San Bernardino, California

San Bernardino population, 2020 to 2024

San Bernardino added 2,656 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1,099. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 119th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so San Bernardino is 6.1 times that size.

San Bernardino covers 62.11 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 3,619 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so San Bernardino is close to the typical town.

What county San Bernardino is in

All of San Bernardino's residents live in San Bernardino County, which had 2,214,281 residents in 2024. San Bernardino holds 10.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in San Bernardino

10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap San Bernardino by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92346, 92369, 92401, 92404, 92405, 92407, 92408, 92410, 92411, 92415. 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 San Bernardino is

The Census internal point of San Bernardino is at 34.141100, -117.294600. Sacramento, the capital, is 385.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Riverside, CA (323,757 people), 15.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rialto, CA, 5.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 366 m (1,201 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in San Bernardino

At 34.14° N, San Bernardino gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the San Bernardino daylight page.

Places near San Bernardino

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Rialto, 5.7 miles away, with 104,918 people.