California · Census place 0642524

Lompoc, California

Lompoc is a city in Santa Barbara County, California with an estimated 43,594 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 199th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
43,594
#199 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-599 people
Land area
11.6 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
3,752 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Lompoc. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Lompoc population, 2020 to 2024

Lompoc lost 599 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +458. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 238th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Lompoc is 1.2 times that size.

44.2k202043.1k202144.2k202243.1k202343.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 44,444. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lompoc covers 11.62 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 3,752 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Lompoc is close to the typical town.

What county Lompoc is in

All of Lompoc's residents live in Santa Barbara County, which had 444,500 residents in 2024. Lompoc holds 9.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lompoc

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lompoc by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93436. 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 Lompoc is

The Census internal point of Lompoc is at 34.662700, -120.470800. Sacramento, the capital, is 276.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Santa Maria, CA (111,346 people), 18.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.662700, -120.470800
DMS
34°39'45.72"N 120°28'14.88"W
UTM
10N 731763.5E 3838549.3N
Geohash
9q4m4w5uf
Plus code
846XMG7H+3M

Daylight in Lompoc

At 34.66° N, Lompoc 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.

Places near Lompoc

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Buellton, 16.1 miles away, with 5,023 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lompoc, CA?

43,594 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 599 (1.4%) from 44,193 in July 2020.

What county is Lompoc in?

Santa Barbara County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lompoc?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 93436.

How far is Lompoc from Sacramento?

276.3 miles (444.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Lompoc.

What is the nearest larger city to Lompoc?

Santa Maria, CA, with 111,346 residents, 18.8 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.