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The city of Escondido is located in San Diego County.
Escondido was incorporated October 8, 1888.
The community of Escondido is 200 feet [60.96 m] above sea level.<1>
Time Zone: Escondido lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.
New Mexico has a community (now historic<2>) that is also named Escondido.
At the time of the 2000 Census, Escondido had a population of 133,559 people<3> (or 4.73% of the total population of San Diego County). The population of Escondido represented 0.39% of the total of California, making it the state's 33rd most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Escondido had a population of 137,103 people. This is an increase of 2.65% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Escondido.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 137,103 | +2.65% | +1.09% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 135,624 | +1.55% | +1.38% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 133,773 | +0.16% | -0.51% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 134,454 | +0.67% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 133,559 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<4> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Carlsbad |  W | 12 mi [19.31 km] | 96,374 | 23.17% increase |
| | Del Mar |  SW | 16 mi [25.75 km] | 4,447 | 1.32% increase |
| | Encinitas | SW | 12 mi [19.31 km] | 60,372 | 4.06% increase |
| | Hidden Meadows |  N | 6 mi [9.66 km] | --- | |
| | Oceanside |  NW | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 169,684 | 5.37% increase |
| | Poway |  S | 10 mi [16.09 km] | 48,858 | 1.69% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Escondido.
Website for Escondido
| Official Website: | www.ci.escondido.ca.us/ |
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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Escondido: Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Escondido? Please visit the Map Page for Escondido. |
Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Escondido - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Escondido, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Escondido. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Escondido and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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