Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2000 Census)

Rank	City	2000 Population	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,703,921	0.6%
2	San Diego	1,226,804	1.0%
3	San Jose	903,540	1.4%
4	San Francisco	777,360	0.7%
5	Long Beach	462,166	0.7%
6	Fresno	430,724	1.9%
7	Sacramento	409,230	0.4%
8	Oakland	400,674	0.0%
9	Santa Ana	338,506	1.4%
10	Anaheim	329,267	2.1%
11	Riverside	258,427	1.3%
12	Bakersfield	244,952	2.9%
13	Stockton	244,611	1.5%
14	Fremont	204,294	1.7%
15	Glendale	195,315	0.8%
16	Modesto	190,177	1.3%
17	Huntington Beach	190,003	0.4%
18	San Bernardino	189,019	1.0%
19	Chula Vista	175,608	2.6%
20	Oxnard	171,614	1.9%
21	Garden Grove	165,407	1.4%
22	Oceanside	161,945	2.3%
23	Ontario	158,664	1.8%
24	Santa Clarita	155,628	2.3%
25	Santa Rosa	149,276	2.2%
26	Pomona	148,112	1.1%
27	Fontana	146,735	5.3%
28	Irvine	146,689	2.8%
29	Salinas	143,497	2.8%
30	Moreno Valley	143,256	1.9%
31	Hayward	140,996	2.1%
32	Torrance	138,231	0.4%
33	Pasadena	134,540	0.2%
34	Escondido	134,316	2.1%
35	Sunnyvale	131,826	1.2%
36	Orange	129,921	1.6%
37	Rancho Cucamonga	129,134	2.4%
38	Corona	129,012	5.4%
39	Fullerton	126,514	1.1%
40	Concord	122,278	1.0%
41	Lancaster	119,147	1.9%
42	Palmdale	117,528	4.3%
43	Thousand Oaks	117,472	1.2%
44	Vallejo	117,360	0.6%
45	El Monte	116,204	0.9%
46	Inglewood	112,723	0.2%
47	Simi Valley	111,973	1.1%
48	Costa Mesa	109,467	1.2%
49	Downey	107,482	1.6%
50	West Covina	105,282	0.9%
51	Norwalk	104,564	1.0%
52	Daly City	103,617	1.2%
53	Berkeley	103,027	0.0%
54	Santa Clara	102,388	0.9%
55	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	101,231	0.8%
56	Burbank	100,468	0.7%
57	Richmond	99,628	1.5%
58	Fairfield	96,830	2.1%
59	South Gate	96,538	1.1%
60	Visalia	95,616	2.3%
61	El Cajon	95,085	0.7%
62	Compton	93,651	0.4%
63	Mission Viejo	93,608	1.5%
64	Rialto	92,806	2.5%
65	San Mateo	92,709	0.8%
66	Antioch	91,547	3.9%
67	Carson	89,985	0.7%
68	Vista	89,957	2.3%
69	Santa Barbara	89,573	0.5%
70	Vacaville	89,443	2.3%
71	Westminster	88,253	1.1%
72	Citrus Heights	85,371	0.4%
73	Alhambra	85,177	0.4%
74	Santa Monica	84,363	-0.3%
75	Hawthorne	84,215	1.7%
76	Whittier	83,821	0.8%
77	Elk Grove	81,684	–
78	Redding	81,392	1.9%
79	Roseville	81,298	6.2%
80	San Leandro	79,749	1.6%
81	Lakewood	79,434	0.8%
82	Carlsbad	79,417	2.3%
83	Newport Beach	79,032	1.7%
84	Santa Maria	78,071	2.3%
85	Buena Park	78,063	1.3%
86	Chico	77,093	5.7%
87	Lake Forest	76,075	3.3%
88	Baldwin Park	75,961	0.9%
89	Redwood City	75,446	1.3%
90	Livermore	73,944	2.6%
91	Bellflower	72,985	1.7%
92	Napa	72,882	1.6%
93	Alameda	72,488	-0.2%
94	Mountain View	70,685	0.6%
95	Chino	70,025	1.6%
96	Lynwood	69,953	1.2%
97	Clovis	69,918	3.3%
98	Upland	68,844	0.8%
99	Temecula	68,703	9.7%
100	Tustin	67,711	3.2%

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