Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2001 Census)

Rank	City	2002 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,737,646	0.9%
2	San Diego	1,235,642	0.7%
3	San Jose	909,260	0.6%
4	San Francisco	784,631	0.9%
5	Long Beach	464,650	0.5%
6	Fresno	435,670	1.1%
7	Sacramento	421,030	2.9%
8	Oakland	403,492	0.7%
9	Santa Ana	339,938	0.4%
10	Anaheim	330,324	0.3%
11	Riverside	266,378	3.1%
12	Stockton	252,974	3.4%
13	Bakersfield	251,029	2.5%
14	Fremont	206,810	1.2%
15	Glendale	196,659	0.7%
16	Modesto	196,066	3.1%
17	San Bernardino	191,297	1.2%
18	Huntington Beach	191,124	0.6%
19	Chula Vista	184,316	5.0%
20	Oxnard	174,943	1.9%
21	Garden Grove	165,848	0.3%
22	Oceanside	164,715	1.7%
23	Ontario	161,251	1.6%
24	Santa Clarita	158,807	2.0%
25	Irvine	156,613	6.8%
26	Fontana	153,486	4.6%
27	Santa Rosa	151,041	1.2%
28	Pomona	149,207	0.7%
29	Moreno Valley	145,797	1.8%
30	Salinas	145,377	1.3%
31	Hayward	142,595	1.1%
32	Torrance	139,359	0.8%
33	Pasadena	136,621	1.5%
34	Escondido	136,058	1.3%
35	Rancho Cucamonga	134,712	4.3%
36	Corona	134,446	4.2%
37	Sunnyvale	131,112	-0.5%
38	Orange	131,011	0.8%
39	Fullerton	127,214	0.6%
40	Concord	123,453	1.0%
41	Lancaster	121,005	1.6%
42	Palmdale	120,243	2.3%
43	Thousand Oaks	118,961	1.3%
44	Vallejo	118,914	1.3%
45	El Monte	117,144	0.8%
46	Simi Valley	113,972	1.8%
47	Inglewood	113,279	0.5%
48	Costa Mesa	109,619	0.1%
49	Downey	108,102	0.6%
50	West Covina	106,008	0.7%
51	Norwalk	105,478	0.9%
52	Berkeley	103,737	0.7%
53	Daly City	102,683	-0.9%
54	Santa Clara	101,991	-0.4%
55	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	101,509	0.3%
56	Richmond	101,406	1.8%
57	Burbank	101,063	0.6%
58	Fairfield	98,699	1.9%
59	Visalia	97,200	1.7%
60	South Gate	97,175	0.7%
61	El Cajon	95,838	0.8%
62	Mission Viejo	95,449	2.0%
63	Antioch	95,233	4.0%
64	Rialto	94,615	1.9%
65	Compton	94,272	0.7%
66	San Mateo	92,762	0.1%
67	Vacaville	91,530	2.3%
68	Carson	91,106	1.2%
69	Vista	90,982	1.1%
70	Santa Barbara	89,327	-0.3%
71	Westminster	88,289	0.0%
72	Citrus Heights	87,182	2.1%
73	Roseville	86,371	6.2%
74	Alhambra	85,615	0.5%
75	Santa Monica	85,472	1.3%
76	Hawthorne	84,645	0.5%
77	Elk Grove	84,609	3.6%
78	Whittier	84,304	0.6%
79	Carlsbad	84,041	5.8%
80	Redding	83,236	2.3%
81	San Leandro	80,547	1.0%
82	Newport Beach	80,023	1.3%
83	Lakewood	79,825	0.5%
84	Santa Maria	78,683	0.8%
85	Chico	78,373	1.7%
86	Buena Park	78,310	0.3%
87	Baldwin Park	76,444	0.6%
88	Lake Forest	76,139	0.1%
89	Livermore	75,728	2.4%
90	Redwood City	75,128	-0.4%
91	Napa	73,899	1.4%
92	Temecula	73,609	7.1%
93	Bellflower	73,400	0.6%
94	Alameda	72,830	0.5%
95	Clovis	71,401	2.1%
96	Chino	70,779	1.1%
97	Lynwood	70,375	0.6%
98	Mountain View	70,305	-0.5%
99	Upland	69,860	1.5%
100	Chino Hills	69,695	3.5%

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