Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2004 Census)

Rank	City	2005 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,796,018	0.6%
2	San Diego	1,274,878	1.0%
3	San Jose	901,283	-0.1%
4	San Francisco	773,284	-0.1%
5	Long Beach	470,620	0.5%
6	Fresno	453,517	1.3%
7	Sacramento	446,295	2.2%
8	Oakland	394,433	-0.4%
9	Santa Ana	339,319	0.1%
10	Anaheim	331,170	0.1%
11	Riverside	284,960	2.5%
12	Bakersfield	279,717	3.4%
13	Stockton	275,541	3.0%
14	Chula Vista	204,842	3.9%
15	Modesto	204,456	1.8%
16	Fremont	200,450	-0.5%
17	San Bernardino	199,590	1.4%
18	Glendale	198,641	0.4%
19	Huntington Beach	193,274	0.4%
20	Oxnard	181,656	1.4%
21	Irvine	176,670	4.8%
22	Fontana	173,401	4.3%
23	Ontario	168,068	1.4%
24	Oceanside	167,817	0.9%
25	Santa Clarita	166,325	1.7%
26	Garden Grove	165,637	0.0%
27	Moreno Valley	163,564	3.4%
28	Rancho Cucamonga	157,291	5.1%
29	Santa Rosa	152,625	0.6%
30	Pomona	151,967	0.6%
31	Salinas	146,200	0.5%
32	Corona	145,355	3.0%
33	Pasadena	142,265	1.4%
34	Torrance	140,977	0.5%
35	Hayward	139,949	-0.2%
36	Escondido	135,793	0.3%
37	Fullerton	132,287	1.1%
38	Orange	132,230	0.4%
39	Palmdale	129,378	2.4%
40	Lancaster	127,385	1.7%
41	Sunnyvale	126,910	-0.9%
42	Thousand Oaks	123,473	1.3%
43	Concord	122,019	-0.1%
44	El Monte	120,575	0.9%
45	Simi Valley	117,395	1.2%
46	Vallejo	117,074	-0.1%
47	Elk Grove	114,935	8.9%
48	Inglewood	113,797	0.2%
49	Costa Mesa	109,341	-0.0%
50	Downey	108,857	0.3%
51	West Covina	107,236	0.5%
52	Visalia	106,203	2.7%
53	Norwalk	105,287	0.2%
54	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	103,019	0.4%
55	Santa Clara	102,959	0.1%
56	Fairfield	102,726	1.5%
57	Burbank	102,710	0.6%
58	Roseville	102,387	5.9%
59	Berkeley	100,584	-0.6%
60	Richmond	100,261	0.2%
61	Daly City	99,611	-1.0%
62	Antioch	98,939	2.0%
63	Rialto	98,554	1.5%
64	South Gate	98,283	0.4%
65	Mission Viejo	95,135	0.4%
66	Compton	94,942	0.3%
67	El Cajon	94,112	-0.3%
68	Vacaville	93,417	1.1%
69	Carson	92,639	0.7%
70	Vista	91,385	0.4%
71	San Mateo	90,344	-0.6%
72	Westminster	89,063	0.2%
73	Carlsbad	89,003	2.9%
74	Redding	87,745	1.9%
75	Santa Monica	86,685	0.7%
76	Santa Barbara	86,599	-0.8%
77	Alhambra	86,124	0.3%
78	Citrus Heights	85,898	0.2%
79	Hawthorne	85,114	0.3%
80	Temecula	84,951	5.5%
81	Whittier	84,379	0.2%
82	Santa Maria	83,463	1.7%
83	Clovis	82,032	4.1%
84	Chico	81,808	1.5%
85	Victorville	81,789	6.1%
86	Newport Beach	80,612	0.5%
87	Lakewood	79,997	0.2%
88	Buena Park	78,494	0.1%
89	San Leandro	78,457	-0.4%
90	Baldwin Park	77,847	0.6%
91	Livermore	77,208	1.1%
92	Lake Forest	76,221	0.0%
93	Tracy	75,807	6.9%
94	Chino Hills	74,680	2.6%
95	Chino	74,597	1.6%
96	Murrieta	74,260	9.4%
97	Napa	74,142	0.4%
98	Bellflower	74,038	0.4%
99	Upland	72,856	1.4%
100	Hesperia	72,588	3.6%

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