan="2" | 29,593
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Registered voters<ref name="2022reg"/><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>
| 25,954
| 87.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 7,065
| 23.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 12,251
| 41.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic–Republican spread<ref name="2022reg"/>
| <span style="color:#d6002b;">'''-5,186'''</span>
| <span style="color:#d6002b;">'''-16.5%'''</span>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;American Independent<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 1,427
| 4.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Libertarian<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 516
| 1.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 109
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Freedom<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 81
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 128
| 0.4%
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unknown<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 32
| 0.1%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No party preference<ref name="2022reg"/>
| 4,353
| 14.7%
|}

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

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"
|+ class="nowrap"| Cities by population and voter registration
|-
!scope="col"| City
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf February 10, 2013 – Report of Registration] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103114419/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf |date=November 3, 2013 }}. Retrieved October 31, 2013.</ref><br /><ref name="PCT-RV" group="note" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Democratic<ref name="CA-SS" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Republican<ref name="CA-SS" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| D–R spread<ref name="CA-SS" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Other<ref name="CA-SS" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| No party preference<ref name="CA-SS" />
|-
!scope="row"| [[Amador City, California|Amador]]
| 158 || 83.5% || 34.1% || 41.7% ||<span style="color: #800080;">'''-7.6%'''</span>|| 9.8% || 18.2%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Ione, California|Ione]]
| 7,873 || 29.0% || 27.3% || 49.4% ||<span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-22.1%'''</span>|| 11.4% || 16.8%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Jackson, California|Jackson]]
| 4,626 || 55.7% || 32.3% || 42.6% ||<span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-10.3%'''</span>|| 11.2% || 18.4%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Plymouth, California|Plymouth]]
| 1,055 || 49.4% || 30.9% || 38.8% ||<span style="color: #800080;">'''-7.9%'''</span>|| 13.2% || 22.5%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Sutter Creek, California|Sutter Creek]]
| 2,497 || 68.4% || 35.9% || 41.9% ||<span style="color: #800080;">'''-6.0%'''</span>|| 9.6% || 16.7%
|}

===Politics===
{{PresHead|place=Amador County, California|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=October 29, 2022}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|14,018|7,783|727|California}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|13,585|8,153|659|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|10,485|6,004|1,474|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|10,281|6,830|582|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|10,561|7,813|505|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|11,107|6,541|243|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|8,766|5,906|792|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|6,870|5,868|1,714|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|5,477|5,286|4,671|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|6,893|5,197|248|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,986|4,188|189|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,401|3,191|1,078|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,699|4,037|282|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,533|2,705|378|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|2,269|2,440|681|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,682|3,410|6|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,175|2,690|22|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,126|2,181|18|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,440|2,169|46|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,578|2,334|151|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,191|1,976|36|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,372|2,762|42|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|777|2,506|40|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|822|2,367|55|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|990|1,246|8|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|719|316|812|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,350|639|116|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,209|1,766|163|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|5|1,622|876|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,035|874|86|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,279|915|155|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,384|1,209|36|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,144|1,398|35|California}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,125|1,255|234|California}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|1,373|1,429|90|California}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|1,317|1,358|85|California}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|1,345|1,411|4|California}}

== 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" | 38,244
|-
! 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 – 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>
| 107 || 2.80
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Homicide<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 1 || 0.03
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Forcible rape<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 10 || 0.26
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Robbery<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 10 || 0.26
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Aggravated assault<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 86 || 2.25
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Property crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 537 || 14.04
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Burglary<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 337 || 8.81
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Larceny-theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" /><ref name="LT-note" group="note">Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.</ref>
| 459 || 12.00
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;Motor vehicle theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 60 || 1.57
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Arson<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11" />
| 2 || 0.05
|}

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

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"
|+ class="nowrap"| Cities by population and crime rates
|-
!scope="col"| City
!scope="col" 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>
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Violent crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Violent crime rate<br />per 1,000 persons
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Property crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8" />
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Property crime rate<br />per 1,000 persons
|-
!scope="row"| [[Ione, California|Ione]]
| 7,977 || 10 || 1.25 || 109 || 13.66
|-
!scope="row"| [[Jackson, California|Jackson]]
| 4,677 || 38 || 8.12 || 136 || 29.08
|-
!scope="row"| [[Sutter Creek, California|Sutter Creek]]
| 2,513 || 7 || 2.79 || 62 || 24.67
|}

== Education ==
There is one school district in Amador County: [[Amador County Unified School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06005_amador/DC20SD_C06005.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Amador County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 25, 2023}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06005_amador/DC20SD_C06005_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Due to the low population of the area, there are few schools with small class sizes. In total for public schools, there are two high schools, two junior high schools, and six elementary schools.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amador County Public Schools |url=https://www.amadorcoe.org/ |website=Amadorcoe |access-date=November 26, 2018}}</ref> These numbers are in addition to two independent study schools, one charter school, and one continuing education school for adults. There are no colleges or universities within the county's borders.

