California · Census place 0629000
Garden Grove, California
Garden Grove is a city in Orange County, California with an estimated 172,361 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 29th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 172,361
- #29 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +0.3%
- +495 people
- Land area
- 18.0 sq mi
- Density
- 9,602 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Garden Grove population, 2020 to 2024
Garden Grove added 495 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +2,223. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 152nd; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Garden Grove is 4.7 times that size.
Garden Grove covers 17.95 square miles of land, for 9,602 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Garden Grove is denser than the typical town.
What county Garden Grove is in
All of Garden Grove's residents live in Orange County, which had 3,170,435 residents in 2024. Garden Grove holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Garden Grove
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Garden Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92840, 92841, 92843, 92844, 92845. 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 Garden Grove is
The Census internal point of Garden Grove is at 33.778800, -117.960500. Sacramento, the capital, is 385.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Santa Ana, CA (316,184 people), 5.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 26 m (85 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.778800, -117.960500
- DMS
- 33°46'43.68"N 117°57'37.80"W
- UTM
- 11N 411069.1E 3738044.7N
- Geohash
- 9qh05tpzc
- Plus code
- 8554Q2HQ+GQ
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Garden Grove
At 33.78° N, Garden Grove gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 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 Garden Grove daylight page.
Places near Garden Grove
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Stanton, 2.4 miles away, with 41,188 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Garden Grove, CA?
172,361 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 495 (0.3%) from 171,866 in July 2020.
What county is Garden Grove in?
Orange County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Garden Grove?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92840, 92841, 92843, 92844, 92845.
How far is Garden Grove from Sacramento?
385.6 miles (620.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Garden Grove.
What is the nearest larger city to Garden Grove?
Santa Ana, CA, with 316,184 residents, 5.3 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.