California · Census place 0653476
Ojai, California
Ojai is a city in Ventura County, California with an estimated 7,563 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 398th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 7,563
- #398 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -73 people
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,735 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Ojai population, 2020 to 2024
Ojai lost 73 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +36. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 206th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Ojai is 20% of it.
Ojai covers 4.36 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,735 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Ojai is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ojai is in
All of Ojai's residents live in Ventura County, which had 835,427 residents in 2024. Ojai holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ojai
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ojai by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93023. 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 Ojai is
The Census internal point of Ojai is at 34.449200, -119.246700. Sacramento, the capital, is 311.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Santa Paula, CA (31,786 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA, 12.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.449200, -119.246700
- DMS
- 34°26'57.12"N 119°14'48.12"W
- UTM
- 11N 293601.4E 3814254.0N
- Geohash
- 9q55yrr1n
- Plus code
- 8562CQX3+M8
Daylight in Ojai
At 34.45° N, Ojai gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ojai
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Santa Paula, 12.2 miles away, with 31,786 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ojai, CA?
7,563 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 73 (1.0%) from 7,636 in July 2020.
What county is Ojai in?
Ventura County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ojai?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 93023.
How far is Ojai from Sacramento?
311.3 miles (501.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Ojai.
What is the nearest larger city to Ojai?
Santa Paula, CA, with 31,786 residents, 12.2 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.