California · Census place 0616742

Covina, California

Covina is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 49,245 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 184th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
49,245
#184 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-3.8%
-1,923 people
Land area
7.0 sq mi
Density
6,995 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Covina. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Covina population, 2020 to 2024

Covina lost 1,923 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +68. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 354th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Covina is 1.3 times that size.

51.2k202050.2k202149.5k202249.2k202349.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 51,270. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Covina covers 7.04 square miles of land, for 6,995 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Covina is denser than the typical town.

What county Covina is in

All of Covina's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Covina 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 Covina

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Covina by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 91722, 91723, 91724. 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 Covina is

The Census internal point of Covina is at 34.090500, -117.882100. Sacramento, the capital, is 369.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Covina, CA (106,920 people), 2.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.090500, -117.882100
DMS
34°05'25.80"N 117°52'55.56"W
UTM
11N 418625.3E 3772541.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
856434R9+55

Daylight in Covina

At 34.09° N, Covina gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Covina

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is West Covina, 2.9 miles away, with 106,920 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Covina, CA?

49,245 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,923 (3.8%) from 51,168 in July 2020.

What county is Covina in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Covina?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 91722, 91723, 91724.

How far is Covina from Sacramento?

369.4 miles (594.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Covina.

What is the nearest larger city to Covina?

West Covina, CA, with 106,920 residents, 2.9 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.

  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.