California · Census place 0649670
Mountain View, California
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California with an estimated 87,316 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 93rd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 87,316
- #93 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +5.5%
- +4,543 people
- Land area
- 12.0 sq mi
- + 0.28 sq mi water
- Density
- 7,301 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Mountain View population, 2020 to 2024
Mountain View added 4,543 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.5%. In the latest year it moved by +3,378. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Mountain View is 2.4 times that size.
Mountain View covers 11.96 square miles of land and 0.28 of water, for 7,301 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Mountain View is denser than the typical town.
What county Mountain View is in
All of Mountain View's residents live in Santa Clara County, which had 1,926,325 residents in 2024. Mountain View holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mountain View
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mountain View by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 94040, 94041, 94043. 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 Mountain View is
The Census internal point of Mountain View is at 37.399700, -122.079300. Sacramento, the capital, is 87.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sunnyvale, CA (156,792 people), 3.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.399700, -122.079300
- DMS
- 37°23'58.92"N 122°04'45.48"W
- UTM
- 10N 581490.4E 4139611.6N
- Geohash
- 9q9hy02t4
- Plus code
- 849V9WXC+V7
Daylight in Mountain View
At 37.40° N, Mountain View 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 Mountain View
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Los Altos, 2.4 miles away, with 30,864 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mountain View, CA?
87,316 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,543 (5.5%) from 82,773 in July 2020.
What county is Mountain View in?
Santa Clara County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mountain View?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 94040, 94041, 94043.
How far is Mountain View from Sacramento?
87.4 miles (140.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Mountain View.
What is the nearest larger city to Mountain View?
Sunnyvale, CA, with 156,792 residents, 3.0 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.