California · Census place 0602896

Artesia, California

Artesia is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 15,662 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 324th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,662
#324 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-4.1%
-678 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
9,668 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Artesia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Artesia population, 2020 to 2024

Artesia lost 678 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -22. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 381st; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Artesia is 42% of it.

16.3k202016.0k202115.8k202215.7k202315.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,395. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Artesia covers 1.62 square miles of land, for 9,668 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Artesia is denser than the typical town.

What county Artesia is in

All of Artesia's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Artesia holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Artesia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Artesia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90701. 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 Artesia is

The Census internal point of Artesia is at 33.867600, -118.080600. Sacramento, the capital, is 376.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cerritos, CA (46,851 people), 0.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Downey, CA, 5.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.867600, -118.080600
DMS
33°52'3.36"N 118°04'50.16"W
UTM
11N 400052.1E 3748001.2N
Geohash
9qh09j2m4
Plus code
8553VW99+2Q

Daylight in Artesia

At 33.87° N, Artesia 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 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Artesia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Cerritos, 0.6 miles away, with 46,851 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Artesia, CA?

15,662 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 678 (4.1%) from 16,340 in July 2020.

What county is Artesia in?

Los Angeles County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Artesia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 90701.

How far is Artesia from Sacramento?

376.9 miles (606.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Artesia.

What is the nearest larger city to Artesia?

Cerritos, CA, with 46,851 residents, 0.6 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.