Welcome to La Quinta ...

The city of La Quinta is located in Riverside County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of La Quinta, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1930.

The city was incorporated May 1, 1982.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, La Quinta has a population of 41,989 people<2> (see below for details).

La Quinta is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: La Quinta lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for La Quinta: (760) & (442)<4>

The ZIP code for La Quinta: 92253<5>

Websites for La Quinta ...

Official Website:   www.la-quinta.org/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.laquintachamberofcommerce.com/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, La Quinta had an population of 41,989 people. This is an increase of 12.07% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 77.21% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, La Quinta had a population of 37,467 people. This makes La Quinta the county's 16th most populous community.

The population of La Quinta represents 0.1% of the population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 204th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 37,467 people, the population of La Quinta increased 58.13% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 23,694 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for La Quinta.

Communities Also Named La Quinta ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named La Quinta: This one is located in Riverside County and the other is located in Los Angeles County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for La Quinta.

Communities near La Quinta ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Quinta.

• Indio
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indio
  • Indio is located in Riverside County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 91,919 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indio <6>
• Cathedral City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathedral City
  • Cathedral City is located in Riverside County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 55,678 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cathedral City <6>
• Palm Springs
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Springs
  • Palm Springs is located in Riverside County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,929 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palm Springs <6>
• Coachella
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coachella
  • Coachella is located in Riverside County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,564 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coachella <6>
• Rancho Mirage
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Mirage
  • Rancho Mirage is located in Riverside County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,954 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rancho Mirage <6>
• Palm Desert Country
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palm Desert Country have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Desert Country
  • Palm Desert Country is located in Riverside County
• Bermuda Dunes
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Dunes
  • Bermuda Dunes is located in Riverside County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bermuda Dunes <6>
• Palm Desert
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Desert
  • Palm Desert is located in Riverside County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,524 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palm Desert <6>
• Sandy Korner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Korner
  • Sandy Korner is located in Riverside County
• Pinyon Pines
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinyon Pines
  • Pinyon Pines is located in Riverside County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around La Quinta. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Quinta.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Quinta. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around La Quinta.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Quinta. See our Newspapers Page for La Quinta.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Quinta ...

Looking for more information about La Quinta? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for La Quinta, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for La Quinta.

Adding La Quinta to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of La Quinta in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for La Quinta was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the La Quinta post office opened in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for La Quinta.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for La Quinta: www.la-quinta.org/

The official website for Riverside County: www.co.riverside.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/