Menifee, California is a city in Southwestern Riverside County, California, United States and part of the Los Angeles Combined Statistical Area. The city is also centrally located in the heart of Southern California between San Diego County and Los Angeles County. Located nearly 9 miles (14 km) north of Temecula and bordering the city of Murrieta, Menifee is roughly 46 square miles in size and has an elevation of 1,424 Feet. It also had a population of about 89,004 as of 2016.