Carmichael, uninc. residential suburb (1990 pop. 48,702), Sacramento co., N central Calif., 9 mi/14.5 km ENE of downtown Sacramento, on the American R.; 38°38'N 121°19'W. Mfg. (ornamental metal work, printing and publishing, draperies); agr to SE (dairying; poultry; nursery stocks; corn, sugar beets).