California · Census place 0642006

Livingston, California

Livingston is a city in Merced County, California with an estimated 14,767 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 327th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,767
#327 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+3.8%
+546 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
Density
4,013 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Livingston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Livingston population, 2020 to 2024

Livingston added 546 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +28. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Livingston is 40% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,171. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Livingston covers 3.68 square miles of land, for 4,013 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Livingston is close to the typical town.

What county Livingston is in

All of Livingston's residents live in Merced County, which had 296,774 residents in 2024. Livingston holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Livingston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Livingston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95334. 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 Livingston is

The Census internal point of Livingston is at 37.387300, -120.724900. Sacramento, the capital, is 92.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atwater, CA (32,248 people), 7.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Modesto, CA, 23.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.387300, -120.724900
DMS
37°23'14.28"N 120°43'29.64"W
UTM
10N 701412.1E 4140267.0N
Geohash
9qdhsy4uc
Plus code
849X97PG+W2

Daylight in Livingston

At 37.39° N, Livingston gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Livingston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Atwater, 7.4 miles away, with 32,248 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Livingston, CA?

14,767 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 546 (3.8%) from 14,221 in July 2020.

What county is Livingston in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Livingston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95334.

How far is Livingston from Sacramento?

92.3 miles (148.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Livingston.

What is the nearest larger city to Livingston?

Atwater, CA, with 32,248 residents, 7.4 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.