Top 100 Biggest Cities in California

Top 100 Biggest Cities In California

Rank	City	2024 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,820,914	-0.6%
2	San Diego	1,388,320	0.1%
3	San Jose	969,655	-1.4%
4	San Francisco	808,988	-2.4%
5	Fresno	545,716	0.2%
6	Sacramento	526,384	0.2%
7	Long Beach	449,468	-1.1%
8	Oakland	436,504	-0.2%
9	Bakersfield	413,381	0.8%
10	Anaheim	340,512	-0.6%
11	Stockton	319,543	-0.1%
12	Riverside	318,858	0.4%
13	Irvine	314,621	0.9%
14	Santa Ana	310,539	0.1%
15	Chula Vista	274,333	-0.3%
16	Fremont	226,208	-0.8%
17	Santa Clarita	224,028	-0.7%
18	San Bernardino	223,728	0.3%
19	Modesto	218,915	0.1%
20	Fontana	215,465	1.1%
21	Moreno Valley	212,392	0.5%
22	Oxnard	198,488	-0.6%
23	Huntington Beach	192,129	-1.1%
24	Glendale	187,050	-1.6%
25	Ontario	182,457	1.2%
26	Elk Grove	178,444	0.2%
27	Santa Rosa	175,845	-0.4%
28	Rancho Cucamonga	174,405	-0.0%
29	Oceanside	170,020	-0.8%
30	Garden Grove	168,234	-0.7%
31	Lancaster	166,236	-1.3%
32	Palmdale	161,404	-1.6%
33	Corona	160,238	0.6%
34	Salinas	159,506	-0.8%
35	Roseville	159,135	2.3%
36	Hayward	155,675	-1.6%
37	Sunnyvale	151,967	-0.8%
38	Escondido	148,122	-0.7%
39	Pomona	145,502	-1.3%
40	Visalia	144,998	0.7%
41	Fullerton	139,250	-0.9%
42	Torrance	139,224	-1.7%
43	Victorville	138,869	1.0%
44	Orange	138,337	-0.1%
45	Pasadena	133,560	-1.1%
46	Santa Clara	131,062	0.9%
47	Clovis	125,826	1.4%
48	Simi Valley	125,113	-0.3%
49	Thousand Oaks	123,463	-0.8%
50	Vallejo	122,807	-0.8%
51	Concord	122,315	-0.8%
52	Fairfield	120,768	0.3%
53	Berkeley	118,962	-0.1%
54	Antioch	117,096	0.5%
55	Richmond	114,106	-0.6%
56	Carlsbad	113,495	-0.5%
57	Menifee	113,433	3.2%
58	Murrieta	111,878	0.2%
59	Temecula	110,682	0.2%
60	Santa Maria	109,987	0.0%
61	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	109,058	-0.4%
62	Downey	108,816	-1.6%
63	Costa Mesa	108,354	-1.0%
64	Jurupa Valley	107,321	0.6%
65	West Covina	105,617	-1.1%
66	El Monte	103,794	-1.7%
67	Rialto	103,391	-0.3%
68	El Cajon	102,991	-1.0%
69	Inglewood	102,865	-1.5%
70	Burbank	102,755	-1.4%
71	Vacaville	102,526	-0.0%
72	San Mateo	101,327	-1.3%
73	Chico	101,301	-0.3%
74	Hesperia	100,633	0.1%
75	Daly City	99,833	-1.5%
76	Vista	98,344	-0.1%
77	Norwalk	98,078	-1.5%
78	Tracy	98,010	1.6%
79	San Marcos	94,188	-0.3%
80	Merced	93,692	2.7%
81	Chino	93,114	0.6%
82	Indio	93,057	1.4%
83	Redding	92,727	-0.2%
84	Hemet	92,368	0.9%
85	Carson	91,139	-1.4%
86	Manteca	91,059	2.7%
87	Compton	90,986	-1.6%
88	Mission Viejo	90,624	-1.0%
89	South Gate	90,070	-0.9%
90	Santa Monica	89,922	-1.0%
91	Westminster	88,729	-0.8%
92	Santa Barbara	86,499	-0.8%
93	Citrus Heights	86,239	-0.6%
94	Lake Forest	85,840	-0.1%
95	San Leandro	85,784	-2.1%
96	San Ramon	84,929	-0.7%
97	Folsom	84,782	2.2%
98	Whittier	84,143	-1.1%
99	Hawthorne	83,364	-1.8%
100	Livermore	82,908	-2.1%

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What is the largest city in California?

The largest city in California is Los Angeles, with a population of 3,820,914. Los Angeles is the 2nd largest city in the US. The second largest city is San Diego, with a population of 1,388,320, and is the 8th largest city in the US.

What are the major cities in California?

The major cities in California are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Oakland, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Stockton, Riverside, Irvine, Santa Ana, Chula Vista, Fremont, Santa Clarita, San Bernardino, Modesto, Fontana and Moreno Valley. There are 21 major cities in California, which are cities with a population greater than 200,000.

What is the capital of California?

The capital of California is Sacramento, whose most recent population was 526,384. Sacramento is the 6th largest city in the state of California.

What is the fastest growing city in California?

Among the 100 largest cities in California, the fastest growing city is Menifee, whose population has grown 165.1% since the year 2000.

What is the fastest shrinking city in California?

Among the 100 largest cities in California, the fastest shrinking city is El Monte, whose population has declined 10.6% since the year 2000. El Monte's peak populuation was 121,447 in the year 2009, and it's current population of 103,794 represents a 14.5% decline from it's peak. El Monte was once the 206th largest city in the US, but it's now the 313th largest.