Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2012 Census)

Rank	City	2013 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,857,799	0.9%
2	San Diego	1,338,348	1.2%
3	San Jose	982,765	1.9%
4	San Francisco	825,863	1.3%
5	Fresno	505,882	1.1%
6	Sacramento	475,516	1.0%
7	Long Beach	467,892	0.6%
8	Oakland	400,740	1.3%
9	Bakersfield	358,597	1.6%
10	Anaheim	343,248	1.0%
11	Santa Ana	330,920	1.0%
12	Riverside	313,673	1.6%
13	Stockton	297,984	1.1%
14	Chula Vista	252,422	1.7%
15	Irvine	229,985	4.1%
16	Fremont	221,986	1.8%
17	San Bernardino	213,295	0.8%
18	Modesto	203,547	0.6%
19	Fontana	201,812	1.5%
20	Oxnard	201,555	0.9%
21	Moreno Valley	199,552	1.6%
22	Huntington Beach	194,708	1.2%
23	Glendale	194,478	0.7%
24	Santa Clarita	179,013	0.8%
25	Garden Grove	174,389	1.0%
26	Oceanside	171,293	1.3%
27	Rancho Cucamonga	170,746	1.6%
28	Santa Rosa	170,685	0.9%
29	Ontario	167,211	1.0%
30	Lancaster	159,055	0.8%
31	Elk Grove	159,038	1.9%
32	Corona	158,391	2.0%
33	Palmdale	155,650	0.9%
34	Salinas	154,484	1.3%
35	Pomona	150,812	0.6%
36	Hayward	149,392	1.8%
37	Escondido	147,575	1.3%
38	Torrance	147,027	0.5%
39	Sunnyvale	146,197	2.2%
40	Orange	139,419	1.1%
41	Fullerton	138,574	1.3%
42	Pasadena	138,547	0.5%
43	Thousand Oaks	128,412	0.7%
44	Visalia	127,081	1.1%
45	Simi Valley	125,793	0.6%
46	Concord	124,711	1.1%
47	Roseville	124,519	2.4%
48	Victorville	120,336	1.9%
49	Santa Clara	119,311	1.2%
50	Vallejo	117,796	0.8%
51	Berkeley	115,403	1.2%
52	El Monte	115,111	0.7%
53	Downey	112,873	0.5%
54	Costa Mesa	111,918	0.9%
55	Inglewood	111,182	0.7%
56	Carlsbad	109,318	1.9%
57	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	107,734	0.6%
58	Fairfield	107,684	1.1%
59	West Covina	107,440	0.6%
60	Murrieta	106,810	1.6%
61	Richmond	106,516	1.3%
62	Norwalk	106,278	0.3%
63	Antioch	105,508	1.5%
64	Temecula	105,208	2.5%
65	Burbank	104,391	0.5%
66	Daly City	103,690	1.3%
67	Rialto	101,740	1.3%
68	Santa Maria	101,459	1.0%
69	El Cajon	101,435	1.0%
70	San Mateo	99,670	1.3%
71	Clovis	98,632	1.6%
72	Compton	97,559	0.6%
73	Jurupa Valley	97,426	1.0%
74	Vista	96,047	1.2%
75	South Gate	95,304	0.5%
76	Mission Viejo	95,290	1.1%
77	Vacaville	93,899	0.8%
78	Carson	93,002	0.7%
79	Hesperia	92,062	1.0%
80	Santa Monica	91,812	1.2%
81	Westminster	91,377	0.9%
82	Redding	90,755	0.5%
83	Santa Barbara	89,639	0.7%
84	Chico	87,714	0.9%
85	Newport Beach	87,068	1.1%
86	San Leandro	86,890	1.1%
87	San Marcos	86,752	1.8%
88	Whittier	86,177	0.5%
89	Hawthorne	85,681	0.8%
90	Citrus Heights	84,870	0.9%
91	Tracy	84,669	1.0%
92	Alhambra	84,322	0.7%
93	Livermore	83,547	1.6%
94	Buena Park	82,155	1.0%
95	Menifee	81,474	2.5%
96	Hemet	81,046	1.5%
97	Lakewood	80,833	0.5%
98	Merced	80,793	1.2%
99	Chino	80,164	1.4%
100	Indio	79,302	2.1%

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