California · Census place 0662980

Ross, California

Ross is a town in Marin County, California with an estimated 2,297 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 451st largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,297
#451 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-34 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
1,472 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Ross. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Ross population, 2020 to 2024

Ross lost 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,333. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ross covers 1.56 square miles of land, for 1,472 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Ross is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ross is in

All of Ross's residents live in Marin County, which had 256,400 residents in 2024. Ross holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ross

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ross by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 94957. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ross is

The Census internal point of Ross is at 37.963800, -122.561600. Sacramento, the capital, is 71.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Anselmo, CA (12,645 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, CA, 11.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.963800, -122.561600
DMS
37°57'49.68"N 122°33'41.76"W
UTM
10N 538509.4E 4201889.2N
Geohash
9q8zgp175
Plus code
849VXC7Q+G9

Daylight in Ross

At 37.96° N, Ross 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 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ross

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is San Anselmo, 1.3 miles away, with 12,645 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ross, CA?

2,297 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 34 (1.5%) from 2,331 in July 2020.

What county is Ross in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ross?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 94957.

How far is Ross from Sacramento?

71.8 miles (115.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Ross.

What is the nearest larger city to Ross?

San Anselmo, CA, with 12,645 residents, 1.4 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.