Biggest Cities in California - 2011 Census Data

Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2011 Census)

Rank	City	2012 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,823,316	0.8%
2	San Diego	1,320,274	1.0%
3	San Jose	970,014	2.5%
4	San Francisco	814,233	1.1%
5	Fresno	501,149	1.3%
6	Sacramento	471,519	1.1%
7	Long Beach	465,002	0.6%
8	Oakland	395,935	1.3%
9	Bakersfield	353,745	1.8%
10	Anaheim	340,559	1.3%
11	Santa Ana	328,285	1.2%
12	Riverside	310,083	2.0%
13	Stockton	295,524	1.3%
14	Chula Vista	248,236	1.8%
15	Irvine	220,694	3.9%
16	Fremont	217,730	1.7%
17	San Bernardino	211,960	1.0%
18	Modesto	202,229	0.5%
19	Oxnard	200,064	1.1%
20	Fontana	199,976	2.0%
21	Moreno Valley	197,287	2.0%
22	Huntington Beach	193,241	1.7%
23	Glendale	192,982	0.7%
24	Santa Clarita	177,805	0.8%
25	Garden Grove	173,073	1.3%
26	Oceanside	169,604	1.5%
27	Santa Rosa	169,360	0.9%
28	Rancho Cucamonga	168,284	1.8%
29	Ontario	166,021	1.3%
30	Lancaster	158,372	1.1%
31	Elk Grove	156,100	2.0%
32	Corona	155,204	1.9%
33	Palmdale	154,422	1.1%
34	Salinas	152,763	1.5%
35	Pomona	149,869	0.5%
36	Hayward	146,911	1.9%
37	Torrance	146,311	0.6%
38	Escondido	146,047	1.5%
39	Sunnyvale	143,682	2.6%
40	Orange	138,376	1.4%
41	Pasadena	137,899	0.6%
42	Fullerton	136,688	1.1%
43	Thousand Oaks	127,778	0.9%
44	Visalia	125,961	1.2%
45	Simi Valley	125,254	0.8%
46	Concord	123,496	1.2%
47	Roseville	122,569	3.2%
48	Victorville	118,148	1.9%
49	Santa Clara	117,835	1.2%
50	Vallejo	116,827	0.8%
51	El Monte	114,222	0.7%
52	Berkeley	114,051	1.3%
53	Downey	112,361	0.5%
54	Costa Mesa	111,121	1.1%
55	Inglewood	110,672	0.9%
56	Carlsbad	107,692	2.2%
57	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	106,915	0.5%
58	West Covina	106,900	0.8%
59	Fairfield	106,287	0.9%
60	Norwalk	105,985	0.4%
61	Murrieta	105,361	1.8%
62	Richmond	105,319	1.6%
63	Antioch	103,980	1.6%
64	Burbank	103,885	0.5%
65	Temecula	103,169	3.1%
66	Daly City	102,345	1.2%
67	Rialto	100,811	1.7%
68	El Cajon	100,668	1.2%
69	Santa Maria	100,436	0.9%
70	San Mateo	98,474	1.3%
71	Clovis	97,419	1.9%
72	Compton	97,057	0.6%
73	Jurupa Valley	96,469	1.1%
74	Vista	95,041	1.3%
75	South Gate	94,885	0.5%
76	Mission Viejo	94,471	1.2%
77	Vacaville	93,349	1.0%
78	Carson	92,289	0.6%
79	Hesperia	91,449	1.4%
80	Westminster	90,814	1.2%
81	Santa Monica	90,730	1.1%
82	Redding	90,398	0.6%
83	Santa Barbara	88,795	0.4%
84	Chico	86,831	0.7%
85	Newport Beach	86,339	1.4%
86	San Leandro	85,875	1.1%
87	Whittier	85,741	0.5%
88	Hawthorne	85,090	0.9%
89	San Marcos	84,953	1.4%
90	Citrus Heights	84,180	1.1%
91	Tracy	83,992	1.3%
92	Alhambra	83,687	0.7%
93	Livermore	82,239	1.6%
94	Buena Park	81,561	1.3%
95	Lakewood	80,482	0.5%
96	Hemet	80,224	2.0%
97	Merced	80,009	1.3%
98	Menifee	79,946	3.1%
99	Chino	79,622	2.1%
100	Lake Forest	78,278	1.3%

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