== Transportation ==

=== Major highways ===

* [[File:California 16.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 16|State Route 16]]
* [[File:California 26.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 26|State Route 26]]
* [[File:California 49.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 49|State Route 49]]
* [[File:California 88.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 88|State Route 88]]
* [[File:California 104.svg|25px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 104|State Route 104]]
* [[File:California 124.svg|25px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 124|State Route 124]]

=== Public transportation ===

[[Amador Transit]] provides service in Jackson and nearby communities. Connections to Calaveras County and a daily commuter bus to/from Sacramento leave from the Sutter Hill Transit Center in Sutter Creek.

=== Airport ===

[[Amador County Airport]] is a general aviation airport located near Jackson.

==Communities==

===Cities===
* [[Amador City, California|Amador City]]
* [[Ione, California|Ione]]
* [[Jackson, California|Jackson]] (county seat)
* [[Plymouth, California|Plymouth]]
* [[Sutter Creek, California|Sutter Creek]]

===Unincorporated communities===
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* [[Amador Pines, California|Amador Pines]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Buckhorn, Amador County, California|Buckhorn]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Buena Vista, Amador County, California|Buena Vista]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Camanche North Shore, California|Camanche North Shore]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Camanche Village, California|Camanche Village]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Carbondale, California|Carbondale]]
* [[Clinton, California|Clinton]]
* [[Drytown, California|Drytown]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Enterprise, Amador County, California|Enterprise]]
* [[Fiddletown, California|Fiddletown]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Kirkwood, California|Kirkwood]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Lockwood, Amador County, California|Lockwood]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Martell, California|Martell]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[New Chicago, California|New Chicago]]
* [[Pine Acres, California|Pine Acres]]
* [[Pine Grove, Amador County, California|Pine Grove]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Pioneer, California|Pioneer]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Red Corral, California|Red Corral]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[River Pines, California|River Pines]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
* [[Roaring Camp, California|Roaring Camp]]
* [[Sutter Hill, California|Sutter Hill]]
* [[Volcano, California|Volcano]]{{r|CDP| group=note}}
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==In popular culture==
"[[The Luck of Roaring Camp]]" is a short story by American author [[Bret Harte]]. It was first published in the August 1868 issue of the ''[[Overland Monthly]]'' and helped push Harte to international prominence. Harte lived in this area during his "Gold Rush" period, and possibly based the story in a mining camp on the [[Mokelumne River]].

The [[Gold Rush (music festival)|Gold Rush]] rock [[music festival]] took place at [[Lake Amador]] on October 4, 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2016 |title=1969 Gold Rush Festival {{!}} The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley |url=https://woodstockwhisperer.info/2016/10/04/1969-gold-rush-festival/ |access-date=September 15, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> Performers included [[Ike & Tina Turner]], [[Santana (band)|Santana]], [[Bo Diddley]], [[Albert Collins]], and [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lynn |first=Canning |date=April 29, 2019 |title=1969 Amador Gold Rush Music Festival |url=https://www.eaglemagazine.com/departments/close-up/my-life-in-rock-and-roll/ |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=Eagle Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the 1993 movie ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'', a map of Amador County is shown, as well as many other California counties.

== See also ==
* [[California State Library|California State Library – California Room Collection.]] [https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf5c6003wj/admin/ Amador County Legal Records, 1853–1868.]
* [[List of school districts in Amador County, California]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Amador County, California]]
* [[Amador High School]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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{{Geographic Location
| Centre    = Amador County, California
| North     = [[El Dorado County, California|El Dorado County]]
| Northeast =
| East      = [[Alpine County, California|Alpine County]]
| Southeast =
| South     = [[Calaveras County, California|Calaveras County]]
| Southwest = [[San Joaquin County, California|San Joaquin County]]
| West      = [[Sacramento County, California|Sacramento County]]
| Northwest =
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