California · Census place 0609710

Calexico, California

Calexico is a city in Imperial County, California with an estimated 38,744 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 208th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
38,744
#208 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+162 people
Land area
8.5 sq mi
Density
4,574 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Calexico. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Calexico population, 2020 to 2024

Calexico added 162 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +181. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 147th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Calexico is 1.0 times that size.

38.6k202038.6k202138.5k202238.6k202338.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 38,616. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Calexico covers 8.47 square miles of land, for 4,574 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Calexico is denser than the typical town.

What county Calexico is in

All of Calexico's residents live in Imperial County, which had 181,724 residents in 2024. Calexico holds 21.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Calexico

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Calexico by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92231. 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 Calexico is

The Census internal point of Calexico is at 32.684900, -115.494700. Sacramento, the capital, is 528.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is El Centro, CA (44,230 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yuma, AZ, 57.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.684900, -115.494700
DMS
32°41'5.64"N 115°29'40.92"W
UTM
11N 641123.4E 3617357.1N
Geohash
9mvcgy576
Plus code
8546MGM4+X4

Daylight in Calexico

At 32.68° N, Calexico gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Calexico

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is El Centro, 8.0 miles away, with 44,230 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Calexico, CA?

38,744 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 162 (0.4%) from 38,582 in July 2020.

What county is Calexico in?

Imperial County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Calexico?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 92231.

How far is Calexico from Sacramento?

528.2 miles (850.0 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Calexico.

What is the nearest larger city to Calexico?

El Centro, CA, with 44,230 residents, 8.0 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.

  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.