Santa Rosa, California

Santa Rosa
Location of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, California and of Sonoma County in California
Santa Rosa
Location of Santa Rosa in the United States
Coordinates: 38°26′55″N 122°42′17″W / 38.44861°N 122.70472°W / 38.44861; -122.70472
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySonoma
IncorporatedMarch 26, 1868
Government
  TypeCouncil-Manager
  MayorMark Stapp
  City managerMaraskeshia Smith
Area
  City
42.70 sq mi (110.60 km2)
  Land42.53 sq mi (110.15 km2)
  Water0.17 sq mi (0.45 km2)  0.41%
Elevation
164 ft (50 m)
Population
 (2020)
  City
178,127
  Rank1st in Sonoma County
27th in California
155th in the United States
  Density4,200/sq mi (1,600/km2)
  Urban
297,329 (US: 136th)
  Urban density3,745.1/sq mi (1,446.0/km2)
  Metro
488,863 (US: 116th)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
  Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes
95401–95407, 95409
Area code707
FIPS code06-70098
GNIS feature IDs249105, 1659601
Websitewww.srcity.org

Santa Rosa (Spanish for "Saint Rose") is a city in and the county seat of Sonoma County, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area in California. Its population as of the 2020 census was 178,127. It is the largest city in California's Wine Country and Redwood Coast. It is the fifth most populous city in the Bay Area after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont; and the 27th-most populous city in California.