Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2010 Census)

Rank	City	2010 Population	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,792,621	0.2%
2	San Diego	1,307,402	0.6%
3	San Jose	945,942	0.5%
4	San Francisco	805,235	0.4%
5	Fresno	494,665	1.4%
6	Sacramento	466,488	1.3%
7	Long Beach	462,257	0.0%
8	Oakland	390,724	-0.3%
9	Bakersfield	347,483	3.6%
10	Anaheim	336,265	0.2%
11	Santa Ana	324,528	-0.4%
12	Riverside	303,871	1.6%
13	Stockton	291,707	1.8%
14	Chula Vista	243,916	3.3%
15	Fremont	214,089	0.5%
16	Irvine	212,375	3.8%
17	San Bernardino	209,924	1.1%
18	Modesto	201,165	0.6%
19	Oxnard	197,899	1.4%
20	Fontana	196,069	2.9%
21	Moreno Valley	193,365	3.0%
22	Glendale	191,719	-0.2%
23	Huntington Beach	189,992	-0.0%
24	Santa Clarita	176,320	1.3%
25	Garden Grove	170,883	0.3%
26	Santa Rosa	167,815	1.2%
27	Oceanside	167,086	0.3%
28	Rancho Cucamonga	165,269	2.5%
29	Ontario	163,924	0.3%
30	Lancaster	156,633	2.8%
31	Elk Grove	153,015	6.5%
32	Palmdale	152,750	2.7%
33	Corona	152,374	1.7%
34	Salinas	150,441	0.5%
35	Pomona	149,058	0.1%
36	Torrance	145,438	0.5%
37	Hayward	144,186	0.2%
38	Escondido	143,911	0.7%
39	Sunnyvale	140,081	0.6%
40	Pasadena	137,122	0.2%
41	Orange	136,416	0.5%
42	Fullerton	135,161	0.7%
43	Thousand Oaks	126,683	0.8%
44	Visalia	124,442	2.7%
45	Simi Valley	124,237	1.0%
46	Concord	122,067	-0.0%
47	Roseville	118,788	3.9%
48	Santa Clara	116,468	1.3%
49	Vallejo	115,942	-0.1%
50	Victorville	115,903	6.0%
51	El Monte	113,475	-0.2%
52	Berkeley	112,580	0.9%
53	Downey	111,772	0.4%
54	Costa Mesa	109,960	0.0%
55	Inglewood	109,673	-0.3%
56	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	106,433	0.5%
57	West Covina	106,098	0.1%
58	Norwalk	105,549	0.1%
59	Carlsbad	105,328	2.9%
60	Fairfield	105,321	0.8%
61	Richmond	103,701	0.4%
62	Murrieta	103,466	7.2%
63	Burbank	103,340	0.3%
64	Antioch	102,372	1.1%
65	Daly City	101,123	-0.2%
66	Temecula	100,097	3.8%
67	Santa Maria	99,553	2.5%
68	El Cajon	99,478	0.5%
69	Rialto	99,171	0.7%
70	San Mateo	97,207	0.5%
71	Compton	96,455	0.3%
72	Clovis	95,631	3.2%
73	Jurupa Valley	95,463	–
74	South Gate	94,396	-0.2%
75	Vista	93,834	0.4%
76	Mission Viejo	93,305	-0.0%
77	Vacaville	92,428	0.3%
78	Carson	91,714	0.2%
79	Hesperia	90,173	3.6%
80	Redding	89,861	1.0%
81	Santa Monica	89,736	0.6%
82	Westminster	89,701	0.2%
83	Santa Barbara	88,410	-0.1%
84	Chico	86,187	1.1%
85	Whittier	85,331	0.2%
86	Newport Beach	85,186	0.8%
87	San Leandro	84,950	0.6%
88	Hawthorne	84,293	0.0%
89	San Marcos	83,781	4.1%
90	Citrus Heights	83,301	-0.2%
91	Alhambra	83,089	-0.2%
92	Tracy	82,922	3.6%
93	Livermore	80,968	0.9%
94	Buena Park	80,530	0.3%
95	Lakewood	80,048	0.1%
96	Merced	78,958	2.0%
97	Hemet	78,657	2.8%
98	Chino	77,983	1.1%
99	Menifee	77,519	6.1%
100	Lake Forest	77,264	0.2%

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