Rio Linda (Spanish: Río Linda, meaning “Pretty River”) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sacramento County, California. It is allocation of the Sacramento metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 15,106, up from 10,466 at the become old of the 2000 census.

The Rio Linda/Elverta community is located on part of the Rancho Del Paso Mexican land attain of 1844. In 1910, a Fruit Land Company of Minneapolis acquired 12,000 acres (49 km) of the Grant and in 1912 the area was subdivided. Renamed Rio Linda in 1913, it was known as ‘Dry Creek Station’, a flag End for the Northern Electric Railroad, renamed the Sacramento Northern Railway after joining the San Francisco–Sacramento system to combine service the Sacramento Valley. Two families arranged in Rio Linda by 1912, three more arrived in 1913, and nine more in 1914. By 1918, approximately fifty families in the community, mostly of Scandinavian and German descent. By 1920, poultry gardening had proved to be doable in the area which was advertised throughout several Eastern states during the 1920s. The Sacramento Northern Railway stopped commuter services in 1940 redirecting focus to freight in the wake of World War II. An association was formed in the middle of Rio Linda and Elverta in 1942 as the area became more without difficulty known for its excellent poultry production. Steady buildup throughout the second half of the 1900s aided by its proximity to the Sacramento metropolitan area and an urban exodus known as white flight from the early-1950s to the mid-1960s.

Rio Linda is located at 38°41′25″N 121°27′14″W / 38.69028°N 121.45389°W / 38.69028; -121.45389 (38.690252, -121.453814). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total Place of 9.9 square miles (26 km²) of it land. The soil type of the Place consists primarily of hard pan made going on of silted clay and fine sands.

The 2010 United States Census reported that Rio Linda had a population of 15,106. The population density was 1,525.3 inhabitants per square mile (588.9/km²). The racial makeup of Rio Linda was 11,654 (77.1%) White, 621 (4.1%) African American, 235 (1.6%) Native American, 665 (4.4%) Asian, 62 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 1,304 (8.6%) from supplementary races, and 821 (5.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3,033 persons (20.1%).