Arcata, California Population History 1990 - 2017

Latest Data (2017)
Population 18,000
Nationwide Rank 1985

Quick Facts

Arcata, California is the 1,985th largest city in the United States as of 2017.

Arcata, California is a city.

Arcata, California is as large as it has ever been. In 2017 Arcata had its largest population ever.

Arcata, California's growth is about average. 44% of similarly sized cities are growing faster since 2000.

Arcata, California Border Map

Similarly Sized Cities In US

US Rank Name Population Growth
2000-2017
1975 Manchester, Missouri 18,112 -5.4%
1976 Scarsdale, New York 18,079 1.2%
1977 Newburyport, Massachusetts 18,060 5.1%
1978 Natchitoches, Louisiana 18,048 0.0%
1979 McAlester, Oklahoma 18,044 1.5%
1980 El Dorado, Arkansas 18,030 -15.9%
1981 Sycamore, Illinois 18,022 45.0%
1982 St. Marys, Georgia 18,019 20.9%
1983 Franklin Park, Illinois 18,012 -7.5%
1984 Steubenville, Ohio 18,003 -9.3%
1985 Arcata, California 18,000 8.3%
1986 Dumont, New Jersey 17,998 2.8%
1987 Santa Fe Springs, California 17,980 9.2%
1988 Lenoir, North Carolina 17,943 -1.0%
1989 Gretna, Louisiana 17,935 2.2%
1990 Lackawanna, New York 17,934 -5.7%
1991 Marco Island, Florida 17,904 19.7%
1992 Mattoon, Illinois 17,886 -1.8%
1993 Cary, Illinois 17,885 14.6%
1994 Takoma Park, Maryland 17,885 3.1%
1995 Sheridan, Wyoming 17,860 12.3%

