Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2005 Census)

Rank	City	2006 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,794,640	0.5%
2	San Diego	1,284,347	0.9%
3	San Jose	908,870	0.1%
4	San Francisco	777,660	0.0%
5	Long Beach	467,851	0.2%
6	Fresno	456,574	1.2%
7	Sacramento	448,842	1.9%
8	Oakland	392,112	-0.4%
9	Santa Ana	337,121	-0.1%
10	Anaheim	329,315	0.0%
11	Bakersfield	291,553	3.5%
12	Riverside	285,615	2.0%
13	Stockton	282,015	2.9%
14	Chula Vista	209,483	3.6%
15	Modesto	204,077	1.4%
16	San Bernardino	198,959	1.0%
17	Fremont	198,722	-0.6%
18	Glendale	197,342	0.2%
19	Huntington Beach	192,489	0.3%
20	Irvine	184,838	4.7%
21	Oxnard	181,344	1.1%
22	Fontana	178,102	4.0%
23	Moreno Valley	174,722	4.1%
24	Ontario	170,630	1.5%
25	Santa Clarita	169,659	1.7%
26	Rancho Cucamonga	167,091	5.3%
27	Oceanside	165,733	0.5%
28	Garden Grove	164,428	-0.1%
29	Santa Rosa	151,923	0.4%
30	Pomona	151,855	0.5%
31	Corona	146,169	2.5%
32	Salinas	143,971	0.1%
33	Pasadena	141,836	1.1%
34	Torrance	140,712	0.4%
35	Hayward	139,579	-0.2%
36	Escondido	133,793	-0.1%
37	Orange	133,751	0.6%
38	Palmdale	132,708	2.5%
39	Lancaster	132,391	2.1%
40	Fullerton	131,392	0.8%
41	Sunnyvale	127,788	-0.6%
42	Elk Grove	124,495	8.8%
43	Thousand Oaks	122,716	0.9%
44	Concord	121,189	-0.2%
45	El Monte	120,946	0.8%
46	Simi Valley	117,121	0.9%
47	Vallejo	116,162	-0.2%
48	Inglewood	112,945	0.0%
49	Visalia	110,020	2.8%
50	Costa Mesa	108,612	-0.2%
51	Downey	108,238	0.1%
52	West Covina	106,733	0.3%
53	Roseville	105,058	5.3%
54	Norwalk	104,425	-0.0%
55	Santa Clara	104,309	0.4%
56	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	102,921	0.3%
57	Fairfield	102,896	1.2%
58	Burbank	102,673	0.4%
59	Richmond	100,303	0.1%
60	Berkeley	99,895	-0.6%
61	Daly City	99,304	-0.8%
62	Antioch	98,828	1.5%
63	Rialto	98,411	1.2%
64	South Gate	97,535	0.2%
65	Mission Viejo	94,413	0.2%
66	Compton	94,348	0.1%
67	Carson	92,776	0.6%
68	El Cajon	92,172	-0.6%
69	Vacaville	92,112	0.6%
70	Carlsbad	90,306	2.6%
71	Victorville	90,126	6.9%
72	San Mateo	90,118	-0.6%
73	Vista	89,811	-0.0%
74	Westminster	88,786	0.1%
75	Redding	88,265	1.6%
76	Temecula	88,254	5.1%
77	Santa Monica	86,643	0.5%
78	Clovis	85,976	4.2%
79	Santa Barbara	85,752	-0.9%
80	Alhambra	85,516	0.1%
81	Citrus Heights	84,912	-0.1%
82	Santa Maria	84,619	1.6%
83	Hawthorne	84,516	0.1%
84	Murrieta	84,418	10.3%
85	Whittier	83,328	-0.1%
86	Chico	82,585	1.4%
87	Newport Beach	80,579	0.4%
88	Lakewood	79,362	-0.0%
89	Tracy	78,741	6.3%
90	Buena Park	78,322	0.1%
91	Baldwin Park	77,804	0.5%
92	Livermore	77,690	1.0%
93	San Leandro	77,532	-0.6%
94	Hesperia	76,990	4.1%
95	Chino	76,322	1.7%
96	Lake Forest	75,682	-0.1%
97	Chino Hills	74,767	2.1%
98	Bellflower	73,647	0.2%
99	San Marcos	73,350	5.6%
100	Napa	73,133	0.1%

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