California · Census place 0636980

Jackson, California

Jackson is a city in Amador County, California with an estimated 5,079 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 426th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,079
#426 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+85 people
Land area
3.6 sq mi
Density
1,419 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Jackson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Jackson population, 2020 to 2024

Jackson added 85 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +4. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 99th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Jackson is 14% of it.

4,99420205,02120215,06920225,07520235,0792024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,005. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jackson covers 3.58 square miles of land, for 1,419 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Jackson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jackson is in

All of Jackson's residents live in Amador County, which had 42,026 residents in 2024. Jackson holds 12.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jackson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jackson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95642. 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 Jackson is

The Census internal point of Jackson is at 38.348500, -120.772800. Sacramento, the capital, is 42.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ione, CA (9,411 people), 9.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elk Grove, CA, 33.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.348500, -120.772800
DMS
38°20'54.60"N 120°46'22.08"W
UTM
10N 694624.6E 4246830.6N
Geohash
9qf45tpuj
Plus code
84CX86XG+CV

Daylight in Jackson

At 38.35° N, Jackson gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jackson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Sutter Creek, 3.3 miles away, with 2,709 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jackson, CA?

5,079 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 85 (1.7%) from 4,994 in July 2020.

What county is Jackson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jackson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95642.

How far is Jackson from Sacramento?

42.1 miles (67.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Jackson.

What is the nearest larger city to Jackson?

Ione, CA, with 9,411 residents, 9.5 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.