California · Census place 0681134
Ukiah, California
Ukiah is a city in Mendocino County, California with an estimated 16,067 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 323rd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 16,067
- #323 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -484 people
- Land area
- 5.5 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,927 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Ukiah population, 2020 to 2024
Ukiah lost 484 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -48. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 324th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Ukiah is 43% of it.
Ukiah covers 5.49 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 2,927 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Ukiah is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ukiah is in
All of Ukiah's residents live in Mendocino County, which had 89,175 residents in 2024. Ukiah holds 18.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ukiah
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ukiah by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95482. 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 Ukiah is
The Census internal point of Ukiah is at 39.147500, -123.204900. Sacramento, the capital, is 100.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clearlake, CA (16,636 people), 33.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Santa Rosa, CA, 55.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.147500, -123.204900
- DMS
- 39°08'51.00"N 123°12'17.64"W
- UTM
- 10N 482294.2E 4333165.0N
- Geohash
- 9qbqsqsft
- Plus code
- 84FR4QXW+22
Daylight in Ukiah
At 39.15° N, Ukiah gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ukiah
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Lakeport, 16.9 miles away, with 5,104 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ukiah, CA?
16,067 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 484 (2.9%) from 16,551 in July 2020.
What county is Ukiah in?
Mendocino County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ukiah?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95482.
How far is Ukiah from Sacramento?
100.1 miles (161.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Ukiah.
What is the nearest larger city to Ukiah?
Clearlake, CA, with 16,636 residents, 33.3 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.