Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2014 Census)

Rank	City	2015 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,928,864	0.9%
2	San Diego	1,381,069	1.4%
3	San Jose	1,015,785	1.8%
4	San Francisco	852,469	1.4%
5	Fresno	515,986	1.1%
6	Sacramento	485,199	1.0%
7	Long Beach	473,577	0.6%
8	Oakland	413,775	1.4%
9	Bakersfield	368,759	1.5%
10	Anaheim	346,997	0.8%
11	Santa Ana	334,909	0.8%
12	Riverside	319,504	1.3%
13	Stockton	302,389	0.9%
14	Chula Vista	260,988	1.7%
15	Irvine	248,531	4.0%
16	Fremont	228,758	1.7%
17	San Bernardino	215,213	0.6%
18	Modesto	209,286	1.0%
19	Oxnard	205,437	0.9%
20	Fontana	204,950	1.1%
21	Moreno Valley	202,976	1.2%
22	Huntington Beach	200,809	1.4%
23	Glendale	200,167	1.1%
24	Santa Clarita	181,557	0.7%
25	Garden Grove	175,078	0.6%
26	Oceanside	174,558	1.1%
27	Rancho Cucamonga	174,305	1.3%
28	Santa Rosa	174,170	0.9%
29	Ontario	169,089	0.8%
30	Elk Grove	163,553	1.7%
31	Corona	161,486	1.5%
32	Lancaster	161,043	0.7%
33	Palmdale	158,279	0.9%
34	Salinas	156,677	1.0%
35	Hayward	154,612	1.8%
36	Pomona	153,350	0.7%
37	Escondido	150,243	1.1%
38	Sunnyvale	149,980	1.7%
39	Torrance	148,495	0.5%
40	Pasadena	140,881	0.7%
41	Orange	139,812	0.6%
42	Fullerton	139,677	0.8%
43	Thousand Oaks	129,342	0.5%
44	Visalia	129,281	1.0%
45	Roseville	128,615	2.0%
46	Concord	127,522	1.1%
47	Simi Valley	126,871	0.5%
48	Santa Clara	122,192	1.2%
49	Victorville	121,901	1.3%
50	Vallejo	120,228	0.9%
51	Berkeley	118,853	1.4%
52	El Monte	116,631	0.7%
53	Downey	114,172	0.5%
54	Costa Mesa	112,784	0.6%
55	Carlsbad	112,299	1.6%
56	Inglewood	111,905	0.5%
57	Fairfield	111,125	1.4%
58	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	109,484	0.7%
59	Temecula	109,428	2.3%
60	Antioch	108,930	1.6%
61	Richmond	108,565	1.2%
62	West Covina	108,455	0.6%
63	Murrieta	108,368	1.2%
64	Norwalk	107,096	0.4%
65	Daly City	106,094	1.2%
66	Burbank	105,368	0.5%
67	Santa Maria	103,410	1.0%
68	El Cajon	103,091	0.9%
69	San Mateo	102,893	1.4%
70	Rialto	102,741	0.9%
71	Clovis	102,189	1.7%
72	Jurupa Valley	98,842	0.9%
73	Compton	98,597	0.6%
74	Vista	98,079	1.1%
75	Mission Viejo	97,209	1.0%
76	South Gate	96,312	0.5%
77	Vacaville	95,856	0.9%
78	Carson	93,271	0.4%
79	Santa Monica	92,987	0.9%
80	San Marcos	92,929	2.6%
81	Hesperia	92,749	0.7%
82	Westminster	92,068	0.7%
83	Redding	91,593	0.5%
84	Santa Barbara	91,196	0.8%
85	San Leandro	89,351	1.3%
86	Chico	89,180	0.9%
87	Hawthorne	87,583	1.0%
88	Whittier	87,318	0.6%
89	Newport Beach	87,266	0.6%
90	Livermore	86,870	1.8%
91	Citrus Heights	86,145	0.8%
92	Tracy	85,841	0.9%
93	Indio	85,633	3.0%
94	Alhambra	85,569	0.7%
95	Menifee	85,182	2.4%
96	Chino	84,723	2.1%
97	Buena Park	83,105	0.8%
98	Hemet	83,032	1.4%
99	Redwood City	82,881	1.9%
100	Merced	81,743	0.9%

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