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Fresno, CA Metro Area

The Fresno, CA metro area is made up of 2 counties in California: Fresno and Madera. About 1,203,383 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.3% more than in April 2020.

Fresno County, centralMadera County, outlyingFresno
Central Outlying 2 counties in California
Population, July 2025
1,203,383 3.3% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
2: 1 central, 1 outlying
Land area
8,095 sq mi (20,967 km²)
Time zone
Pacific TimeUTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July
State
California
Combined statistical area
Fresno-Hanford-Corcoran, CA
CBSA code
23420
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Counties in the Fresno, CA metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Fresno CountyCentral1,035,45686.0%
Madera CountyOutlying167,92714.0%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central county, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Fresno545,970 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Fresno-Hanford-Corcoran, CA combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is

  1. Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area154,327 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area32 mi south
  2. Visalia, CA Metro Area41 mi southeast
  3. Merced, CA Metro Area52 mi northwest
  4. Bishop, CA Micro Area87 mi northeast
  5. Sonora, CA Micro Area89 mi north
  6. Salinas, CA Metro Area102 mi west
  7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area117 mi west

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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