Needles, California

Needles, California
City
Top: Needles Theatre (left), town sign (right); bottom: El Garcés.
Location in San Bernardino County and the state of California
Coordinates: 34°50′53″N 114°36′51″W / 34.84806°N 114.61417°W / 34.84806; -114.61417[1]
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Bernardino County
Incorporated	October 30, 1913[2]
Area [3]
• Total	31.08 sq mi (80.49 km2)
• Land	30.58 sq mi (79.20 km2)
• Water	0.50 sq mi (1.29 km2)  1.49%
Elevation [1]	495 ft (151 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	4,931
• Density	160/sq mi (61/km2)
Website	www.cityofneedles.com

Needles is a small city in San Bernardino County, California. It is in the hot, dry Mojave Desert, on the west side of the Colorado River. Needles is across the river from Arizona, and about 12 miles from Nevada. It is along Interstate 40. As of 2020, 4,931 people live there.^[4]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Needles". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
2. ↑ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
3. ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Needles". United States Census Bureau. 2020.