California · Census place 0616378

Coronado, California

Coronado is a city in San Diego County, California with an estimated 18,031 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 311th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,031
#311 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-10.6%
-2,149 people
Land area
7.8 sq mi
+ 24.69 sq mi water
Density
2,309 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Coronado. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Coronado population, 2020 to 2024

Coronado lost 2,149 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -10.6%. In the latest year it moved by -626. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 426th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Coronado is 49% of it.

20.2k202019.3k202118.9k202218.7k202318.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 20,199. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Coronado covers 7.81 square miles of land and 24.69 of water, for 2,309 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Coronado is less dense than the typical town.

What county Coronado is in

All of Coronado's residents live in San Diego County, which had 3,298,799 residents in 2024. Coronado holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Coronado

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Coronado by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92118, 92135, 92155. 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 Coronado is

The Census internal point of Coronado is at 32.657600, -117.156500. Sacramento, the capital, is 475.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is National City, CA (58,460 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chula Vista, CA, 8.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.657600, -117.156500
DMS
32°39'27.36"N 117°09'23.40"W
UTM
11N 485324.2E 3613340.3N
Geohash
9mu9y11hr
Plus code
8544MR5V+2C

Daylight in Coronado

At 32.66° N, Coronado 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 Coronado

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is National City, 3.5 miles away, with 58,460 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Coronado, CA?

18,031 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2,149 (10.6%) from 20,180 in July 2020.

What county is Coronado in?

San Diego County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Coronado?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92118, 92135, 92155.

How far is Coronado from Sacramento?

475.9 miles (765.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Coronado.

What is the nearest larger city to Coronado?

National City, CA, with 58,460 residents, 3.5 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.