California · Census place 0648914

Monterey Park, California

Monterey Park is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 57,996 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 159th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
57,996
#159 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-4.8%
-2,903 people
Land area
7.7 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
7,561 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Monterey Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Monterey Park population, 2020 to 2024

Monterey Park lost 2,903 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.8%. In the latest year it moved by -257. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 404th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Monterey Park is 1.6 times that size.

60.9k202059.6k202158.8k202258.3k202358.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 61,109. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Monterey Park covers 7.67 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 7,561 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Monterey Park is denser than the typical town.

What county Monterey Park is in

All of Monterey Park's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Monterey Park holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Monterey Park

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Monterey Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 91754, 91755. 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 Monterey Park is

The Census internal point of Monterey Park is at 34.048400, -118.133200. Sacramento, the capital, is 364.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alhambra, CA (80,279 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is El Monte, CA, 6.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.048400, -118.133200
DMS
34°02'54.24"N 118°07'59.52"W
UTM
11N 395408.3E 3768101.6N
Geohash
9q5cxy642
Plus code
85632VX8+9P

Daylight in Monterey Park

At 34.05° N, Monterey Park gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Monterey Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Alhambra, 2.4 miles away, with 80,279 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Monterey Park, CA?

57,996 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2,903 (4.8%) from 60,899 in July 2020.

What county is Monterey Park in?

Los Angeles County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Monterey Park?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 91754, 91755.

How far is Monterey Park from Sacramento?

364.5 miles (586.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Monterey Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Monterey Park?

Alhambra, CA, with 80,279 residents, 2.4 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.