California · Census place 0636084

Huron, California

Huron is a city in Fresno County, California with an estimated 6,737 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 411th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,737
#411 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+5.1%
+326 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
3,986 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Huron. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Huron population, 2020 to 2024

Huron added 326 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.1%. In the latest year it moved by +215. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 43rd; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Huron is 18% of it.

6,41120206,45520216,44020226,52220236,7372024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,392. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Huron covers 1.69 square miles of land, for 3,986 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Huron is close to the typical town.

What county Huron is in

All of Huron's residents live in Fresno County, which had 1,024,125 residents in 2024. Huron holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Huron

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Huron by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93234. 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 Huron is

The Census internal point of Huron is at 36.204400, -120.095100. Sacramento, the capital, is 181.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Avenal, CA (14,108 people), 12.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fresno, CA, 43.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.204400, -120.095100
DMS
36°12'15.84"N 120°05'42.36"W
UTM
10N 761168.6E 4010532.3N
Geohash
9q6tgnv3v
Plus code
848X6W33+QX

Daylight in Huron

At 36.20° N, Huron gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Huron

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Avenal, 12.0 miles away, with 14,108 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Huron, CA?

6,737 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 326 (5.1%) from 6,411 in July 2020.

What county is Huron in?

Fresno County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Huron?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 93234.

How far is Huron from Sacramento?

181.0 miles (291.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Huron.

What is the nearest larger city to Huron?

Avenal, CA, with 14,108 residents, 12.1 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.