Napa County is located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It is part of the Napa, California Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Napa. The County was created in 1850 and word napa is of Native American derivation and has been translated as "grizzly bear," "house," "motherland" or "fish." Napa County, once the producer of many crops is known today for its wine industry, rising to the first rank of wine regions with France and Italy. As of 2000, there were 124,279 people, 45,402 households, and 30,691 families residing in the county. The county has a total area of 788 mi²,96% of it is land and 4% of it is water.