California · Census place 0627000
Fresno, California
Fresno is a city in Fresno County, California with an estimated 550,105 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 5th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 550,105
- #5 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +7,391 people
- Land area
- 115.9 sq mi
- + 1.20 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,746 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Fresno population, 2020 to 2024
Fresno added 7,391 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +2,845. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 111th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Fresno is 14.8 times that size.
Fresno covers 115.91 square miles of land and 1.20 of water, for 4,746 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Fresno is denser than the typical town.
What county Fresno is in
All of Fresno's residents live in Fresno County, which had 1,024,125 residents in 2024. Fresno holds 53.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fresno
18 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fresno by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93650, 93701, 93702, 93703, 93704, 93705, 93706, 93710, 93711, 93720, 93721, 93722, 93726, 93727, 93728, 93730, 93740, 93741. 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 Fresno is
The Census internal point of Fresno is at 36.782700, -119.793400. Sacramento, the capital, is 155.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Jose, CA (997,368 people), 117.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clovis, CA, 6.9 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 96 m (315 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.782700, -119.793400
- DMS
- 36°46'57.72"N 119°47'36.24"W
- UTM
- 11N 250720.6E 4074407.3N
- Geohash
- 9qdc6014g
- Plus code
- 8582Q6M4+3J
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Fresno
At 36.78° N, Fresno gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 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 Fresno daylight page.
Places near Fresno
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Clovis, 6.9 miles away, with 127,993 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fresno, CA?
550,105 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7,391 (1.4%) from 542,714 in July 2020.
What county is Fresno in?
Fresno County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fresno?
18 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 93650, 93701, 93702, 93703, 93704, 93705, 93706, 93710, 93711, 93720, 93721, 93722, and more.
How far is Fresno from Sacramento?
155.0 miles (249.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Fresno.
What is the nearest larger city to Fresno?
San Jose, CA, with 997,368 residents, 117.0 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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