Pomona, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Pomona had a population of 149,473 people^<1>. This represents 0.44% of the total population of California, making it the state's 26th 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
23	Ontario	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	171,691	8.66% increase
24	Santa Clarita	NW	48 mi [77.2 km]	169,500	12.19% increase
25	Salinas	NW	283 mi [455.4 km]	143,640	4.91% decrease
-26-	Pomona			152,699	2.16% increase
27	Santa Rosa	NW	409 mi [658 km]	155,796	5.56% increase
28	Irvine	S	26 mi [41.84 km]	207,500	45.03% increase
29	Moreno Valley	E	33 mi [53.1 km]	190,871	34.06% increase

Pomona had 39,598 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Pomona has an area^<4> of 22.84 square miles [59.2 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Pomona had a 2000 population density of 6,544 people per square mile [2,526 people/km²], making it the state's 78th most densely populated area.

Los Angeles County

The city of Pomona 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 149,473 people, Pomona contained 1.57% of the Los Angeles County total.

In addition, where the community of Pomona has a population density of 6,544 people per square mile [2,526 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 Pomona and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Pomona. 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 Pomona. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Pomona, it also contains a comparison between Pomona and the state of California.

Click here for the Pomona QuickFact (QF-0658072).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Montclair	QF-0648788	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	36,530	10.53% increase
	La Verne	QF-0640830	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	33,623	6.27% increase
	San Dimas	QF-0666070	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	35,043	0.18% increase
	Claremont	QF-0613756	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	35,470	4.33% increase
	Diamond Bar	QF-0619192	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	57,235	1.68% increase
	Walnut	QF-0683332	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	30,744	2.47% increase
	Chino Hills	QF-0613214	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	73,879	10.62% increase
	Chino	QF-0613210	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	83,031	23.62% increase

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

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 Pomona:

Pomona 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 Pomona.

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Search for Local Businesses

People have found 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) Pomona. 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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