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%

View Biggest California Cities From Different Years

1800s	1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
1900s	1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
2000s	2000 2010 2020 2022 2023 2024