California · Census place 0657456
Pittsburg, California
Pittsburg is a city in Contra Costa County, California with an estimated 77,131 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 77,131
- #114 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +1.0%
- +776 people
- Land area
- 17.7 sq mi
- + 2.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,363 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Pittsburg population, 2020 to 2024
Pittsburg added 776 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +954. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 123rd; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Pittsburg is 2.1 times that size.
Pittsburg covers 17.68 square miles of land and 2.07 of water, for 4,363 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Pittsburg is denser than the typical town.
What county Pittsburg is in
All of Pittsburg's residents live in Contra Costa County, which had 1,172,607 residents in 2024. Pittsburg holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pittsburg
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pittsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 94565. 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 Pittsburg is
The Census internal point of Pittsburg is at 38.016800, -121.896900. Sacramento, the capital, is 44.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Antioch, CA (118,453 people), 6.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.016800, -121.896900
- DMS
- 38°01'0.48"N 121°53'48.84"W
- UTM
- 10N 596828.6E 4208253.1N
- Geohash
- 9qc260tru
- Plus code
- 84CW2483+P6
Daylight in Pittsburg
At 38.02° N, Pittsburg gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 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 Pittsburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Clayton, 5.6 miles away, with 10,933 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pittsburg, CA?
77,131 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 776 (1.0%) from 76,355 in July 2020.
What county is Pittsburg in?
Contra Costa County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pittsburg?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 94565.
How far is Pittsburg from Sacramento?
44.4 miles (71.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Pittsburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Pittsburg?
Antioch, CA, with 118,453 residents, 6.1 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.
- 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.