California · Census place 0631960
Hanford, California
Hanford is a city in Kings County, California with an estimated 60,594 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 149th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 60,594
- #149 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +2.5%
- +1,450 people
- Land area
- 17.9 sq mi
- Density
- 3,379 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Hanford population, 2020 to 2024
Hanford added 1,450 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +588. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 84th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Hanford is 1.6 times that size.
Hanford covers 17.93 square miles of land, for 3,379 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Hanford is close to the typical town.
What county Hanford is in
All of Hanford's residents live in Kings County, which had 154,913 residents in 2024. Hanford holds 39.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hanford
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hanford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93230. 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 Hanford is
The Census internal point of Hanford is at 36.327700, -119.654600. Sacramento, the capital, is 185.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Visalia, CA (146,271 people), 18.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.327700, -119.654600
- DMS
- 36°19'39.72"N 119°39'16.56"W
- UTM
- 11N 261715.3E 4023567.6N
- Geohash
- 9q6ytjq0j
- Plus code
- 858288HW+35
Daylight in Hanford
At 36.33° N, Hanford gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hanford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Lemoore, 8.3 miles away, with 27,057 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hanford, CA?
60,594 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,450 (2.5%) from 59,144 in July 2020.
What county is Hanford in?
Kings County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hanford?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 93230.
How far is Hanford from Sacramento?
185.3 miles (298.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Hanford.
What is the nearest larger city to Hanford?
Visalia, CA, with 146,271 residents, 18.1 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.