Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area

The Truckee-Grass Valley, CA micro area is one county in California: Nevada County. About 101,911 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.3% fewer than in April 2020.

Nevada County, centralTruckeeGrass Valley
Nevada County in California
Population, July 2025
101,911 0.3% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
County
Nevada County
Land area
958 sq mi (2,481 km²)
Time zone
Pacific TimeUTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July
State
California
Combined statistical area
Sacramento-Roseville, CA
CBSA code
46020

The county in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA micro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Nevada CountyCentral101,911

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Truckee17,066 people
  2. Grass Valley14,113 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Sacramento-Roseville, CA combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 2 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area2,477,274 people
  2. Yuba City, CA Metro Area187,478 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Reno, NV Metro Area23 mi northeast
  2. Yuba City, CA Metro Area79 mi west
  3. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area87 mi southwest

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