Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2009 Census)

Rank	City	2010 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,831,868	0.4%
2	San Diego	1,306,300	0.7%
3	San Jose	964,695	0.7%
4	San Francisco	815,358	0.5%
5	Fresno	479,918	1.2%
6	Sacramento	466,676	1.5%
7	Long Beach	462,604	0.0%
8	Oakland	409,189	0.2%
9	Santa Ana	340,338	0.1%
10	Anaheim	337,896	0.3%
11	Bakersfield	324,463	3.2%
12	Riverside	297,841	1.6%
13	Stockton	287,578	1.8%
14	Chula Vista	223,739	2.7%
15	Irvine	209,716	4.1%
16	Fremont	205,517	0.1%
17	Modesto	202,743	0.7%
18	San Bernardino	198,411	0.5%
19	Glendale	196,882	0.1%
20	Huntington Beach	193,366	0.2%
21	Moreno Valley	191,754	3.3%
22	Fontana	188,013	2.8%
23	Oxnard	187,535	1.0%
24	Oceanside	172,901	0.7%
25	Rancho Cucamonga	171,809	3.2%
26	Ontario	171,603	0.9%
27	Santa Clarita	169,174	0.9%
28	Garden Grove	166,332	0.1%
29	Santa Rosa	157,468	0.6%
30	Pomona	152,367	0.3%
31	Corona	151,027	1.8%
32	Lancaster	145,776	2.3%
33	Hayward	144,291	0.3%
34	Salinas	144,278	0.1%
35	Palmdale	143,985	2.3%
36	Pasadena	143,667	0.7%
37	Torrance	140,317	0.2%
38	Escondido	140,170	0.5%
39	Orange	136,990	0.6%
40	Elk Grove	135,285	5.8%
41	Sunnyvale	133,963	0.2%
42	Fullerton	132,620	0.5%
43	Thousand Oaks	123,520	0.6%
44	Concord	122,224	-0.0%
45	Visalia	122,111	2.8%
46	El Monte	121,447	0.5%
47	Simi Valley	120,921	0.9%
48	Roseville	115,677	4.0%
49	Vallejo	114,622	-0.3%
50	Inglewood	112,241	-0.0%
51	Santa Clara	111,997	1.0%
52	Victorville	110,921	6.2%
53	Costa Mesa	110,419	0.1%
54	Downey	107,117	-0.0%
55	West Covina	105,464	0.0%
56	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	104,423	0.3%
57	Fairfield	103,586	0.8%
58	Richmond	103,165	0.4%
59	Burbank	103,121	0.3%
60	Berkeley	102,804	-0.0%
61	Norwalk	102,508	-0.2%
62	Daly City	102,165	-0.2%
63	Antioch	101,181	1.1%
64	Temecula	98,876	4.1%
65	Rialto	98,702	0.7%
66	Carlsbad	98,402	2.4%
67	Murrieta	97,881	7.3%
68	South Gate	96,286	-0.0%
69	Mission Viejo	94,651	0.1%
70	El Cajon	94,447	-0.1%
71	Compton	93,962	0.0%
72	Clovis	93,246	3.3%
73	San Mateo	92,791	0.0%
74	Vista	92,572	0.3%
75	Carson	92,255	0.3%
76	Vacaville	91,991	0.3%
77	Redding	90,521	1.2%
78	Westminster	89,547	0.2%
79	Santa Monica	87,563	0.4%
80	Santa Maria	86,935	1.2%
81	Santa Barbara	86,353	-0.4%
82	Hesperia	86,194	3.5%
83	Alhambra	85,068	-0.0%
84	Indio	85,062	6.0%
85	Chico	84,880	1.1%
86	Citrus Heights	84,617	-0.1%
87	Hawthorne	83,945	-0.0%
88	Chino	82,830	1.9%
89	Whittier	81,871	-0.3%
90	Newport Beach	81,680	0.4%
91	Livermore	81,085	1.0%
92	San Marcos	80,699	4.2%
93	Buena Park	79,818	0.2%
94	Tracy	79,235	3.5%
95	San Leandro	78,622	-0.2%
96	Lakewood	78,097	-0.2%
97	Baldwin Park	77,078	0.2%
98	Merced	76,273	1.9%
99	Lake Forest	75,864	-0.0%
100	Napa	75,297	0.4%

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