Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2007 Census)

Rank	City	2008 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,778,658	0.3%
2	San Diego	1,297,624	0.8%
3	San Jose	931,344	0.4%
4	San Francisco	799,185	0.4%
5	Fresno	465,669	1.1%
6	Long Beach	459,925	-0.1%
7	Sacramento	455,760	1.6%
8	Oakland	397,441	-0.1%
9	Santa Ana	335,491	-0.1%
10	Anaheim	329,131	-0.0%
11	Bakersfield	312,454	3.5%
12	Riverside	290,601	1.7%
13	Stockton	284,538	2.2%
14	Chula Vista	214,506	2.9%
15	Modesto	201,902	0.9%
16	Fremont	199,187	-0.4%
17	San Bernardino	197,966	0.7%
18	Irvine	197,714	4.4%
19	Glendale	194,060	-0.1%
20	Huntington Beach	190,479	0.0%
21	Moreno Valley	185,688	3.8%
22	Fontana	184,814	3.4%
23	Oxnard	183,235	0.9%
24	Ontario	169,605	1.0%
25	Rancho Cucamonga	168,587	3.9%
26	Santa Clarita	167,371	1.0%
27	Oceanside	166,768	0.4%
28	Garden Grove	163,550	-0.2%
29	Santa Rosa	153,122	0.4%
30	Pomona	150,564	0.2%
31	Corona	147,788	2.0%
32	Salinas	141,496	-0.2%
33	Lancaster	141,473	2.5%
34	Pasadena	141,306	0.7%
35	Hayward	139,996	-0.1%
36	Torrance	139,367	0.1%
37	Palmdale	138,596	2.4%
38	Escondido	134,740	0.0%
39	Orange	132,635	0.3%
40	Fullerton	130,345	0.4%
41	Elk Grove	130,011	6.9%
42	Sunnyvale	129,469	-0.3%
43	Thousand Oaks	122,265	0.6%
44	El Monte	120,562	0.5%
45	Concord	119,996	-0.3%
46	Simi Valley	119,365	0.9%
47	Visalia	116,867	2.9%
48	Vallejo	114,839	-0.3%
49	Inglewood	111,713	-0.1%
50	Roseville	108,245	4.2%
51	Santa Clara	108,059	0.8%
52	Costa Mesa	107,504	-0.3%
53	Downey	106,512	-0.1%
54	Victorville	105,961	7.3%
55	West Covina	104,816	-0.1%
56	Fairfield	103,346	0.9%
57	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	102,582	0.2%
58	Norwalk	102,222	-0.3%
59	Burbank	101,708	0.2%
60	Richmond	100,516	0.1%
61	Berkeley	100,360	-0.4%
62	Daly City	99,549	-0.6%
63	Antioch	98,770	1.1%
64	Rialto	98,027	0.8%
65	Murrieta	97,543	9.5%
66	South Gate	95,653	-0.1%
67	Carlsbad	94,050	2.4%
68	Mission Viejo	93,240	-0.1%
69	Compton	93,015	-0.1%
70	Temecula	93,003	4.4%
71	Carson	91,636	0.3%
72	Vacaville	91,533	0.3%
73	El Cajon	91,463	-0.6%
74	San Mateo	90,512	-0.3%
75	Clovis	89,831	3.6%
76	Vista	89,516	-0.1%
77	Redding	89,464	1.4%
78	Westminster	87,799	-0.1%
79	Santa Monica	85,947	0.3%
80	Santa Barbara	85,330	-0.7%
81	Santa Maria	85,182	1.3%
82	Hesperia	84,572	4.3%
83	Alhambra	84,367	-0.1%
84	Citrus Heights	83,802	-0.3%
85	Chico	83,680	1.2%
86	Hawthorne	83,155	-0.2%
87	Indio	82,428	7.3%
88	Chino	82,002	2.3%
89	Whittier	81,627	-0.4%
90	Newport Beach	80,074	0.2%
91	Tracy	78,871	4.5%
92	Livermore	78,638	0.9%
93	Buena Park	78,221	0.0%
94	Lakewood	77,773	-0.3%
95	San Marcos	77,384	4.8%
96	San Leandro	76,959	-0.5%
97	Baldwin Park	76,663	0.1%
98	Merced	76,028	2.3%
99	Lake Forest	74,756	-0.2%
100	Napa	73,859	0.2%

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