California · Census place 0641936

Live Oak, California

Live Oak is a city in Sutter County, California with an estimated 9,503 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 379th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,503
#379 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+4.0%
+369 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
3,046 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Live Oak. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Live Oak population, 2020 to 2024

Live Oak added 369 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.0%. In the latest year it moved by +50. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Live Oak is 26% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,113. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Live Oak covers 3.12 square miles of land, for 3,046 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Live Oak is less dense than the typical town.

What county Live Oak is in

All of Live Oak's residents live in Sutter County, which had 98,545 residents in 2024. Live Oak holds 9.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Live Oak

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Live Oak by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95953. 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 Live Oak is

The Census internal point of Live Oak is at 39.278800, -121.662400. Sacramento, the capital, is 49.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marysville, CA (12,714 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chico, CA, 34.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.278800, -121.662400
DMS
39°16'43.68"N 121°39'44.64"W
UTM
10N 615371.3E 4348568.7N
Geohash
9qcrrw2ps
Plus code
84FW78HQ+G2

Daylight in Live Oak

At 39.28° N, Live Oak gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Live Oak

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Gridley, 6.1 miles away, with 7,355 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Live Oak, CA?

9,503 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 369 (4.0%) from 9,134 in July 2020.

What county is Live Oak in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Live Oak?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95953.

How far is Live Oak from Sacramento?

49.3 miles (79.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Live Oak.

What is the nearest larger city to Live Oak?

Marysville, CA, with 12,714 residents, 9.8 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.