Chula Vista, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Chula Vista had a population of 173,556 people^<1>. This represents 0.51% of the total population of California, making it the state's 19th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
16	Huntington Beach	NW	93 mi [149.7 km]	192,620	1.6% increase
17	Modesto	NW	413 mi [664 km]	202,967	7.47% increase
18	San Bernardino	N	105 mi [169 km]	198,580	7.11% increase
-19-	Chula Vista			219,318	26.37% increase
20	Oxnard	NW	166 mi [267.2 km]	185,717	9.02% increase
21	Garden Grove	NW	96 mi [154.5 km]	165,796	0.36% increase
22	Oceanside	NW	44 mi [70.8 km]	169,684	5.37% increase

Chula Vista had 59,495 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Chula Vista has a total area of 51.2 square miles [132.7 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 48.88 square miles [126.6 km²]2.36 square miles [6.11 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Chula Vista had a 2000 population density of 3,550 people per square mile [1,370 people/km²].

San Diego County

The coastal city of Chula Vista is located in San Diego County.

The county had a population of 2,825,395 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 173,556 people, Chula Vista contained 6.14% of the San Diego County total.

In addition, where the community of Chula Vista has a population density of 3,550 people per square mile [1,370 people/km²], San Diego County averages 672 people per square mile [259.7 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for San Diego County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Chula Vista and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Chula Vista. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Chula Vista. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Chula Vista, it also contains a comparison between Chula Vista and the state of California.

Click here for the Chula Vista QuickFact (QF-0613392).

The following communities are nearby Chula Vista and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	National City	QF-0650398	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	58,680	8.15% increase
	La Mesa	QF-0640004	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	54,673	0.14% decrease
	El Cajon	QF-0621712	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	92,718	2.27% decrease
	San Diego	QF-0666000	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,279,329	4.57% increase
	Santee	QF-0670224	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	53,860	1.67% increase
	Poway	QF-0658520	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	48,858	1.69% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Chula Vista.

A Census Quickfact is available for San Diego County (QF-06073).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border San Diego County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Imperial	QF-06025	E	163,972	15.14% increase
	Orange	QF-06059	NW	3,010,759	5.38% increase
	Riverside	QF-06065	N	2,100,516	34.71% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Chula Vista:

Chula Vista is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Chula Vista.

The Commemorative Quarter for California<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Chula Vista. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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