California · Census place 0680000
Torrance, California
Torrance is a city in Los Angeles County, California with an estimated 139,576 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 43rd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 139,576
- #43 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -4.7%
- -6,864 people
- Land area
- 20.5 sq mi
- + 4.10 sq mi water
- Density
- 6,802 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Torrance population, 2020 to 2024
Torrance lost 6,864 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.7%. In the latest year it moved by -535. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 401st; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Torrance is 3.8 times that size.
Torrance covers 20.52 square miles of land and 4.10 of water, for 6,802 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Torrance is denser than the typical town.
What county Torrance is in
All of Torrance's residents live in Los Angeles County, which had 9,757,179 residents in 2024. Torrance holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Torrance
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Torrance by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 90277, 90501, 90503, 90504, 90505. 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 Torrance is
The Census internal point of Torrance is at 33.830500, -118.356600. Sacramento, the capital, is 371.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Long Beach, CA (450,901 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Inglewood, CA, 8.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 26 m (85 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.830500, -118.356600
- DMS
- 33°49'49.80"N 118°21'23.76"W
- UTM
- 11N 374468.2E 3744189.9N
- Geohash
- 9q5b6wxkg
- Plus code
- 8553RJJV+69
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Torrance
At 33.83° N, Torrance 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Torrance daylight page.
Places near Torrance
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Redondo Beach, 2.9 miles away, with 68,075 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Torrance, CA?
139,576 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6,864 (4.7%) from 146,440 in July 2020.
What county is Torrance in?
Los Angeles County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Torrance?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 90277, 90501, 90503, 90504, 90505.
How far is Torrance from Sacramento?
371.6 miles (598.1 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Torrance.
What is the nearest larger city to Torrance?
Long Beach, CA, with 450,901 residents, 11.4 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.