California · Census place 0653980

Orange, California

Orange is a city in Orange County, California with an estimated 137,941 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 44th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
137,941
#44 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-1,540 people
Land area
25.7 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
5,374 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Orange. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Orange population, 2020 to 2024

Orange lost 1,540 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -305. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 220th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Orange is 3.7 times that size.

139.5k2020137.8k2021137.9k2022138.2k2023137.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 139,930. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Orange covers 25.67 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 5,374 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Orange is denser than the typical town.

What county Orange is in

All of Orange's residents live in Orange County, which had 3,170,435 residents in 2024. Orange 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 Orange

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Orange by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92865, 92866, 92867, 92868, 92869. 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 Orange is

The Census internal point of Orange is at 33.787000, -117.861300. Sacramento, the capital, is 388.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Santa Ana, CA (316,184 people), 3.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 53 m (174 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
33.787000, -117.861300
DMS
33°47'13.20"N 117°51'40.68"W
UTM
11N 420261.7E 3738872.7N
Geohash
9qh0nn8p8
Plus code
8554Q4PQ+RF
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles

Daylight in Orange

At 33.79° N, Orange gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 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 Orange daylight page.

Places near Orange

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Villa Park, 3.6 miles away, with 5,698 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Orange, CA?

137,941 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,540 (1.1%) from 139,481 in July 2020.

What county is Orange in?

Orange County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Orange?

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92865, 92866, 92867, 92868, 92869.

How far is Orange from Sacramento?

388.0 miles (624.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Orange.

What is the nearest larger city to Orange?

Santa Ana, CA, with 316,184 residents, 3.7 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)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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