California · Census place 0614736
Colma, California
Colma is a town in San Mateo County, California with an estimated 1,428 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 463rd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,428
- #463 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -4.6%
- -69 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 756 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Colma population, 2020 to 2024
Colma lost 69 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.6%. In the latest year it moved by +8.
Colma covers 1.89 square miles of land, for 756 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Colma is less dense than the typical town.
What county Colma is in
All of Colma's residents live in San Mateo County, which had 742,893 residents in 2024. Colma 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 Colma
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Colma by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 94014. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Colma is
The Census internal point of Colma is at 37.676700, -122.452800. Sacramento, the capital, is 81.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Daly City, CA (101,418 people), 1.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.676700, -122.452800
- DMS
- 37°40'36.12"N 122°27'10.08"W
- UTM
- 10N 548253.0E 4170086.0N
- Geohash
- 9q8ymdbdd
- Plus code
- 849VMGGW+MV
Daylight in Colma
At 37.68° N, Colma gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Colma
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Daly City, 1.9 miles away, with 101,418 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Colma, CA?
1,428 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 69 (4.6%) from 1,497 in July 2020.
What county is Colma in?
San Mateo County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Colma?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 94014.
How far is Colma from Sacramento?
81.1 miles (130.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Colma.
What is the nearest larger city to Colma?
Daly City, CA, with 101,418 residents, 1.9 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.