California · Census place 0686832

Yorba Linda, California

Yorba Linda is a city in Orange County, California with an estimated 66,489 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
66,489
#135 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-1,743 people
Land area
20.0 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
3,333 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Yorba Linda. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Yorba Linda population, 2020 to 2024

Yorba Linda lost 1,743 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -50. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 308th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Yorba Linda is 1.8 times that size.

68.2k202067.6k202167.0k202266.5k202366.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 68,319. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Yorba Linda covers 19.95 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,333 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Yorba Linda is less dense than the typical town.

What county Yorba Linda is in

All of Yorba Linda's residents live in Orange County, which had 3,170,435 residents in 2024. Yorba Linda holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Yorba Linda

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Yorba Linda by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92886, 92887. 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 Yorba Linda is

The Census internal point of Yorba Linda is at 33.889000, -117.772100. Sacramento, the capital, is 384.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anaheim, CA (344,561 people), 2.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.889000, -117.772100
DMS
33°53'20.40"N 117°46'19.56"W
UTM
11N 428604.8E 3750116.9N
Geohash
9qh2b12cx
Plus code
8554V6QH+J5

Daylight in Yorba Linda

At 33.89° N, Yorba Linda gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Yorba Linda

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Anaheim, 2.4 miles away, with 344,561 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Yorba Linda, CA?

66,489 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,743 (2.6%) from 68,232 in July 2020.

What county is Yorba Linda in?

Orange County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Yorba Linda?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92886, 92887.

How far is Yorba Linda from Sacramento?

384.5 miles (618.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Yorba Linda.

What is the nearest larger city to Yorba Linda?

Anaheim, CA, with 344,561 residents, 2.4 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.