San Jose, officially the City of San José, is the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, and the 12th-most populous in the United States, with 997,368 residents. The city's metropolitan area is home to nearly two million people, while the broader combined statistical area has a population of over nine million. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi (466.1 km²) and is the seat of Santa Clara County.