The metro area population of San Francisco in 2024 was 3,343,000, a 0.45% increase from 2023.

September 30, 2025 - The metro area population of San Francisco in 2024 was 3,343,000, a 0.45% increase from 2023.

3 days ago - San Francisco is currently growing at a rate of 1.02% annually but its population has decreased by -5.41% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 874,826 in 2020.

In 2023, the population of the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metropolitan area in the United States was about 4.57 million people.

Between 2020 and 2025, the total population in the Bay Area decreased by 109k, the first decrease in decades ... In 2025, almost 7.7 million people lived in the nine-county, 7,000-square-mile Bay Area region.

May 19, 2025 - That puts the city’s population only 6% below its 2018 record high, having regained ~1.5% in the last two years, and now growing at an increasing rate. This historic context matters because population drives housing demand.

1 week ago - The most populous cities of the Bay Area are Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, the latter of which had a population of 969,655 in 2023, making San Jose the area's largest city and the 13th-most populous in the United States.

October 16, 2025 - With a population density of 18,633 per square mile (7,194/km2), San Francisco is the second-most densely populated major American city, behind only New York (among cities greater than 200,000 population).

March 13, 2025 - Related reading: After the S.F. exodus, these are the groups of people who are coming back ... A stronger recovery is occurring in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan area, which saw 1.5% growth between July 2023 and July 2024.

3 days ago - In 2024, the U.S. Census Bureau reported an estimated population of 4,648,486 for the city's metropolitan statistical area (13th-largest in the U.S.) and 9,164,058 residents for the larger combined statistical area (5th-largest).

March 18, 2025 - Driving the news: The number of people living in U.S. metro areas increased by almost 3.2 million from 2023 to 2024 — a gain of about 1.1% — the Census Bureau said last week. By comparison, the total U.S. population rose 1% during that time.

Looking back last 13 years of San Francisco’s population, the growth rate is slow but consistent ranging from 0.70% to 1.63%, adding around 6,070 to 13,286 people each year to the overall population. Lots of workers were moving to San Francisco to take advantage of employment opportunities ...

While San Francisco’s population ... of 17.2% and slowly beginning to increase again closer to · 2030. The most growth is anticipated in residents aged 70+, projected to increase by 73,114, or 90.8%....

May 28, 2024 - The city ranks No. 50 among a list of the 91 fastest-growing major cities.

March 29, 2024 - New U.S. Census Bureau data shows San Francisco’s population grew by about 1,200 in the last tracking period and still remains one of the most populated metropolitan areas in the country.

Total Population in 2020In 2020, the Bay Area was home to 7,765,640 people. Residents were predominantly working age, while those under 18 were a larger segment of the region than those 65 and older.

March 14, 2025 - According to the Census Bureau, international migration “accounted for nearly 2.7 million of the total population gain in U.S. metro areas” between 2023 and 2024, up from 2.2 million the previous year.

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QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.