California · Census place 0684550
Westminster, California
Westminster is a city in Orange County, California with an estimated 89,537 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 91st largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 89,537
- #91 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -1.4%
- -1,238 people
- Land area
- 10.0 sq mi
- Density
- 8,918 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Westminster population, 2020 to 2024
Westminster lost 1,238 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +274. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 240th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Westminster is 2.4 times that size.
Westminster covers 10.04 square miles of land, for 8,918 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Westminster is denser than the typical town.
What county Westminster is in
All of Westminster's residents live in Orange County, which had 3,170,435 residents in 2024. Westminster holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Westminster
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Westminster by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92655, 92683. 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 Westminster is
The Census internal point of Westminster is at 33.752300, -117.993900. Sacramento, the capital, is 386.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Garden Grove, CA (172,361 people), 2.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.752300, -117.993900
- DMS
- 33°45'8.28"N 117°59'38.04"W
- UTM
- 11N 407948.2E 3735135.7N
- Geohash
- 9qh04brmq
- Plus code
- 8554Q224+WC
Daylight in Westminster
At 33.75° N, Westminster gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Westminster
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Garden Grove, 2.7 miles away, with 172,361 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Westminster, CA?
89,537 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,238 (1.4%) from 90,775 in July 2020.
What county is Westminster in?
Orange County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Westminster?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92655, 92683.
How far is Westminster from Sacramento?
386.2 miles (621.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Westminster.
What is the nearest larger city to Westminster?
Garden Grove, CA, with 172,361 residents, 2.7 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.