Have you ever wondered how many people are crammed into Richmond in California? Here is the answer:
Richmond, California has a population density of 762.45 inhabitants per square kilometer (1974.88 / sq mi)
That means the whole population of 103,701 people are living within an area of 136.01 sq km (52.51 sq mi).
As a reference: New York City has a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi), thanks to it’s population of 8,398,748 inhabitants within an area of 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi).
Richmond () is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905 and has a city council. Located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, Richmond borders the cities of San Pablo, Albany, El Cerrito and Pinole in addition to the unincorporated communities of North Richmond, Hasford Heights, Kensington, El Sobrante, Bayview-Montalvin Manor, Tara Hills, and East Richmond Heights, and for a short distance San Francisco on Red Rock Island in the San Francisco Bay. Richmond is one of two cities, the other being San Rafael, California, that sits on the shores of San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay simultaneously.During the mayoralty of Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond was the largest city in the United States served by a Green Party mayor. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city’s population is at 103,710, making it the second largest city in the United States named Richmond. The largest, Richmond, Virginia, is the namesake of the California city.
Cities with a similar population density as Richmond
Other cities that have a similar population density as Richmond, California are:
- Pampa, Texas with a population density of 771 people per sq km (1,995 / sq mi).
- Tulsa, Oklahoma with a population density of 775 people per sq km (2,007 / sq mi).
- Casper, Wyoming with a population density of 797 people per sq km (2,064 / sq mi).
- Hilliard, Ohio with a population density of 821 people per sq km (2,128 / sq mi).
- Sugar Hill, Georgia with a population density of 646 people per sq km (1,673 / sq mi).
- Bristol, Connecticut with a population density of 873 people per sq km (2,261 / sq mi).
- Perris, California with a population density of 834 people per sq km (2,159 / sq mi).
- Clermont, Florida with a population density of 692 people per sq km (1,792 / sq mi).
- Salina, Kansas with a population density of 726 people per sq km (1,880 / sq mi).
- Melbourne, Florida with a population density of 679 people per sq km (1,759 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Richmond
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Richmond, California:
- Renton, Washington with a population of 90,927 people
- Gresham, Oregon with a population of 105,594 people
- Miami Beach, Florida with a population of 91,917 people
- Concord, California with a population of 125,880 people
- Waterbury, Connecticut with a population of 110,366 people
- Lafayette, Louisiana with a population of 120,623 people
- Sandy, Utah with a population of 89,344 people
- Redding, California with a population of 89,861 people
- Dearborn, Michigan with a population of 98,153 people
- Nashua, New Hampshire with a population of 86,494 people
Cities with a similar size as Richmond
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Richmond, California, here you go:
- Scottsboro, Alabama with 148.69 square kilometers (148.69 sq mi), population: 14,770
- Opelika, Alabama with 156.89 square kilometers (156.89 sq mi), population: 27,825
- San Bernardino, California with 160.45 square kilometers (160.45 sq mi), population: 209,924
- Miami, Florida with 143.15 square kilometers (143.15 sq mi), population: 417,650
- Fort Payne, Alabama with 146.45 square kilometers (146.45 sq mi), population: 14,012
- Pasadena, Texas with 116.52 square kilometers (116.52 sq mi), population: 149,043
- Westfield, Massachusetts with 122.55 square kilometers (122.55 sq mi), population: 41,094
- Meridian, Mississippi with 141.17 square kilometers (141.17 sq mi), population: 41,148
- Joliet, Illinois with 168.60 square kilometers (168.60 sq mi), population: 147,459
- Flagstaff, Arizona with 167.67 square kilometers (167.67 sq mi), population: 68,667
Cities with the same name “Richmond”
Same name but different game – do we have sister cities from other states:
- Richmond, Virginia with a population of 223,170 residents
- Richmond, Kentucky with a population of 31,364 residents
- Richmond, Texas with a population of 11,679 residents
- Richmond, Indiana with a population of 36,812 residents