California · Census place 0669112
Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz is a city in Santa Cruz County, California with an estimated 62,581 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 144th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 62,581
- #144 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -1,637 people
- Land area
- 12.7 sq mi
- + 3.09 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,912 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Santa Cruz population, 2020 to 2024
Santa Cruz lost 1,637 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -276. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 307th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Santa Cruz is 1.7 times that size.
Santa Cruz covers 12.74 square miles of land and 3.09 of water, for 4,912 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Santa Cruz is denser than the typical town.
What county Santa Cruz is in
All of Santa Cruz's residents live in Santa Cruz County, which had 262,406 residents in 2024. Santa Cruz holds 23.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Santa Cruz
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Santa Cruz by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95060, 95062, 95064, 95065. 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 Santa Cruz is
The Census internal point of Santa Cruz is at 36.974400, -122.035300. Sacramento, the capital, is 114.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Jose, CA (997,368 people), 25.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.974400, -122.035300
- DMS
- 36°58'27.84"N 122°02'7.08"W
- UTM
- 10N 585865.1E 4092467.3N
- Geohash
- 9q94r4bx7
- Plus code
- 848VXXF7+QV
Daylight in Santa Cruz
At 36.97° N, Santa Cruz gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Santa Cruz
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Capitola, 4.5 miles away, with 9,503 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Santa Cruz, CA?
62,581 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,637 (2.5%) from 64,218 in July 2020.
What county is Santa Cruz in?
Santa Cruz County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Santa Cruz?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 95060, 95062, 95064, 95065.
How far is Santa Cruz from Sacramento?
114.6 miles (184.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Santa Cruz.
What is the nearest larger city to Santa Cruz?
San Jose, CA, with 997,368 residents, 25.4 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.
- 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.