California · Census place 0659500

Rancho Mirage, California

Rancho Mirage is a city in Riverside County, California with an estimated 18,001 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 312th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,001
#312 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+5.6%
+958 people
Land area
25.3 sq mi
+ 0.39 sq mi water
Density
712 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Rancho Mirage. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Rancho Mirage population, 2020 to 2024

Rancho Mirage added 958 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.6%. In the latest year it moved by +203. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 35th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Rancho Mirage is 49% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,995. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rancho Mirage covers 25.30 square miles of land and 0.39 of water, for 712 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Rancho Mirage is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rancho Mirage is in

All of Rancho Mirage's residents live in Riverside County, which had 2,529,933 residents in 2024. Rancho Mirage holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rancho Mirage

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rancho Mirage by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92270. 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 Rancho Mirage is

The Census internal point of Rancho Mirage is at 33.763800, -116.430400. Sacramento, the capital, is 436.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Palm Desert, CA (53,147 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Menifee, CA, 43.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.763800, -116.430400
DMS
33°45'49.68"N 116°25'49.44"W
UTM
11N 552746.8E 3736112.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
8555QH79+GR

Daylight in Rancho Mirage

At 33.76° N, Rancho Mirage gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rancho Mirage

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Palm Desert, 4.2 miles away, with 53,147 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rancho Mirage, CA?

18,001 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 958 (5.6%) from 17,043 in July 2020.

What county is Rancho Mirage in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rancho Mirage?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 92270.

How far is Rancho Mirage from Sacramento?

436.1 miles (701.9 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Rancho Mirage.

What is the nearest larger city to Rancho Mirage?

Palm Desert, CA, with 53,147 residents, 4.2 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.