California · Census place 0648354
Modesto, California
Modesto is a city in Stanislaus County, California with an estimated 220,592 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 19th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 220,592
- #19 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +0.9%
- +1,875 people
- Land area
- 43.4 sq mi
- + 1.84 sq mi water
- Density
- 5,087 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Modesto population, 2020 to 2024
Modesto added 1,875 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +1,160. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 133rd; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Modesto is 6.0 times that size.
Modesto covers 43.36 square miles of land and 1.84 of water, for 5,087 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Modesto is denser than the typical town.
What county Modesto is in
All of Modesto's residents live in Stanislaus County, which had 556,972 residents in 2024. Modesto holds 39.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Modesto
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Modesto by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95350, 95351, 95354, 95355, 95356, 95358. 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 Modesto is
The Census internal point of Modesto is at 37.637500, -121.003000. Sacramento, the capital, is 70.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Stockton, CA (324,975 people), 28.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tracy, CA, 25.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 29 m (95 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.637500, -121.003000
- DMS
- 37°38'15.00"N 121°00'10.80"W
- UTM
- 10N 676200.0E 4167471.7N
- Geohash
- 9q9yne8q3
- Plus code
- 849WJXQW+2R
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Modesto
At 37.64° N, Modesto gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Modesto daylight page.
Places near Modesto
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Ceres, 3.3 miles away, with 49,253 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Modesto, CA?
220,592 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,875 (0.9%) from 218,717 in July 2020.
What county is Modesto in?
Stanislaus County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Modesto?
6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 95350, 95351, 95354, 95355, 95356, 95358.
How far is Modesto from Sacramento?
70.2 miles (113.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Modesto.
What is the nearest larger city to Modesto?
Stockton, CA, with 324,975 residents, 28.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.