Pasadena, California

Pasadena population, 2020 to 2024

Pasadena lost 2,178 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,496. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 253rd; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Pasadena is 3.7 times that size.

Pasadena covers 22.96 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 5,975 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Pasadena is denser than the typical town.

What county Pasadena is in

All of Pasadena's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Pasadena holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pasadena

7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pasadena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 91101, 91103, 91104, 91105, 91106, 91107, 91125. 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 Pasadena is

The Census internal point of Pasadena is at 34.160600, -118.138000. Sacramento, the capital, is 357.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glendale, CA (187,823 people), 6.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 282 m (925 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Pasadena

At 34.16° N, Pasadena gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 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 Pasadena daylight page.

Places near Pasadena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is San Marino, 3.0 miles away, with 12,105 people.