California · Census place 0650734
Needles, California
Needles is a city in San Bernardino County, California with an estimated 4,839 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 433rd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,839
- #433 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -1.9%
- -93 people
- Land area
- 30.6 sq mi
- + 0.50 sq mi water
- Density
- 158 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Needles population, 2020 to 2024
Needles lost 93 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Needles covers 30.58 square miles of land and 0.50 of water, for 158 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Needles is less dense than the typical town.
What county Needles is in
All of Needles's residents live in San Bernardino County, which had 2,214,281 residents in 2024. Needles holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Needles
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Needles by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92363. 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 Needles is
The Census internal point of Needles is at 34.813400, -114.626600. Sacramento, the capital, is 460.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bullhead City, AZ (43,266 people), 22.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Henderson, NV, 85.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.813400, -114.626600
- DMS
- 34°48'48.24"N 114°37'35.76"W
- UTM
- 11N 717089.0E 3854918.0N
- Geohash
- 9qnqp9e6y
- Plus code
- 8567R97F+99
Daylight in Needles
At 34.81° N, Needles gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Needles
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Blythe, 80.1 miles away, with 17,320 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Needles, CA?
4,839 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 93 (1.9%) from 4,932 in July 2020.
What county is Needles in?
San Bernardino County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Needles?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 92363.
How far is Needles from Sacramento?
460.6 miles (741.3 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Needles.
What is the nearest larger city to Needles?
Bullhead City, AZ, with 43,266 residents, 22.1 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.