Fresno Metro Area Population 1950-2024
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Fresno metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Fresno in 2024 is 803,000, a 1.01% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Fresno in 2023 was 795,000, a 1.15% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Fresno in 2022 was 786,000, a 1.16% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Fresno in 2021 was 777,000, a 1.04% increase from 2020.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
19,034,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,598,000 |
| Chicago |
8,984,000 |
| Houston |
6,802,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,655,000 |
| Miami |
6,317,000 |
| Atlanta |
6,193,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,821,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,545,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,777,000 |
| Boston |
4,367,000 |
| Seattle |
3,549,000 |
| Detroit |
3,528,000 |
| San Diego |
3,345,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,343,000 |
| Minneapolis |
3,014,000 |
| Tampa |
3,009,000 |
| Denver |
2,963,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,953,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,631,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,491,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,370,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,321,000 |
| Austin |
2,274,000 |
| Portland |
2,243,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,243,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,242,000 |
| Orlando |
2,101,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,903,000 |
| San Jose |
1,834,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,787,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,771,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,739,000 |
| Columbus |
1,727,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,708,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,629,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,496,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,463,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,345,000 |
| Nashville |
1,333,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,214,000 |
| Providence |
1,210,000 |
| Memphis |
1,179,000 |
| Richmond |
1,151,000 |
| Louisville |
1,126,000 |
| McAllen |
1,100,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,027,000 |
| Tucson |
1,024,000 |
| Hartford |
1,024,000 |
| New Orleans |
1,021,000 |
| El Paso |
996,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
994,000 |
| Albuquerque |
967,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
967,000 |
| Cape Coral |
957,000 |
| Honolulu |
920,000 |
| Buffalo |
886,000 |
| Birmingham |
871,000 |
| Omaha |
868,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
859,000 |
| Fresno |
803,000 |
| Tulsa |
799,000 |
| Knoxville |
796,000 |
| Allentown |
793,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
776,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
766,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
765,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
761,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
756,000 |
| Rochester |
753,000 |
| Dayton |
750,000 |
| Bakersfield |
741,000 |
| Concord |
704,000 |
| The Woodlands |
701,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
701,000 |
| Springfield |
685,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
653,000 |
| Albany |
642,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
610,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
607,000 |
| New Haven |
604,000 |
| Kissimmee |
600,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
575,000 |
| Des Moines |
573,000 |
| Harrisburg |
572,000 |
| Akron |
568,000 |
| Greenville |
568,000 |
| Worcester |
567,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
565,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
545,000 |
| Wichita |
544,000 |
| Little Rock |
539,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
539,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
538,000 |
| Reno |
538,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
533,000 |
| Lancaster |
526,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
514,000 |
| Toledo |
513,000 |
| Madison |
513,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
504,000 |
| Boise City |
476,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
472,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
469,000 |
| Concord |
467,000 |
| Spokane |
465,000 |
| Visalia |
465,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
461,000 |
| Stockton |
456,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
441,000 |
| Durham |
439,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
434,000 |
| Chattanooga |
433,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
432,000 |
| Modesto |
427,000 |
| Syracuse |
425,000 |
| Huntsville |
414,000 |
| Oxnard |
407,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
394,000 |
| Lafayette |
390,000 |
| Montgomery |
380,000 |
| Antioch |
376,000 |
| Asheville |
376,000 |
| Greensboro |
376,000 |
| Scranton |
376,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
369,000 |
| Lakeland |
369,000 |
| Pensacola |
361,000 |
| Fort Collins |
359,000 |
| Fayetteville |
358,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
355,000 |
| Youngstown |
353,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
348,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
347,000 |
| Flint |
345,000 |
| Savannah |
343,000 |
| Laredo |
340,000 |
| Trenton |
339,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
339,000 |
| Mobile |
337,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
336,000 |
| Rockford |
333,000 |
| Lansing |
331,000 |
| Shreveport |
329,000 |
|
Fresno - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2024 |
803,000 |
1.01% |
| 2023 |
795,000 |
1.15% |
| 2022 |
786,000 |
1.16% |
| 2021 |
777,000 |
1.04% |
| 2020 |
769,000 |
1.32% |
| 2019 |
759,000 |
1.20% |
| 2018 |
750,000 |
1.63% |
| 2017 |
738,000 |
1.65% |
| 2016 |
726,000 |
1.68% |
| 2015 |
714,000 |
1.71% |
| 2014 |
702,000 |
1.59% |
| 2013 |
691,000 |
1.77% |
| 2012 |
679,000 |
1.65% |
| 2011 |
668,000 |
1.67% |
| 2010 |
657,000 |
1.55% |
| 2009 |
647,000 |
1.73% |
| 2008 |
636,000 |
1.60% |
| 2007 |
626,000 |
1.79% |
| 2006 |
615,000 |
1.65% |
| 2005 |
605,000 |
1.68% |
| 2004 |
595,000 |
1.54% |
| 2003 |
586,000 |
1.74% |
| 2002 |
576,000 |
1.77% |
| 2001 |
566,000 |
1.62% |
| 2000 |
557,000 |
1.83% |
| 1999 |
547,000 |
2.05% |
| 1998 |
536,000 |
2.10% |
| 1997 |
525,000 |
2.14% |
| 1996 |
514,000 |
1.98% |
| 1995 |
504,000 |
2.02% |
| 1994 |
494,000 |
2.07% |
| 1993 |
484,000 |
2.11% |
| 1992 |
474,000 |
1.94% |
| 1991 |
465,000 |
1.97% |
| 1990 |
456,000 |
2.93% |
| 1989 |
443,000 |
3.26% |
| 1988 |
429,000 |
3.13% |
| 1987 |
416,000 |
3.23% |
| 1986 |
403,000 |
3.07% |
| 1985 |
391,000 |
3.17% |
| 1984 |
379,000 |
3.27% |
| 1983 |
367,000 |
3.09% |
| 1982 |
356,000 |
3.19% |
| 1981 |
345,000 |
3.29% |
| 1980 |
334,000 |
2.45% |
| 1979 |
326,000 |
2.52% |
| 1978 |
318,000 |
2.25% |
| 1977 |
311,000 |
2.30% |
| 1976 |
304,000 |
2.36% |
| 1975 |
297,000 |
2.41% |
| 1974 |
290,000 |
2.47% |
| 1973 |
283,000 |
2.17% |
| 1972 |
277,000 |
2.21% |
| 1971 |
271,000 |
2.65% |
| 1970 |
264,000 |
1.93% |
| 1969 |
259,000 |
2.37% |
| 1968 |
253,000 |
2.02% |
| 1967 |
248,000 |
2.06% |
| 1966 |
243,000 |
2.10% |
| 1965 |
238,000 |
2.15% |
| 1964 |
233,000 |
2.19% |
| 1963 |
228,000 |
1.79% |
| 1962 |
224,000 |
2.28% |
| 1961 |
219,000 |
1.86% |
| 1960 |
215,000 |
4.37% |
| 1959 |
206,000 |
5.10% |
| 1958 |
196,000 |
5.38% |
| 1957 |
186,000 |
4.49% |
| 1956 |
178,000 |
5.33% |
| 1955 |
169,000 |
4.97% |
| 1954 |
161,000 |
5.23% |
| 1953 |
153,000 |
4.79% |
| 1952 |
146,000 |
5.04% |
| 1951 |
139,000 |
5.30% |
| 1950 |
132,000 |
0.00% |
