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Fresno County, California

A county in California, ranked 10 of 58 by population.

CountyFIPS 06019

Within California
Fresno County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Fresno, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
1,035,456
+25,893 (+2.6%) since 2020
Land area
5,959
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
174
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fresno
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Fresno city
Population 555,549.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Fresno County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Fresno County, California from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 671 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Fresno County ranks

Position among the 58 counties of California, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn CaliforniaNationally
Population1,035,45610th of 5848th of 3,144
Land area5,959 sq mi6th of 5861st of 3,144
Population density174 per sq mi21st of 58617th of 3,144
Median household income$74,20137th of 58895th of 3,143

Full data for Fresno County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,035,456Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,009,563Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,008,661Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area5,959 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area52.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area6,011 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?174 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,201American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$388,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households324,702American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units344,894American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+5,384
13,109 births, 7,725 deaths
Net migration
-3,687
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 8 areas bordering Fresno County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Madera CountyCalifornia173 mi167,927
Tulare CountyCalifornia82 mi485,146
Inyo CountyCalifornia78 mi18,158
Kings CountyCalifornia69 mi154,327
Monterey CountyCalifornia50 mi433,729
San Benito CountyCalifornia45 mi70,082
Merced CountyCalifornia33 mi297,260
Mono CountyCalifornia21 mi12,505

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.