Modesto City Population - California

Data Item State City
Population, 2019 estimate - (Number)
Year Value
1990168,555
1991173,422
1992176,227
1993178,108
1994178,565
1995178,964
1996179,817
1997181,664
1998184,320
1999188,253
2000190,177
2001196,066
2002201,620
2003204,543
2004204,456
2005204,077
2006202,095
2007201,902
2008201,766
2009202,743
2010203,314
2011204,041
2012205,108
2013206,182
2014207,781
2015209,366
2016211,334
2017213,198
2018215,030

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (PEP), updated annually. Population and Housing Unit Estimates

Definitions:

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Resident Population - All persons who are "usually resident" in a specified geographic area. For the United States, the resident population includes all persons who usually reside in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, but excludes residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Island areas under U.S. sovereignty or jurisdiction (principally American Samoa, Guam, United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). In addition, the U.S. resident population excludes U.S. Armed Forces overseas and civilian U.S. citizens whose usual place of residence is outside the United States.

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Population percent change - The difference between the population of an area at the beginning and end of a time period, expressed as a percentage of the beginning population.

Methodology for U.S. and Puerto Rico