California · Census place 0655618

Paramount, California

Paramount is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 51,169 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 176th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
51,169
#176 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-4.5%
-2,406 people
Land area
4.7 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
10,818 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Paramount. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Paramount population, 2020 to 2024

Paramount lost 2,406 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by -205. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 390th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Paramount is 1.4 times that size.

53.6k202052.4k202151.8k202251.4k202351.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 53,749. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Paramount covers 4.73 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 10,818 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Paramount is denser than the typical town.

What county Paramount is in

All of Paramount's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Paramount holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Paramount

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Paramount by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90723. 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 Paramount is

The Census internal point of Paramount is at 33.898900, -118.166600. Sacramento, the capital, is 372.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bellflower, CA (75,716 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Downey, CA, 3.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.898900, -118.166600
DMS
33°53'56.04"N 118°09'59.76"W
UTM
11N 392136.7E 3751558.8N
Geohash
9q5bz51eq
Plus code
8553VRXM+H9

Daylight in Paramount

At 33.90° N, Paramount 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 Paramount

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Bellflower, 2.4 miles away, with 75,716 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Paramount, CA?

51,169 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2,406 (4.5%) from 53,575 in July 2020.

What county is Paramount in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Paramount?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 90723.

How far is Paramount from Sacramento?

372.6 miles (599.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Paramount.

What is the nearest larger city to Paramount?

Bellflower, CA, with 75,716 residents, 2.4 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.