California · Census place 0652526

Norwalk, California

Norwalk is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 98,230 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 78th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
98,230
#78 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-4.1%
-4,183 people
Land area
9.7 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
10,116 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Norwalk. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Norwalk population, 2020 to 2024

Norwalk lost 4,183 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -358. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 374th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Norwalk is 2.7 times that size.

102.4k2020100.4k202199.3k202298.6k202398.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 102,766. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Norwalk covers 9.71 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 10,116 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Norwalk is denser than the typical town.

What county Norwalk is in

All of Norwalk's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Norwalk holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Norwalk

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Norwalk by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90650. 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 Norwalk is

The Census internal point of Norwalk is at 33.907600, -118.083500. Sacramento, the capital, is 374.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Downey, CA (109,368 people), 3.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.907600, -118.083500
DMS
33°54'27.36"N 118°05'0.60"W
UTM
11N 399830.6E 3752439.3N
Geohash
9qh0buwnp
Plus code
8553WW58+2H

Daylight in Norwalk

At 33.91° N, Norwalk gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Norwalk

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Santa Fe Springs, 2.2 miles away, with 18,683 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Norwalk, CA?

98,230 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4,183 (4.1%) from 102,413 in July 2020.

What county is Norwalk in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Norwalk?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 90650.

How far is Norwalk from Sacramento?

374.4 miles (602.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Norwalk.

What is the nearest larger city to Norwalk?

Downey, CA, with 109,368 residents, 3.4 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.