California · Census place 0641712

Lindsay, California

Lindsay is a city in Tulare County, California with an estimated 12,706 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 345th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,706
#345 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+0.3%
+38 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
Density
4,366 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Lindsay. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Lindsay population, 2020 to 2024

Lindsay added 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +97. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 151st; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Lindsay is 34% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,679. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lindsay covers 2.91 square miles of land, for 4,366 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Lindsay is denser than the typical town.

What county Lindsay is in

All of Lindsay's residents live in Tulare County, which had 483,546 residents in 2024. Lindsay holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lindsay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lindsay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93247. 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 Lindsay is

The Census internal point of Lindsay is at 36.209100, -119.093300. Sacramento, the capital, is 210.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Porterville, CA (63,517 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Visalia, CA, 15.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.209100, -119.093300
DMS
36°12'32.76"N 119°05'35.88"W
UTM
11N 311822.4E 4009172.3N
Geohash
9q7mczwvk
Plus code
85826W54+JM

Daylight in Lindsay

At 36.21° N, Lindsay 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 Lindsay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Exeter, 6.6 miles away, with 10,186 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lindsay, CA?

12,706 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 38 (0.3%) from 12,668 in July 2020.

What county is Lindsay in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lindsay?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 93247.

How far is Lindsay from Sacramento?

210.1 miles (338.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Lindsay.

What is the nearest larger city to Lindsay?

Porterville, CA, with 63,517 residents, 10.6 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.