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Fresno, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Fresno had a population of 427,652 people ^<1>. This represents 1.26% of the total population of California, making it the state's 6th most populous community.

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

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	476,050	+11.32%	+1.7% since 2007
2007	468,097	+9.46%	+1.28% since 2006
2006	462,193	+8.08%	+0.9% since 2005
2005	458,092	+7.12%	+0.75% since 2004
2004	454,690	+6.32%	+0.99% since 2003
2003	450,254	+5.29%	+1.51% since 2002
2002	443,545	+3.72%	+1.74% since 2001
2001	435,965	+1.94%	+1.94% since 2000
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2000	427,652	The Last Census

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
3	San Jose	W	117 mi [188.3 km]	948,279	5.96% increase
4	San Francisco	W	184 mi [296.1 km]	808,976	4.15% increase
5	Long Beach	SE	226 mi [363.7 km]	463,789	0.49% increase
-6-	Fresno			476,050	11.32% increase
7	Sacramento	NW	153 mi [246.2 km]	463,794	13.95% increase
8	Oakland	NW	149 mi [239.8 km]	404,155	1.17% increase
9	Santa Ana	SE	236 mi [379.8 km]	339,130	0.34% increase

Fresno had 149,025 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Fresno has an area ^<4> of 104.4 square miles [270.3 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Fresno had a 2000 population density of 4,097 people per square mile [1,582 people/km²], making it the state's 168th most densely populated area.

Fresno County

The city of Fresno is located in Fresno County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 802,123 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 427,652 people, Fresno contained 53.3% of the Fresno County total.

In addition, where the community of Fresno has a population density of 4,097 people per square mile [1,582 people/km²], Fresno County averages 134.5 people per square mile [51.9 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	476,050	11.32% increase
10 mi [16 km]	2	568,368	14.56% increase
15 mi [24 km]	5	612,115	16.02% increase
20 mi [32 km]	8	704,895	17.21% increase
25 mi [40 km]	11	743,443	17.15% increase
30 mi [48 km]	13	774,419	17.48% increase

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 Fresno. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Fresno, it also contains a comparison between Fresno and the state of California.

Click here for the Fresno QuickFact (QF-0627000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Fresno County (QF-06019).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Fresno County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Inyo	QF-06027	E	17,136	4.35% decrease
Kings	QF-06031	S	149,518	15.21% increase
Madera	QF-06039	N	148,333	20.04% increase
Merced	QF-06047	NW	246,117	16.34% increase
Mono	QF-06051	NE	12,774	0.95% decrease
San Benito	QF-06069	W	54,699	1.63% increase
Tulare	QF-06107	SE	426,276	15.62% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	06 (California)
	County Code:	019 (Fresno County)
	Place Code:	27000 (Fresno)

	State & County Code:	06019 (California/Fresno County)

	State & Place Code:	0627000 (California/Fresno)

Fresno 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 Fresno.

The Commemorative
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Search for Local Businesses

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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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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Fresno and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Fresno. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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