California · Census place 0668084
San Leandro, California
San Leandro is a city in Alameda County, California with an estimated 86,571 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 97th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 86,571
- #97 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -4.6%
- -4,156 people
- Land area
- 13.3 sq mi
- + 2.16 sq mi water
- Density
- 6,499 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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San Leandro population, 2020 to 2024
San Leandro lost 4,156 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.6%. In the latest year it moved by +16. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 397th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so San Leandro is 2.3 times that size.
San Leandro covers 13.32 square miles of land and 2.16 of water, for 6,499 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so San Leandro is denser than the typical town.
What county San Leandro is in
All of San Leandro's residents live in Alameda County, which had 1,649,060 residents in 2024. San Leandro holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in San Leandro
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap San Leandro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 94577, 94578, 94579. 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 Leandro is
The Census internal point of San Leandro is at 37.703400, -122.163000. Sacramento, the capital, is 70.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oakland, CA (443,554 people), 5.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.703400, -122.163000
- DMS
- 37°42'12.24"N 122°09'46.80"W
- UTM
- 10N 573782.0E 4173237.1N
- Geohash
- 9q9nkpew5
- Plus code
- 849VPR3P+9Q
Daylight in San Leandro
At 37.70° N, San Leandro gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near San Leandro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Oakland, 5.7 miles away, with 443,554 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of San Leandro, CA?
86,571 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4,156 (4.6%) from 90,727 in July 2020.
What county is San Leandro in?
Alameda County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover San Leandro?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 94577, 94578, 94579.
How far is San Leandro from Sacramento?
70.5 miles (113.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from San Leandro.
What is the nearest larger city to San Leandro?
Oakland, CA, with 443,554 residents, 5.7 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.