Welcome to Los Banos ...

The city of Los Banos is located in Merced County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Los Banos, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1873.

The city was incorporated May 8, 1907.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Los Banos has a population of 40,430 people<2> (see below for details).

Los Banos is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Los Banos lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Los Banos: (209)

The ZIP code for Los Banos: 93635<4>

Websites for Los Banos ...

Official Website: www.losbanos.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Los Banos had an population of 40,430 people. This is an increase of 12.39% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 56.29% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Los Banos had a population of 35,972 people (which is 14.06% of the total population of Merced County). This makes Los Banos the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Los Banos represents 0.1% of the total population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 209th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 35,972 people, the population of Los Banos increased 39.05% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 25,869 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Los Banos.

Communities near Los Banos ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Los Banos.

• Gustine
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustine
  • Gustine is located in Merced County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,709 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gustine <5>
• Dos Palos
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dos Palos
  • Dos Palos is located in Merced County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,269 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dos Palos <5>
• Volta
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volta
  • Volta is located in Merced County
• Santa Nella Village
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Nella Village
  • Santa Nella Village is located in Merced County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Nella Village <5>
• Santa Nella
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Nella
  • Santa Nella is located in Merced County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Nella <5>
• South Dos Palos
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dos Palos
  • South Dos Palos is located in Merced County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Dos Palos <5>
• Santa Rita Park
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rita Park
  • Santa Rita Park is located in Merced County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Rita Park <5>
• Oro Loma ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Loma
  • Oro Loma is located in Fresno County
• Stevinson
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevinson
  • Stevinson is located in Merced County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stevinson <5>
• El Nido
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Nido
  • El Nido is located in Merced County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Nido <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Los Banos. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Los Banos.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Los Banos. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Los Banos.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Los Banos. See our Newspapers Page for Los Banos.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Los Banos ...

Looking for more information about Los Banos? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Los Banos, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Los Banos.

Adding Los Banos to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Los Banos in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Los Banos was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Los Banos post office opened in 1873.

We also found Los Banos in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Los Banos.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Los Banos: www.losbanos.org/

The official website for Merced County: www.co.merced.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/