Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2008 Census)

Rank	City	2009 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,801,576	0.3%
2	San Diego	1,305,754	0.8%
3	San Jose	948,686	0.6%
4	San Francisco	808,001	0.5%
5	Fresno	472,949	1.2%
6	Sacramento	461,036	1.5%
7	Long Beach	460,138	-0.1%
8	Oakland	403,188	0.1%
9	Santa Ana	337,152	-0.1%
10	Anaheim	333,114	0.1%
11	Bakersfield	318,701	3.3%
12	Riverside	293,207	1.6%
13	Stockton	285,357	1.9%
14	Chula Vista	219,316	2.8%
15	Irvine	204,936	4.3%
16	Fremont	202,252	-0.1%
17	Modesto	201,766	0.7%
18	San Bernardino	198,014	0.6%
19	Glendale	195,486	0.0%
20	Huntington Beach	191,405	0.1%
21	Moreno Valley	188,676	3.5%
22	Fontana	186,869	3.1%
23	Oxnard	185,035	0.9%
24	Ontario	170,947	0.9%
25	Rancho Cucamonga	170,057	3.5%
26	Oceanside	169,885	0.6%
27	Santa Clarita	168,005	1.0%
28	Garden Grove	164,727	-0.1%
29	Santa Rosa	155,531	0.5%
30	Pomona	151,560	0.3%
31	Corona	148,336	1.8%
32	Lancaster	144,156	2.4%
33	Salinas	142,705	-0.1%
34	Hayward	142,212	0.1%
35	Pasadena	141,880	0.7%
36	Palmdale	141,705	2.4%
37	Torrance	139,664	0.1%
38	Escondido	137,442	0.3%
39	Orange	135,436	0.5%
40	Elk Grove	132,323	6.2%
41	Sunnyvale	131,713	-0.0%
42	Fullerton	130,935	0.4%
43	Thousand Oaks	122,560	0.5%
44	El Monte	120,867	0.5%
45	Concord	120,858	-0.1%
46	Simi Valley	119,977	0.9%
47	Visalia	119,643	2.8%
48	Vallejo	114,458	-0.3%
49	Roseville	112,143	4.1%
50	Inglewood	111,769	-0.1%
51	Santa Clara	109,526	0.8%
52	Costa Mesa	109,326	-0.0%
53	Victorville	109,313	6.8%
54	Downey	106,664	-0.1%
55	West Covina	104,892	-0.0%
56	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	103,524	0.3%
57	Fairfield	103,330	0.8%
58	Norwalk	102,142	-0.3%
59	Burbank	102,031	0.2%
60	Richmond	101,699	0.3%
61	Berkeley	101,096	-0.2%
62	Daly City	100,917	-0.3%
63	Antioch	99,764	1.1%
64	Rialto	98,376	0.7%
65	Murrieta	97,935	8.3%
66	Carlsbad	96,271	2.4%
67	Temecula	95,853	4.3%
68	South Gate	95,802	-0.1%
69	Mission Viejo	93,675	0.0%
70	Compton	93,041	-0.1%
71	El Cajon	92,900	-0.3%
72	Vacaville	91,969	0.3%
73	Carson	91,810	0.3%
74	San Mateo	91,663	-0.1%
75	Clovis	91,623	3.4%
76	Vista	91,065	0.2%
77	Redding	90,136	1.3%
78	Westminster	88,652	0.1%
79	Santa Monica	86,907	0.4%
80	Santa Maria	86,275	1.3%
81	Santa Barbara	85,659	-0.6%
82	Hesperia	85,236	3.8%
83	Alhambra	84,506	-0.1%
84	Chico	84,379	1.1%
85	Citrus Heights	84,118	-0.2%
86	Hawthorne	83,558	-0.1%
87	Indio	83,475	6.5%
88	Chino	82,435	2.1%
89	Whittier	81,562	-0.3%
90	Newport Beach	80,661	0.3%
91	Livermore	79,909	1.0%
92	San Marcos	79,320	4.5%
93	Buena Park	78,790	0.1%
94	Tracy	78,671	3.9%
95	Lakewood	77,763	-0.3%
96	San Leandro	77,725	-0.3%
97	Baldwin Park	76,739	0.1%
98	Merced	76,280	2.1%
99	Lake Forest	75,100	-0.2%
100	Napa	74,579	0.3%

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