California · Census place 0670224
Santee, California
Santee is a city in San Diego County, California with an estimated 59,104 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 155th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 59,104
- #155 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -1.3%
- -755 people
- Land area
- 16.5 sq mi
- + 0.18 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,573 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Santee population, 2020 to 2024
Santee lost 755 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -208. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 230th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Santee is 1.6 times that size.
Santee covers 16.54 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 3,573 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Santee is close to the typical town.
What county Santee is in
All of Santee's residents live in San Diego County, which had 3,298,799 residents in 2024. Santee holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Santee
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Santee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92040, 92071. 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 Santee is
The Census internal point of Santee is at 32.855000, -116.986100. Sacramento, the capital, is 469.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is El Cajon, CA (103,291 people), 4.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.855000, -116.986100
- DMS
- 32°51'18.00"N 116°59'9.96"W
- UTM
- 11N 501300.6E 3635212.5N
- Geohash
- 9mufcvj64
- Plus code
- 8545V237+XH
Daylight in Santee
At 32.86° N, Santee gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Santee
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is El Cajon, 4.0 miles away, with 103,291 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Santee, CA?
59,104 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 755 (1.3%) from 59,859 in July 2020.
What county is Santee in?
San Diego County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Santee?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92040, 92071.
How far is Santee from Sacramento?
469.2 miles (755.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Santee.
What is the nearest larger city to Santee?
El Cajon, CA, with 103,291 residents, 4.0 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.