California · Census place 0623910

Ferndale, California

Ferndale is a city in Humboldt County, California with an estimated 1,361 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 464th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,361
#464 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-2.7%
-38 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,125 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Ferndale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

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Ferndale population, 2020 to 2024

Ferndale lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -22.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,402. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ferndale covers 1.21 square miles of land, for 1,125 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Ferndale is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ferndale is in

All of Ferndale's residents live in Humboldt County, which had 132,380 residents in 2024. Ferndale holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ferndale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ferndale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95536. 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 Ferndale is

The Census internal point of Ferndale is at 40.578100, -124.261200. Sacramento, the capital, is 202.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fortuna, CA (12,114 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chico, CA, 140.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.578100, -124.261200
DMS
40°34'41.16"N 124°15'40.32"W
UTM
10N 393256.3E 4492688.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
84GQHPHQ+6G

Daylight in Ferndale

At 40.58° N, Ferndale gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ferndale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Fortuna, 6.3 miles away, with 12,114 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ferndale, CA?

1,361 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (2.7%) from 1,399 in July 2020.

What county is Ferndale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ferndale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95536.

How far is Ferndale from Sacramento?

202.1 miles (325.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Ferndale.

What is the nearest larger city to Ferndale?

Fortuna, CA, with 12,114 residents, 6.3 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.

  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.