California · Census place 0621782
El Centro, California
El Centro is a city in Imperial County, California with an estimated 44,230 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 198th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 44,230
- #198 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -211 people
- Land area
- 12.1 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,649 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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El Centro population, 2020 to 2024
El Centro lost 211 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +70. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 185th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so El Centro is 1.2 times that size.
El Centro covers 12.12 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,649 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so El Centro is close to the typical town.
What county El Centro is in
All of El Centro's residents live in Imperial County, which had 181,724 residents in 2024. El Centro holds 24.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in El Centro
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps El Centro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92243. 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 El Centro is
The Census internal point of El Centro is at 32.786400, -115.560200. Sacramento, the capital, is 520.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yuma, AZ (103,559 people), 63.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.786400, -115.560200
- DMS
- 32°47'11.04"N 115°33'36.72"W
- UTM
- 11N 634829.2E 3628525.1N
- Geohash
- 9mvfd2eds
- Plus code
- 8546QCPQ+HW
Daylight in El Centro
At 32.79° N, El Centro gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near El Centro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Imperial, 3.7 miles away, with 22,102 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of El Centro, CA?
44,230 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 211 (0.5%) from 44,441 in July 2020.
What county is El Centro in?
Imperial County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover El Centro?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 92243.
How far is El Centro from Sacramento?
520.3 miles (837.3 km) in a straight line, heading NW from El Centro.
What is the nearest larger city to El Centro?
Yuma, AZ, with 103,559 residents, 63.3 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.