Total Population in San Mateo County, CA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Total Population
742,340
Rank #89 of 3,222
97th %ile

How San Mateo County Compares

San Mateo County
742,340
California Average
742,340
Rank #15 of 58 in state
National
330M
99.8% below

National Distribution

Where San Mateo County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for total population.

33 9,808,667

■ San Mateo County: 742,340

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#86 DeKalb County, GA 765,351
#87 Monroe County, NY 753,753
#88 El Paso County, CO 742,999
#89 San Mateo County, CA 742,340
#90 Norfolk County, MA 730,082
#91 Jackson County, MO 719,976
#92 Denver County, CO 718,877
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Total Population in San Mateo County, California

San Mateo County, California has a total population of 742,340, which ranks #89 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 99.8% below the national value of 330M.

Within California, San Mateo County ranks #15 of 58 out of 58 counties. This places it in the 97th percentile nationally.

Total population count from the American Community Survey. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.