Sacramento
759 km²
San Francisco
1,614 km²
City Map Compare/Sacramento vs San Franciscovs
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San Francisco covers 1,614 km² of contiguous built-up land, 2.1× the built-up area of Sacramento (759 km²).
| Sacramento | San Francisco | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Sacramento | San Francisco–San Jose |
| Population (2025) | 1.70 million | 4.72 million |
| Built-up area | 759 km² | 1,614 km² |
| Density | 2,236 /km² | 2,923 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.