California · Census place 0650076
Murrieta, California
Murrieta is a city in Riverside County, California with an estimated 112,539 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 58th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 112,539
- #58 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +1.3%
- +1,397 people
- Land area
- 35.4 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,179 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Murrieta population, 2020 to 2024
Murrieta added 1,397 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +269. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 117th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Murrieta is 3.0 times that size.
Murrieta covers 35.40 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 3,179 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Murrieta is less dense than the typical town.
What county Murrieta is in
All of Murrieta's residents live in Riverside County, which had 2,529,933 residents in 2024. Murrieta holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Murrieta
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Murrieta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92562, 92563. 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 Murrieta is
The Census internal point of Murrieta is at 33.573200, -117.191000. Sacramento, the capital, is 420.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Menifee, CA (117,041 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Temecula, CA, 6.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 380 m (1,247 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.573200, -117.191000
- DMS
- 33°34'23.52"N 117°11'27.60"W
- UTM
- 11N 482273.8E 3714851.2N
- Geohash
- 9muwvrb45
- Plus code
- 8554HRF5+7H
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Murrieta
At 33.57° N, Murrieta gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 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 Murrieta daylight page.
Places near Murrieta
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Wildomar, 4.9 miles away, with 37,736 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Murrieta, CA?
112,539 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,397 (1.3%) from 111,142 in July 2020.
What county is Murrieta in?
Riverside County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Murrieta?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92562, 92563.
How far is Murrieta from Sacramento?
420.9 miles (677.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Murrieta.
What is the nearest larger city to Murrieta?
Menifee, CA, with 117,041 residents, 8.1 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)
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