California · Census place 0624638
Folsom, California
Folsom is a city in Sacramento County, California with an estimated 88,091 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 92nd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 88,091
- #92 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +8.9%
- +7,228 people
- Land area
- 27.9 sq mi
- + 2.27 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,160 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Folsom population, 2020 to 2024
Folsom added 7,228 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.9%. In the latest year it moved by +2,678. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Folsom is 2.4 times that size.
Folsom covers 27.88 square miles of land and 2.27 of water, for 3,160 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Folsom is less dense than the typical town.
What county Folsom is in
All of Folsom's residents live in Sacramento County, which had 1,611,231 residents in 2024. Folsom holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Folsom
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Folsom by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95630, 95671. 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 Folsom is
The Census internal point of Folsom is at 38.666600, -121.141600. Sacramento, the capital, is 20.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roseville, CA (163,304 people), 12.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.666600, -121.141600
- DMS
- 38°39'59.76"N 121°08'29.76"W
- UTM
- 10N 661680.9E 4281418.4N
- Geohash
- 9qcggr53k
- Plus code
- 84CWMV85+J9
Daylight in Folsom
At 38.67° N, Folsom gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Folsom
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Rancho Cordova, 8.0 miles away, with 84,113 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Folsom, CA?
88,091 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7,228 (8.9%) from 80,863 in July 2020.
What county is Folsom in?
Sacramento County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Folsom?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 95630, 95671.
How far is Folsom from Sacramento?
20.0 miles (32.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Folsom.
What is the nearest larger city to Folsom?
Roseville, CA, with 163,304 residents, 12.0 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.