California · Census place 0626000
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California with an estimated 228,192 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 17th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 228,192
- #17 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -2,253 people
- Land area
- 78.1 sq mi
- + 10.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,922 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Fremont population, 2020 to 2024
Fremont lost 2,253 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +605. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 207th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Fremont is 6.2 times that size.
Fremont covers 78.10 square miles of land and 10.14 of water, for 2,922 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Fremont is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fremont is in
All of Fremont's residents live in Alameda County, which had 1,649,060 residents in 2024. Fremont holds 13.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fremont
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fremont by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 94536, 94538, 94539, 94555, 94560. 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 Fremont is
The Census internal point of Fremont is at 37.494500, -121.941100. Sacramento, the capital, is 78.7 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Jose, CA (997,368 people), 15.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sunnyvale, CA, 8.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 10 m (33 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.494500, -121.941100
- DMS
- 37°29'40.20"N 121°56'27.96"W
- UTM
- 10N 593604.5E 4150257.7N
- Geohash
- 9q9m31tjq
- Plus code
- 849WF3V5+RH
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Fremont
At 37.49° N, Fremont gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Fremont daylight page.
Places near Fremont
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Newark, 5.0 miles away, with 46,254 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fremont, CA?
228,192 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2,253 (1.0%) from 230,445 in July 2020.
What county is Fremont in?
Alameda County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fremont?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 94536, 94538, 94539, 94555, 94560.
How far is Fremont from Sacramento?
78.7 miles (126.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Fremont.
What is the nearest larger city to Fremont?
San Jose, CA, with 997,368 residents, 15.3 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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