California · Census place 0673962

Stanton, California

Stanton is a city in Orange County, California with an estimated 41,188 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 203rd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
41,188
#203 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
+8.2%
+3,105 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
13,286 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Stanton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Stanton population, 2020 to 2024

Stanton added 3,105 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1,464. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 18th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Stanton is 1.1 times that size.

38.1k202038.8k202139.2k202239.7k202341.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 37,949. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stanton covers 3.10 square miles of land, for 13,286 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Stanton is denser than the typical town.

What county Stanton is in

All of Stanton's residents live in Orange County, which had 3,170,435 residents in 2024. Stanton holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stanton

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Stanton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90680, 92804. 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 Stanton is

The Census internal point of Stanton is at 33.800200, -117.993400. Sacramento, the capital, is 383.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Garden Grove, CA (172,361 people), 2.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.800200, -117.993400
DMS
33°48'0.72"N 117°59'36.24"W
UTM
11N 408045.7E 3740446.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
8554R224+3J

Daylight in Stanton

At 33.80° N, Stanton gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stanton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Garden Grove, 2.4 miles away, with 172,361 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stanton, CA?

41,188 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,105 (8.2%) from 38,083 in July 2020.

What county is Stanton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Stanton?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 90680, 92804.

How far is Stanton from Sacramento?

383.4 miles (617.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Stanton.

What is the nearest larger city to Stanton?

Garden Grove, CA, with 172,361 residents, 2.4 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.

  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.