California · Census place 0669154

Santa Fe Springs, California

Santa Fe Springs is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 18,683 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 308th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,683
#308 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-469 people
Land area
8.9 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
2,109 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Santa Fe Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Santa Fe Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Santa Fe Springs lost 469 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -66. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 301st; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Santa Fe Springs is 50% of it.

19.2k202018.9k202118.9k202218.7k202318.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,217. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Santa Fe Springs covers 8.86 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,109 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Santa Fe Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Santa Fe Springs is in

All of Santa Fe Springs's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Santa Fe Springs holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Santa Fe Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Santa Fe Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90670. 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 Fe Springs is

The Census internal point of Santa Fe Springs is at 33.933600, -118.062600. Sacramento, the capital, is 373.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Norwalk, CA (98,230 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Downey, CA, 3.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.933600, -118.062600
DMS
33°56'0.96"N 118°03'45.36"W
UTM
11N 401792.8E 3755302.1N
Geohash
9qh113mmw
Plus code
8553WWMP+CX

Daylight in Santa Fe Springs

At 33.93° N, Santa Fe Springs gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Santa Fe Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Norwalk, 2.2 miles away, with 98,230 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Santa Fe Springs, CA?

18,683 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 469 (2.4%) from 19,152 in July 2020.

What county is Santa Fe Springs in?

Los Angeles County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Santa Fe Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 90670.

How far is Santa Fe Springs from Sacramento?

373.4 miles (600.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Santa Fe Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Santa Fe Springs?

Norwalk, CA, with 98,230 residents, 2.2 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.