Similarly Sized Cities In California

US Rank Name Population Growth
2000-2017
1074 Manhattan Beach 35,924 5.6%
1077 Bell 35,811 -2.4%
1101 Pleasant Hill 34,987 5.8%
1113 Beverly Hills 34,484 1.7%
1114 Foster City 34,412 19.5%
1116 Menlo Park 34,357 11.6%
1119 San Dimas 34,326 -2.0%
1121 Seaside 34,150 3.1%
1123 Adelanto 34,066 87.3%
1128 Dana Point 33,934 -3.5%
1158 Lawndale 33,078 4.1%
1179 La Verne 32,461 2.3%
1194 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) 31,918 29.3%
1215 Laguna Hills 31,318 -2.2%
1220 Banning 31,230 32.0%
1221 San Pablo 31,156 3.0%
1222 Goleta 31,116 7.9%
1230 Saratoga 30,905 2.8%
1238 Los Altos 30,743 9.4%
1239 Los Gatos 30,724 6.9%
1242 Burlingame 30,686 8.9%
1249 San Carlos 30,499 9.9%
1253 Atascadero 30,418 14.6%
1254 Santa Paula 30,313 5.3%
1259 Walnut 30,199 0.4%
1274 East Palo Alto 29,765 -0.6%
1277 Suisun City 29,639 12.7%
1290 Atwater 29,397 26.3%
1308 Ridgecrest 28,880 15.8%
1314 Desert Hot Springs 28,757 74.7%
1319 Monterey 28,639 -3.6%
1332 Benicia 28,343 5.1%
1361 Maywood 27,586 -1.9%
1362 Windsor 27,548 19.4%
1369 Imperial Beach 27,418 1.3%
1378 Eureka 27,177 4.2%
1381 Belmont 27,140 8.2%
1384 Lemon Grove 27,108 8.6%
1390 Wasco 26,994 26.5%
1398 Norco 26,761 9.9%
1405 Paradise 26,682 0.8%
1417 Twentynine Palms 26,542 -8.1%
1425 Lafayette 26,440 9.8%
1428 Brawley 26,390 20.0%
1430 Lemoore 26,355 33.1%
1432 Soledad 26,273 13.2%
1437 Galt 26,172 32.2%
1448 South Pasadena 25,888 6.5%
1462 Reedley 25,620 22.6%
1466 Hercules 25,545 31.0%
1467 El Cerrito 25,515 9.9%
1490 Sanger 25,161 32.0%
1520 Selma 24,782 25.7%
1524 Riverbank 24,740 56.5%
1527 San Fernando 24,714 4.6%
1545 Coronado 24,417 1.1%
1550 Seal Beach 24,326 0.6%
1557 Calabasas 24,202 17.0%
1558 Loma Linda 24,196 25.5%
1567 Cudahy 24,076 -0.9%
1571 Dinuba 24,034 34.6%
1576 Barstow 23,916 5.8%
1616 Oakdale 23,150 46.5%
1617 Laguna Beach 23,147 -2.6%
1638 Lathrop 22,781 103.4%
1645 Millbrae 22,718 9.6%
1661 Port Hueneme 22,327 2.0%
1671 Marina 22,145 17.0%
1672 Patterson 22,124 84.6%
1681 South Lake Tahoe 21,978 -7.0%
1689 Corcoran 21,835 -2.2%
1695 Duarte 21,757 1.0%
1697 Yucca Valley 21,748 28.3%
1723 Arvin 21,270 63.6%
1748 South El Monte 20,987 -0.8%
1767 Lomita 20,707 3.1%
1768 Agoura Hills 20,692 0.0%
1793 La Cañada Flintridge 20,413
1804 American Canyon 20,247 104.3%
1809 Dixon 20,202 25.2%
1813 Albany 20,143 22.0%
1842 Orinda 19,730 11.8%
1844 Hermosa Beach 19,708 5.7%
1854 Blythe 19,630 -5.4%
1858 Shafter 19,608 53.1%
1875 Pinole 19,364 0.9%
1890 Oroville 19,121 36.7%
1939 Chowchilla 18,558 27.3%
1960 Rancho Mirage 18,306 36.8%
1974 Arroyo Grande 18,123 13.6%
1985 Arcata 18,000 8.3%
1987 Santa Fe Springs 17,980 9.2%
2019 Moraga 17,630 7.8%
2026 Imperial 17,550 127.5%
2033 Greenfield 17,517 35.9%
2072 Artesia 16,904 3.0%
2078 El Segundo 16,853 4.9%
2086 Coalinga 16,766 5.4%
2109 Truckee 16,553 18.1%
2151 Laguna Woods 16,200 -7.8%
2168 Ukiah 16,036 3.3%
2190 Fillmore 15,812 14.9%
2198 La Palma 15,722 1.6%
2202 Pacific Grove 15,698 1.1%
2204 Ripon 15,677 52.7%
2246 Susanville 15,326 -12.4%
2250 Parlier 15,250 33.6%
2265 McFarland 15,093 53.5%
2266 Clearlake 15,066 14.2%
2280 Kerman 14,932 70.7%
2328 Hawaiian Gardens 14,450 -2.4%
2338 Mill Valley 14,355 5.3%
2346 Red Bluff 14,287 7.6%
2361 Livingston 14,140 34.2%
2366 King City 14,055 26.1%
2376 Auburn 13,997 12.2%
2383 California City 13,972 66.5%
2437 Grover Beach 13,628 4.0%
2440 Carpinteria 13,622 -4.2%
2451 Palos Verdes Estates 13,544 1.3%
2465 Solana Beach 13,444 3.4%
2474 San Marino 13,327 2.8%
2477 Lindsay 13,303 27.6%
2522 Grass Valley 12,987 9.2%
2533 Commerce 12,947 2.6%
2544 Malibu 12,877 2.3%
2545 Half Moon Bay 12,870 8.3%
2584 Tehachapi 12,630 13.3%
2589 Grand Terrace 12,595 7.9%
2592 San Anselmo 12,580 1.5%
2616 Avenal 12,440 -15.2%
2619 Marysville 12,413 1.0%
2622 Larkspur 12,396 3.1%
2655 Fortuna 12,191 15.9%
2661 Clayton 12,150 12.5%
2687 Kingsburg 12,002 28.4%
2695 Scotts Valley 11,945 4.7%
2713 Healdsburg 11,840 7.3%
2727 Emeryville 11,758 67.9%
2754 Signal Hill 11,622 23.6%
2759 Los Alamitos 11,603 0.5%
2775 Hillsborough 11,486 6.0%
2783 Mendota 11,438 44.2%
2794 Piedmont 11,378 3.5%
2798 Newman 11,361 58.6%
2821 Canyon Lake 11,223 12.7%
2847 Sonoma 11,108 18.7%
2855 Sierra Madre 11,038 4.0%
2872 Placerville 10,936 12.4%
2891 Farmersville 10,778 22.9%
2926 Morro Bay 10,635 2.3%
2943 Exeter 10,553 14.8%
2985 Anderson 10,370 14.4%
3026 Shasta Lake 10,190 12.7%
3027 Capitola 10,180 1.3%
3092 Corte Madera 9,864 8.3%
3147 Orange Cove 9,604 22.2%
3175 Taft 9,425 6.8%
3229 Tiburon 9,165 5.3%
3262 Rio Vista 9,009 90.7%

Demographics

Population History

Year Population Rank in US
2017 18,000 1,985
2016 17,974 1,977
2015 17,843 1,981
2014 17,730 1,979
2013 17,697 1,969
2012 17,726 1,951
2011 17,730 1,946
2010 17,231 1,969
2009 17,133 1,944
2008 17,022 1,942
2007 16,981 1,921
2006 16,972 1,903
2005 16,983 1,882
2004 16,948 1,869
2003 16,913 1,852
2002 16,742 1,858
2001 16,742 1,836
2000 16,614 1,838
1990 15,604 1,717