Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2013 Census)

Rank	City	2014 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,884,307	0.8%
2	San Diego	1,355,896	1.2%
3	San Jose	998,537	1.8%
4	San Francisco	837,442	1.3%
5	Fresno	509,924	1.0%
6	Sacramento	479,686	0.9%
7	Long Beach	469,428	0.5%
8	Oakland	406,253	1.3%
9	Bakersfield	363,630	1.5%
10	Anaheim	345,012	0.9%
11	Santa Ana	334,227	1.0%
12	Riverside	316,619	1.4%
13	Stockton	298,118	0.7%
14	Chula Vista	256,780	1.7%
15	Irvine	236,716	3.7%
16	Fremont	224,922	1.7%
17	San Bernardino	213,708	0.6%
18	Modesto	204,933	0.6%
19	Oxnard	203,007	0.9%
20	Fontana	203,003	1.2%
21	Moreno Valley	201,175	1.3%
22	Huntington Beach	197,575	1.3%
23	Glendale	196,021	0.7%
24	Santa Clarita	179,590	0.6%
25	Garden Grove	175,140	0.8%
26	Oceanside	172,794	1.1%
27	Santa Rosa	171,990	0.8%
28	Rancho Cucamonga	171,386	1.2%
29	Ontario	167,500	0.7%
30	Elk Grove	161,007	1.7%
31	Lancaster	159,523	0.6%
32	Corona	159,503	1.5%
33	Palmdale	157,161	1.0%
34	Salinas	155,662	1.1%
35	Hayward	151,574	1.7%
36	Pomona	151,348	0.5%
37	Escondido	148,738	1.1%
38	Sunnyvale	147,559	1.7%
39	Torrance	147,478	0.5%
40	Orange	139,969	0.9%
41	Pasadena	139,731	0.6%
42	Fullerton	138,981	0.9%
43	Thousand Oaks	128,731	0.5%
44	Visalia	127,763	0.9%
45	Roseville	127,035	2.3%
46	Simi Valley	126,181	0.5%
47	Concord	125,880	1.0%
48	Victorville	121,096	1.5%
49	Santa Clara	120,245	1.1%
50	Vallejo	118,837	0.8%
51	Berkeley	116,768	1.2%
52	El Monte	115,708	0.7%
53	Downey	113,242	0.4%
54	Costa Mesa	112,174	0.7%
55	Inglewood	111,542	0.6%
56	Carlsbad	110,972	1.8%
57	Fairfield	109,320	1.2%
58	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	108,817	0.7%
59	West Covina	107,740	0.5%
60	Richmond	107,571	1.2%
61	Murrieta	107,479	1.3%
62	Antioch	107,100	1.5%
63	Temecula	106,780	2.2%
64	Norwalk	106,589	0.3%
65	Daly City	104,739	1.2%
66	Burbank	104,709	0.4%
67	Santa Maria	102,216	0.9%
68	El Cajon	102,211	0.9%
69	Rialto	101,910	0.9%
70	San Mateo	101,128	1.3%
71	Clovis	99,769	1.4%
72	Jurupa Valley	98,030	0.9%
73	Compton	97,877	0.5%
74	Vista	96,929	1.1%
75	Mission Viejo	96,346	1.1%
76	South Gate	95,677	0.5%
77	Vacaville	94,275	0.7%
78	Carson	92,599	0.3%
79	Santa Monica	92,472	1.0%
80	Hesperia	92,147	0.7%
81	Westminster	91,739	0.8%
82	Redding	91,119	0.5%
83	Santa Barbara	90,412	0.7%
84	San Marcos	89,387	2.2%
85	Chico	88,077	0.7%
86	San Leandro	87,965	1.2%
87	Newport Beach	87,273	0.8%
88	Whittier	86,635	0.5%
89	Hawthorne	86,199	0.7%
90	Citrus Heights	85,285	0.8%
91	Livermore	85,156	1.7%
92	Tracy	84,691	0.7%
93	Alhambra	84,577	0.6%
94	Indio	83,539	3.2%
95	Menifee	83,447	2.5%
96	Buena Park	82,882	1.0%
97	Hemet	81,750	1.3%
98	Lakewood	81,121	0.4%
99	Merced	81,102	0.9%
100	Chino	80,988	1.3%

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