California · Census place 0662364

Rocklin, California

Rocklin is a city in Placer County, California with an estimated 75,129 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 118th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
75,129
#118 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+4.7%
+3,357 people
Land area
19.8 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
3,787 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Rocklin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Rocklin population, 2020 to 2024

Rocklin added 3,357 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,294. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 47th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Rocklin is 2.0 times that size.

71.8k202072.8k202173.2k202273.8k202375.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 71,600. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rocklin covers 19.84 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,787 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Rocklin is close to the typical town.

What county Rocklin is in

All of Rocklin's residents live in Placer County, which had 433,822 residents in 2024. Rocklin holds 17.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rocklin

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Rocklin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95677, 95765. 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 Rocklin is

The Census internal point of Rocklin is at 38.806900, -121.249700. Sacramento, the capital, is 20.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roseville, CA (163,304 people), 4.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.806900, -121.249700
DMS
38°48'24.84"N 121°14'58.92"W
UTM
10N 651977.8E 4296803.5N
Geohash
9qcubbsdt
Plus code
84CWRQ42+Q4

Daylight in Rocklin

At 38.81° N, Rocklin gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rocklin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Loomis, 2.9 miles away, with 6,939 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rocklin, CA?

75,129 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,357 (4.7%) from 71,772 in July 2020.

What county is Rocklin in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rocklin?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 95677, 95765.

How far is Rocklin from Sacramento?

20.6 miles (33.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Rocklin.

What is the nearest larger city to Rocklin?

Roseville, CA, with 163,304 residents, 4.5 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.