Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2006 Census)

Rank	City	2007 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,777,502	0.3%
2	San Diego	1,294,071	0.9%
3	San Jose	918,619	0.3%
4	San Francisco	786,149	0.2%
5	Long Beach	463,723	0.1%
6	Fresno	460,165	1.1%
7	Sacramento	449,658	1.6%
8	Oakland	392,076	-0.4%
9	Santa Ana	334,830	-0.2%
10	Anaheim	328,997	-0.0%
11	Bakersfield	303,082	3.6%
12	Riverside	288,152	1.8%
13	Stockton	283,822	2.5%
14	Chula Vista	210,156	3.0%
15	Modesto	202,095	1.0%
16	Fremont	198,977	-0.4%
17	San Bernardino	198,922	0.9%
18	Glendale	195,627	0.0%
19	Huntington Beach	191,328	0.1%
20	Irvine	190,269	4.4%
21	Fontana	182,947	3.7%
22	Oxnard	181,613	0.9%
23	Moreno Valley	179,378	3.8%
24	Ontario	170,865	1.2%
25	Santa Clarita	168,440	1.3%
26	Rancho Cucamonga	167,996	4.5%
27	Oceanside	164,222	0.2%
28	Garden Grove	163,671	-0.2%
29	Santa Rosa	152,123	0.3%
30	Pomona	151,497	0.4%
31	Corona	146,623	2.2%
32	Salinas	141,875	-0.2%
33	Pasadena	141,437	0.8%
34	Torrance	139,873	0.2%
35	Hayward	139,257	-0.2%
36	Lancaster	138,209	2.5%
37	Palmdale	136,017	2.5%
38	Orange	132,968	0.4%
39	Escondido	132,271	-0.3%
40	Fullerton	130,744	0.5%
41	Sunnyvale	128,344	-0.4%
42	Elk Grove	128,031	7.8%
43	Thousand Oaks	122,186	0.7%
44	El Monte	120,895	0.7%
45	Concord	119,663	-0.4%
46	Simi Valley	119,268	1.1%
47	Vallejo	115,298	-0.3%
48	Visalia	113,216	2.9%
49	Inglewood	112,726	0.0%
50	Costa Mesa	107,955	-0.2%
51	Downey	107,285	-0.0%
52	Santa Clara	106,476	0.7%
53	Roseville	106,338	4.6%
54	West Covina	105,690	0.1%
55	Fairfield	103,418	1.1%
56	Norwalk	103,255	-0.2%
57	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	102,694	0.2%
58	Burbank	102,275	0.3%
59	Berkeley	100,255	-0.5%
60	Richmond	99,803	0.0%
61	Daly City	99,218	-0.7%
62	Antioch	98,350	1.2%
63	Rialto	98,136	0.9%
64	Victorville	97,121	7.1%
65	South Gate	96,517	-0.0%
66	Murrieta	93,997	10.4%
67	Compton	93,845	0.0%
68	Mission Viejo	93,708	0.0%
69	Carson	92,171	0.4%
70	Carlsbad	91,733	2.4%
71	Vacaville	91,577	0.4%
72	Temecula	91,516	4.9%
73	El Cajon	90,795	-0.8%
74	San Mateo	89,954	-0.5%
75	Redding	89,047	1.5%
76	Vista	88,675	-0.2%
77	Clovis	88,294	4.0%
78	Westminster	88,286	0.0%
79	Santa Monica	86,394	0.4%
80	Santa Barbara	85,267	-0.8%
81	Alhambra	85,116	-0.0%
82	Santa Maria	84,722	1.4%
83	Citrus Heights	83,888	-0.3%
84	Hawthorne	83,790	-0.1%
85	Chico	83,268	1.3%
86	Whittier	82,407	-0.3%
87	Hesperia	81,987	4.5%
88	Newport Beach	80,262	0.3%
89	Tracy	78,662	5.2%
90	Lakewood	78,500	-0.2%
91	Buena Park	78,332	0.1%
92	Livermore	78,325	1.0%
93	Chino	77,748	1.8%
94	Baldwin Park	77,074	0.2%
95	San Leandro	77,033	-0.6%
96	Indio	76,043	7.1%
97	San Marcos	75,728	5.2%
98	Lake Forest	75,149	-0.2%
99	Merced	74,533	2.4%
100	Chino Hills	74,154	1.6%

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