Susanville, California

Susanville population, 2020 to 2024

Susanville lost 4,037 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -24.6%. In the latest year it moved by -288. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 429th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Susanville is 33% of it.

Susanville covers 7.92 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,560 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Susanville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Susanville is in

All of Susanville's residents live in Lassen County, which had 28,340 residents in 2024. Susanville holds 43.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Susanville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Susanville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 96130. 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 Susanville is

The Census internal point of Susanville is at 40.433700, -120.628300. Sacramento, the capital, is 136.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Reno, NV (281,714 people), 73.7 miles away.

Daylight in Susanville

At 40.43° N, Susanville gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Susanville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Portola, 43.1 miles away, with 2,086 people.