Glendale, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Glendale had a population of 194,973 people^<1>. This represents 0.57% of the total population of California, making it the state's 15th 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
12	Bakersfield	NW	90 mi [144.8 km]	321,078	29.96% increase
13	Stockton	NW	312 mi [502 km]	287,037	17.75% increase
14	Fremont	NW	308 mi [495.7 km]	202,867	0.27% decrease
-15-	Glendale			197,176	1.13% increase
16	Huntington Beach	SE	36 mi [57.9 km]	192,620	1.6% increase
17	Modesto	NW	285 mi [458.7 km]	202,967	7.47% increase
18	San Bernardino	E	54 mi [86.9 km]	198,580	7.11% increase

Glendale had 73,713 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Glendale has an area^<4> of 30.65 square miles [79.4 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Glendale had a 2000 population density of 6,362 people per square mile [2,456 people/km²], making it the state's 86th most densely populated area.

Los Angeles County

The city of Glendale is located in Los Angeles County.

The county had a population of 9,544,112 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 194,973 people, Glendale contained 2.04% of the Los Angeles County total.

In addition, where the community of Glendale has a population density of 6,362 people per square mile [2,456 people/km²], Los Angeles County averages 2,350 people per square mile [907 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Glendale and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Glendale. 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 Glendale. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Glendale, it also contains a comparison between Glendale and the state of California.

Click here for the Glendale QuickFact (QF-0630000).

The following communities are nearby Glendale and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Burbank	QF-0608954	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	102,968	2.64% increase
	Pasadena	QF-0656000	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	143,080	6.83% increase
	Alhambra	QF-0600884	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	85,953	0.17% increase
	San Gabriel	QF-0667042	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	40,445	1.61% increase
	West Hollywood	QF-0684410	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	36,005	0.81% increase
	Beverly Hills	QF-0606308	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	34,445	1.96% increase
	Monterey Park	QF-0648914	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	61,234	1.97% increase
	Arcadia	QF-0602462	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	56,248	6.02% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Los Angeles County (QF-06037).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Los Angeles County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Kern	QF-06029	N	800,458	20.64% increase
	Orange	QF-06059	SE	3,010,759	5.38% increase
	San Bernardino	QF-06071	E	2,015,355	17.26% increase
	Ventura	QF-06111	W	797,740	5.46% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Glendale 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 Glendale.

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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning 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) Glendale. 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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