California · Census place 0680812
Turlock, California
Turlock is a city in Stanislaus County, California with an estimated 72,888 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 122nd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 72,888
- #122 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +0.2%
- +120 people
- Land area
- 16.8 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,339 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Turlock population, 2020 to 2024
Turlock added 120 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +428. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 156th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Turlock is 2.0 times that size.
Turlock covers 16.80 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 4,339 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Turlock is denser than the typical town.
What county Turlock is in
All of Turlock's residents live in Stanislaus County, which had 556,972 residents in 2024. Turlock holds 13.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Turlock
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Turlock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95380, 95382. 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 Turlock is
The Census internal point of Turlock is at 37.505500, -120.859300. Sacramento, the capital, is 81.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Modesto, CA (220,592 people), 12.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.505500, -120.859300
- DMS
- 37°30'19.80"N 120°51'33.48"W
- UTM
- 10N 689214.2E 4153104.2N
- Geohash
- 9qdj3g8vq
- Plus code
- 849XG44R+67
Daylight in Turlock
At 37.51° N, Turlock gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Turlock
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Hughson, 6.7 miles away, with 7,903 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Turlock, CA?
72,888 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 120 (0.2%) from 72,768 in July 2020.
What county is Turlock in?
Stanislaus County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Turlock?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 95380, 95382.
How far is Turlock from Sacramento?
81.7 miles (131.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Turlock.
What is the nearest larger city to Turlock?
Modesto, CA, with 220,592 residents, 12.1 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.