California · Census place 0619402

Dixon, California

Dixon is a city in Solano County, California with an estimated 20,296 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 296th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
20,296
#296 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+4.9%
+944 people
Land area
7.1 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
2,859 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Dixon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Dixon population, 2020 to 2024

Dixon added 944 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.9%. In the latest year it moved by +495. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 44th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Dixon is 55% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,308. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dixon covers 7.10 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 2,859 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Dixon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dixon is in

All of Dixon's residents live in Solano County, which had 455,101 residents in 2024. Dixon holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dixon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dixon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95620. 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 Dixon is

The Census internal point of Dixon is at 38.447500, -121.824200. Sacramento, the capital, is 20.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Davis, CA (67,125 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Vacaville, CA, 9.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.447500, -121.824200
DMS
38°26'51.00"N 121°49'27.12"W
UTM
10N 602603.3E 4256122.6N
Geohash
9qc6ez4kf
Plus code
84CWC5WG+X8

Daylight in Dixon

At 38.45° N, Dixon gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dixon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Davis, 8.8 miles away, with 67,125 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dixon, CA?

20,296 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 944 (4.9%) from 19,352 in July 2020.

What county is Dixon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Dixon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95620.

How far is Dixon from Sacramento?

20.0 miles (32.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Dixon.

What is the nearest larger city to Dixon?

Davis, CA, with 67,125 residents, 8.8 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.