California · Census place 0604870

Bell, California

Bell is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 31,930 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 233rd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
31,930
#233 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-4.5%
-1,519 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
12,721 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Bell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Bell population, 2020 to 2024

Bell lost 1,519 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by -111. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 396th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Bell is 86% of it.

33.4k202032.7k202132.3k202232.0k202331.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 33,561. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bell covers 2.51 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 12,721 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Bell is denser than the typical town.

What county Bell is in

All of Bell's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Bell holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90201. 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 Bell is

The Census internal point of Bell is at 33.979700, -118.179200. Sacramento, the capital, is 367.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bell Gardens, CA (37,565 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Downey, CA, 4.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.979700, -118.179200
DMS
33°58'46.92"N 118°10'45.12"W
UTM
11N 391074.6E 3760531.7N
Geohash
9q5cqcbd1
Plus code
8553XRHC+V8

Daylight in Bell

At 33.98° N, Bell gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Maywood, 0.8 miles away, with 23,838 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bell, CA?

31,930 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,519 (4.5%) from 33,449 in July 2020.

What county is Bell in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bell?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 90201.

How far is Bell from Sacramento?

367.3 miles (591.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Bell.

What is the nearest larger city to Bell?

Bell Gardens, CA, with 37,565 residents, 1.8 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.