Biggest Cities in California - 2002 Census Data

Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2002 Census)

Rank	City	2003 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,768,763	0.9%
2	San Diego	1,248,417	0.9%
3	San Jose	900,840	-0.1%
4	San Francisco	779,281	0.1%
5	Long Beach	468,408	0.7%
6	Fresno	442,987	1.4%
7	Sacramento	432,942	2.9%
8	Oakland	400,564	-0.0%
9	Santa Ana	340,244	0.3%
10	Anaheim	330,825	0.2%
11	Riverside	272,814	2.7%
12	Stockton	259,864	3.1%
13	Bakersfield	259,146	2.9%
14	Fremont	205,034	0.2%
15	Modesto	201,620	3.0%
16	Glendale	197,849	0.6%
17	Chula Vista	194,167	5.2%
18	San Bernardino	193,810	1.3%
19	Huntington Beach	192,385	0.6%
20	Oxnard	176,594	1.4%
21	Oceanside	166,528	1.4%
22	Garden Grove	166,043	0.2%
23	Ontario	163,857	1.6%
24	Irvine	162,205	5.2%
25	Santa Clarita	161,787	2.0%
26	Fontana	158,916	4.1%
27	Santa Rosa	152,542	1.1%
28	Pomona	150,596	0.8%
29	Moreno Valley	149,517	2.2%
30	Salinas	146,455	1.0%
31	Rancho Cucamonga	142,688	5.1%
32	Hayward	141,722	0.3%
33	Torrance	140,175	0.7%
34	Corona	139,423	4.0%
35	Pasadena	138,808	1.6%
36	Escondido	136,420	0.8%
37	Orange	131,418	0.6%
38	Sunnyvale	128,850	-1.1%
39	Fullerton	128,143	0.6%
40	Concord	123,769	0.6%
41	Palmdale	123,286	2.4%
42	Lancaster	123,282	1.7%
43	Thousand Oaks	121,549	1.7%
44	Vallejo	118,880	0.6%
45	El Monte	118,480	1.0%
46	Simi Valley	115,531	1.6%
47	Inglewood	113,912	0.5%
48	Costa Mesa	109,896	0.2%
49	Downey	108,597	0.5%
50	West Covina	106,605	0.6%
51	Norwalk	105,729	0.6%
52	Berkeley	102,933	-0.0%
53	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	102,846	0.8%
54	Burbank	101,965	0.7%
55	Daly City	101,281	-1.1%
56	Richmond	101,249	0.8%
57	Santa Clara	101,224	-0.6%
58	Fairfield	101,058	2.2%
59	Visalia	99,600	2.1%
60	Antioch	98,736	3.9%
61	South Gate	97,998	0.8%
62	Rialto	95,909	1.7%
63	El Cajon	95,703	0.3%
64	Mission Viejo	95,678	1.1%
65	Compton	94,796	0.6%
66	Vacaville	93,021	2.0%
67	Carson	91,588	0.9%
68	Vista	91,420	0.8%
69	San Mateo	91,418	-0.7%
70	Roseville	91,389	6.0%
71	Santa Barbara	88,840	-0.4%
72	Westminster	88,704	0.3%
73	Citrus Heights	88,028	1.5%
74	Elk Grove	87,836	3.7%
75	Carlsbad	86,878	4.6%
76	Alhambra	86,202	0.6%
77	Santa Monica	86,128	1.0%
78	Redding	85,305	2.4%
79	Hawthorne	85,090	0.5%
80	Whittier	84,621	0.5%
81	Newport Beach	80,517	0.9%
82	Lakewood	80,101	0.4%
83	Santa Maria	79,893	1.2%
84	San Leandro	79,851	0.1%
85	Chico	79,685	1.7%
86	Buena Park	78,576	0.3%
87	Temecula	77,387	6.1%
88	Baldwin Park	76,957	0.7%
89	Lake Forest	76,453	0.2%
90	Livermore	75,951	1.3%
91	Clovis	74,619	3.3%
92	Napa	74,116	0.8%
93	Redwood City	73,997	-1.0%
94	Bellflower	73,782	0.5%
95	Alameda	72,148	-0.2%
96	Chino	71,852	1.3%
97	Chino Hills	71,808	3.2%
98	Lynwood	70,682	0.5%
99	Upland	70,655	1.3%
100	Victorville	70,639	4.6%

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