Lincoln, California

Lincoln population, 2020 to 2024

Lincoln added 6,296 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,795. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Lincoln is 1.5 times that size.

Lincoln covers 24.53 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,294 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Lincoln is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lincoln is in

All of Lincoln's residents live in Placer County, which had 433,822 residents in 2024. Lincoln holds 13.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lincoln

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lincoln by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95648. 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 Lincoln is

The Census internal point of Lincoln is at 38.874500, -121.292900. Sacramento, the capital, is 23.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rocklin, CA (75,129 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Roseville, CA, 7.3 miles away.

Daylight in Lincoln

At 38.87° N, Lincoln gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lincoln

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Rocklin, 5.2 miles away, with 75,129 people.