California · Census place 0655520
Paradise, California
Paradise is a town in Butte County, California with an estimated 9,114 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 382nd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 9,114
- #382 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +79.1%
- +4,025 people
- Land area
- 18.3 sq mi
- Density
- 497 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Paradise population, 2020 to 2024
Paradise added 4,025 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +79.1%. In the latest year it moved by +562. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Paradise is 25% of it.
Paradise covers 18.32 square miles of land, for 497 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Paradise is less dense than the typical town.
What county Paradise is in
All of Paradise's residents live in Butte County, which had 208,334 residents in 2024. Paradise 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 Paradise
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Paradise by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 95969. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Paradise is
The Census internal point of Paradise is at 39.754200, -121.606400. Sacramento, the capital, is 81.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chico, CA (102,911 people), 11.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.754200, -121.606400
- DMS
- 39°45'15.12"N 121°36'23.04"W
- UTM
- 10N 619384.9E 4401405.0N
- Geohash
- 9r1d0v0cj
- Plus code
- 84FWQ93V+MC
Daylight in Paradise
At 39.75° N, Paradise gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Paradise
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Chico, 11.2 miles away, with 102,911 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Paradise, CA?
9,114 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,025 (79.1%) from 5,089 in July 2020.
What county is Paradise in?
Butte County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Paradise?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95969.
How far is Paradise from Sacramento?
81.6 miles (131.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Paradise.
What is the nearest larger city to Paradise?
Chico, CA, with 102,911 residents, 11.2 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.