California · Census place 0617610

Cupertino, California

Cupertino is a city in Santa Clara County, California with an estimated 58,710 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 157th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
58,710
#157 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-1,268 people
Land area
11.3 sq mi
Density
5,177 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Cupertino. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Cupertino population, 2020 to 2024

Cupertino lost 1,268 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +725. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 289th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Cupertino is 1.6 times that size.

60.0k202058.4k202157.9k202258.0k202358.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 60,229. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cupertino covers 11.34 square miles of land, for 5,177 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Cupertino is denser than the typical town.

What county Cupertino is in

All of Cupertino's residents live in Santa Clara County, which had 1,926,325 residents in 2024. Cupertino holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cupertino

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cupertino by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95014. 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 Cupertino is

The Census internal point of Cupertino is at 37.319400, -122.045000. Sacramento, the capital, is 91.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sunnyvale, CA (156,792 people), 4.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.319400, -122.045000
DMS
37°19'9.84"N 122°02'42.00"W
UTM
10N 584616.5E 4130733.0N
Geohash
9q9hqcc93
Plus code
849V8X93+QX

Daylight in Cupertino

At 37.32° N, Cupertino gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cupertino

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Saratoga, 3.7 miles away, with 30,486 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cupertino, CA?

58,710 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,268 (2.1%) from 59,978 in July 2020.

What county is Cupertino in?

Santa Clara County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Cupertino?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95014.

How far is Cupertino from Sacramento?

91.9 miles (147.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Cupertino.

What is the nearest larger city to Cupertino?

Sunnyvale, CA, with 156,792 residents, 4.7 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.