American Canyon, California

American Canyon population, 2020 to 2024

American Canyon lost 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +178. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 169th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so American Canyon is 59% of it.

American Canyon covers 6.08 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 3,576 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so American Canyon is close to the typical town.

What county American Canyon is in

All of American Canyon's residents live in Napa County, which had 132,727 residents in 2024. American Canyon holds 16.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in American Canyon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps American Canyon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 94503. 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 American Canyon is

The Census internal point of American Canyon is at 38.179000, -122.259600. Sacramento, the capital, is 49.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vallejo, CA (123,475 people), 5.0 miles away.

Daylight in American Canyon

At 38.18° N, American Canyon gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near American Canyon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Vallejo, 5.0 miles away, with 123,475 people.