California · Census place 0682954
Visalia, California
Visalia is a city in Tulare County, California with an estimated 146,271 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 146,271
- #40 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +3.2%
- +4,484 people
- Land area
- 38.5 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,799 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Visalia population, 2020 to 2024
Visalia added 4,484 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1,160. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 72nd; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Visalia is 3.9 times that size.
Visalia covers 38.50 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,799 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Visalia is close to the typical town.
What county Visalia is in
All of Visalia's residents live in Tulare County, which had 483,546 residents in 2024. Visalia holds 30.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Visalia
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Visalia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 93277, 93291, 93292. 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 Visalia is
The Census internal point of Visalia is at 36.328000, -119.328500. Sacramento, the capital, is 195.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fresno, CA (550,105 people), 40.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clovis, CA, 39.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 98 m (322 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.328000, -119.328500
- DMS
- 36°19'40.80"N 119°19'42.60"W
- UTM
- 11N 290993.0E 4022846.2N
- Geohash
- 9q7nst79u
- Plus code
- 85828MHC+6H
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Visalia
At 36.33° N, Visalia gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 57 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 Visalia daylight page.
Places near Visalia
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Farmersville, 6.9 miles away, with 10,501 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Visalia, CA?
146,271 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,484 (3.2%) from 141,787 in July 2020.
What county is Visalia in?
Tulare County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Visalia?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 93277, 93291, 93292.
How far is Visalia from Sacramento?
195.6 miles (314.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Visalia.
What is the nearest larger city to Visalia?
Fresno, CA, with 550,105 residents, 40.6 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.