California · Census place 0667056

Sanger, California

Sanger is a city in Fresno County, California with an estimated 26,649 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 258th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
26,649
#258 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-150 people
Land area
6.2 sq mi
Density
4,284 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Sanger. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Sanger population, 2020 to 2024

Sanger lost 150 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +22. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 191st; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Sanger is 72% of it.

26.8k202026.8k202126.7k202226.6k202326.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 26,780. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sanger covers 6.22 square miles of land, for 4,284 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Sanger is denser than the typical town.

What county Sanger is in

All of Sanger's residents live in Fresno County, which had 1,024,125 residents in 2024. Sanger holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sanger

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sanger by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93657. 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 Sanger is

The Census internal point of Sanger is at 36.701200, -119.557400. Sacramento, the capital, is 167.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clovis, CA (127,993 people), 11.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.701200, -119.557400
DMS
36°42'4.32"N 119°33'26.64"W
UTM
11N 271543.5E 4064774.6N
Geohash
9qdbz3hzy
Plus code
8582PC2V+F2

Daylight in Sanger

At 36.70° N, Sanger gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sanger

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Parlier, 6.4 miles away, with 14,429 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sanger, CA?

26,649 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 150 (0.6%) from 26,799 in July 2020.

What county is Sanger in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sanger?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 93657.

How far is Sanger from Sacramento?

167.4 miles (269.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Sanger.

What is the nearest larger city to Sanger?

Clovis, CA, with 127,993 residents, 11.1 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.