California · Census place 0640130
Lancaster, California
Lancaster is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 167,426 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 31st largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 167,426
- #31 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -3.3%
- -5,766 people
- Land area
- 94.3 sq mi
- + 0.25 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,776 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Lancaster population, 2020 to 2024
Lancaster lost 5,766 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +133. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 345th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Lancaster is 4.5 times that size.
Lancaster covers 94.28 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 1,776 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Lancaster is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lancaster is in
All of Lancaster's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Lancaster holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lancaster
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lancaster by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93534, 93535, 93536. 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 Lancaster is
The Census internal point of Lancaster is at 34.693600, -118.175300. Sacramento, the capital, is 325.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Santa Clarita, CA (229,159 people), 26.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Palmdale, CA, 8.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 711 m (2,333 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.693600, -118.175300
- DMS
- 34°41'36.96"N 118°10'31.08"W
- UTM
- 11N 392351.0E 3839693.8N
- Geohash
- 9q5vqgg2g
- Plus code
- 8563MRVF+CV
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Lancaster
At 34.69° N, Lancaster gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 39 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 Lancaster daylight page.
Places near Lancaster
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Palmdale, 8.1 miles away, with 162,536 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lancaster, CA?
167,426 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5,766 (3.3%) from 173,192 in July 2020.
What county is Lancaster in?
Los Angeles County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lancaster?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 93534, 93535, 93536.
How far is Lancaster from Sacramento?
325.3 miles (523.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Lancaster.
What is the nearest larger city to Lancaster?
Santa Clarita, CA, with 229,159 residents, 26.7 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.