California · Census place 0602000
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California with an estimated 344,561 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 10th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 344,561
- #10 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -0.6%
- -2,104 people
- Land area
- 50.3 sq mi
- + 0.61 sq mi water
- Density
- 6,853 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Anaheim population, 2020 to 2024
Anaheim lost 2,104 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,678. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 194th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Anaheim is 9.3 times that size.
Anaheim covers 50.28 square miles of land and 0.61 of water, for 6,853 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Anaheim is denser than the typical town.
What county Anaheim is in
All of Anaheim's residents live in Orange County, which had 3,170,435 residents in 2024. Anaheim holds 10.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Anaheim
7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Anaheim by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92801, 92802, 92804, 92805, 92806, 92807, 92808. 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 Anaheim is
The Census internal point of Anaheim is at 33.855500, -117.758700. Sacramento, the capital, is 386.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Long Beach, CA (450,901 people), 24.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Orange, CA, 7.6 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 185 m (607 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.855500, -117.758700
- DMS
- 33°51'19.80"N 117°45'31.32"W
- UTM
- 11N 429816.5E 3746393.2N
- Geohash
- 9qh2874wx
- Plus code
- 8554V64R+6G
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Anaheim
At 33.86° N, Anaheim gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Anaheim daylight page.
Places near Anaheim
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Yorba Linda, 2.4 miles away, with 66,489 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Anaheim, CA?
344,561 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2,104 (0.6%) from 346,665 in July 2020.
What county is Anaheim in?
Orange County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Anaheim?
7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92801, 92802, 92804, 92805, 92806, 92807, 92808.
How far is Anaheim from Sacramento?
386.9 miles (622.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Anaheim.
What is the nearest larger city to Anaheim?
Long Beach, CA, with 450,901 residents, 24.0 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.