California · Census place 0680644
Tulare, California
Tulare is a city in Tulare County, California with an estimated 72,601 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 123rd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 72,601
- #123 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +4.7%
- +3,267 people
- Land area
- 20.7 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,501 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Tulare population, 2020 to 2024
Tulare added 3,267 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,047. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Tulare is 2.0 times that size.
Tulare covers 20.74 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 3,501 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Tulare is close to the typical town.
What county Tulare is in
All of Tulare's residents live in Tulare County, which had 483,546 residents in 2024. Tulare holds 15.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Tulare
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tulare by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93274. 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 Tulare is
The Census internal point of Tulare is at 36.200200, -119.339800. Sacramento, the capital, is 202.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Visalia, CA (146,271 people), 8.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.200200, -119.339800
- DMS
- 36°12'0.72"N 119°20'23.28"W
- UTM
- 11N 289635.8E 4008691.6N
- Geohash
- 9q7juq53m
- Plus code
- 85826M26+33
Daylight in Tulare
At 36.20° N, Tulare gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Tulare
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Visalia, 8.9 miles away, with 146,271 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Tulare, CA?
72,601 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,267 (4.7%) from 69,334 in July 2020.
What county is Tulare in?
Tulare County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Tulare?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 93274.
How far is Tulare from Sacramento?
202.4 miles (325.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Tulare.
What is the nearest larger city to Tulare?
Visalia, CA, with 146,271 residents, 8.8 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.