Urban area (city and districts): 158.06 km². 95% of Piracicaba's population live in the urban area.

Rural area: 1,154.24 km².

Geographic location:

latitude: S 22^o42'30''

longitude: W 47^o38'01''

Altitude: 554m.

Weather: 37.5^o Celsius (maximum)

18.0o. Celsius (minimum)

Rain Level: 1,070.6 mm

Distance from São Paulo, the state capital: 152 km - Anhanguera Highway 175 km - Castelo Branco Highway.

Population: (approximately) 300,500

Women: 151,100

Men: 149,400

Urban Population: 286,960

Rural Population: 13,540

Geometric Rate of the Annual Population Increase: 1.34%

A city of young people: 37% of the population is under 19; 18% is between 20 and 30 years old; 28% is between 30 and 50; only 17 % is over 50.

The urban area consists of:

- 33,093 lots
- 74,759 homes
- 6,907 commercial buildings
- 2,228 industrial buildings

Water and Power supply:

practically 100%

Number of telephones (per 1000 inhabitant): 164,26

Number of cars (per 1000 inhabitant): 333,09

Voters: 172,535