Sandwiched between the Coast Range on the west and the Sierra Nevadas on the east, the Sacramento Valley is prime agricultural land. It is also the home of Sacramento, the state capital. This region forms the northern half of the Central Valley.

It includes the counties of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sacramento, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo and Yuba, and the western portions of El Dorado and Placer counties.