California · Census place 0657288

Pinole, California

Pinole is a city in Contra Costa County, California with an estimated 18,663 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 309th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,663
#309 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-340 people
Land area
5.1 sq mi
+ 6.66 sq mi water
Density
3,659 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Pinole. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Pinole population, 2020 to 2024

Pinole lost 340 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +59. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 266th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Pinole is 50% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,022. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pinole covers 5.10 square miles of land and 6.66 of water, for 3,659 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Pinole is close to the typical town.

What county Pinole is in

All of Pinole's residents live in Contra Costa County, which had 1,172,607 residents in 2024. Pinole holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pinole

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pinole by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 94564. 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 Pinole is

The Census internal point of Pinole is at 38.001700, -122.318500. Sacramento, the capital, is 59.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hercules, CA (26,499 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, CA, 4.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.001700, -122.318500
DMS
38°00'6.12"N 122°19'6.60"W
UTM
10N 559832.8E 4206222.7N
Geohash
9qc00tfru
Plus code
84CV2M2J+MJ

Daylight in Pinole

At 38.00° N, Pinole gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pinole

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Hercules, 2.1 miles away, with 26,499 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pinole, CA?

18,663 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 340 (1.8%) from 19,003 in July 2020.

What county is Pinole in?

Contra Costa County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Pinole?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 94564.

How far is Pinole from Sacramento?

59.8 miles (96.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Pinole.

What is the nearest larger city to Pinole?

Hercules, CA, with 26,499 residents, 2.1 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.