California · Census place 0601444
Alturas, California
Alturas is a city in Modoc County, California with an estimated 2,652 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 449th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,652
- #449 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -1.8%
- -48 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 934 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Alturas population, 2020 to 2024
Alturas lost 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -21.
Alturas covers 2.84 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 934 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Alturas is less dense than the typical town.
What county Alturas is in
All of Alturas's residents live in Modoc County, which had 8,491 residents in 2024. Alturas holds 31.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Alturas
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alturas by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 96101. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Alturas is
The Census internal point of Alturas is at 41.489100, -120.551300. Sacramento, the capital, is 207.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Susanville, CA (12,359 people), 73.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chico, CA, 136.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.489100, -120.551300
- DMS
- 41°29'20.76"N 120°33'4.68"W
- UTM
- 10N 704417.3E 4595948.9N
- Geohash
- 9r6k0bc5x
- Plus code
- 84HXFCQX+JF
Daylight in Alturas
At 41.49° N, Alturas gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Alturas
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Susanville, 73.0 miles away, with 12,359 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Alturas, CA?
2,652 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 48 (1.8%) from 2,700 in July 2020.
What county is Alturas in?
Modoc County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Alturas?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 96101.
How far is Alturas from Sacramento?
207.3 miles (333.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Alturas.
What is the nearest larger city to Alturas?
Susanville, CA, with 12,359 residents, 73.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.