California · Census place 0656112

Patterson, California

Patterson is a city in Stanislaus County, California with an estimated 25,495 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 271st largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
25,495
#271 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+7.0%
+1,668 people
Land area
7.8 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
3,273 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Patterson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Patterson population, 2020 to 2024

Patterson added 1,668 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.0%. In the latest year it moved by +367. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Patterson is 69% of it.

23.8k202024.3k202124.8k202225.1k202325.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 23,790. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Patterson covers 7.79 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 3,273 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Patterson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Patterson is in

All of Patterson's residents live in Stanislaus County, which had 556,972 residents in 2024. Patterson holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Patterson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Patterson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95363. 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 Patterson is

The Census internal point of Patterson is at 37.475900, -121.153900. Sacramento, the capital, is 78.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ceres, CA (49,253 people), 13.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Modesto, CA, 13.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.475900, -121.153900
DMS
37°28'33.24"N 121°09'14.04"W
UTM
10N 663236.8E 4149268.0N
Geohash
9q9v5n62v
Plus code
849WFRGW+9C

Daylight in Patterson

At 37.48° N, Patterson gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Patterson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Newman, 13.2 miles away, with 12,292 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Patterson, CA?

25,495 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,668 (7.0%) from 23,827 in July 2020.

What county is Patterson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Patterson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95363.

How far is Patterson from Sacramento?

78.3 miles (126.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Patterson.

What is the nearest larger city to Patterson?

Ceres, CA, with 49,253 residents, 13.2 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.

  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.