California · Census place 0636770
Irvine, California
Irvine is a city in Orange County, California with an estimated 318,683 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 318,683
- #13 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +3.3%
- +10,233 people
- Land area
- 65.6 sq mi
- + 0.31 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,857 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Irvine population, 2020 to 2024
Irvine added 10,233 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +3,618. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 67th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Irvine is 8.6 times that size.
Irvine covers 65.61 square miles of land and 0.31 of water, for 4,857 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Irvine is denser than the typical town.
What county Irvine is in
All of Irvine's residents live in Orange County, which had 3,170,435 residents in 2024. Irvine holds 10.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Irvine
10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Irvine by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92602, 92603, 92604, 92606, 92612, 92614, 92617, 92618, 92620, 92697. 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 Irvine is
The Census internal point of Irvine is at 33.678400, -117.771300. Sacramento, the capital, is 397.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anaheim, CA (344,561 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Santa Ana, CA, 7.6 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 48 m (157 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.678400, -117.771300
- DMS
- 33°40'42.24"N 117°46'16.68"W
- UTM
- 11N 428504.0E 3726765.4N
- Geohash
- 9mur84cwc
- Plus code
- 8554M6HH+9F
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Irvine
At 33.68° N, Irvine gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 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 Irvine daylight page.
Places near Irvine
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Tustin, 4.3 miles away, with 78,863 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Irvine, CA?
318,683 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10,233 (3.3%) from 308,450 in July 2020.
What county is Irvine in?
Orange County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Irvine?
10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92602, 92603, 92604, 92606, 92612, 92614, 92617, 92618, 92620, 92697.
How far is Irvine from Sacramento?
397.0 miles (639.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Irvine.
What is the nearest larger city to Irvine?
Anaheim, CA, with 344,561 residents, 12.2 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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