Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2015 Census)

Rank	City	2016 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,971,883	0.9%
2	San Diego	1,394,928	1.3%
3	San Jose	1,026,908	1.7%
4	San Francisco	864,816	1.4%
5	Fresno	520,052	1.0%
6	Sacramento	490,712	1.0%
7	Long Beach	474,140	0.5%
8	Oakland	419,267	1.4%
9	Bakersfield	373,640	1.5%
10	Anaheim	350,742	0.8%
11	Santa Ana	335,400	0.7%
12	Riverside	322,424	1.2%
13	Stockton	305,658	0.9%
14	Chula Vista	265,757	1.7%
15	Irvine	256,927	3.9%
16	Fremont	232,206	1.6%
17	San Bernardino	216,108	0.6%
18	Modesto	211,266	1.0%
19	Fontana	207,460	1.1%
20	Oxnard	207,254	0.9%
21	Moreno Valley	204,198	1.1%
22	Huntington Beach	201,899	1.2%
23	Glendale	201,020	1.0%
24	Santa Clarita	182,371	0.7%
25	Oceanside	175,691	1.0%
26	Garden Grove	175,393	0.5%
27	Rancho Cucamonga	175,236	1.2%
28	Santa Rosa	174,972	0.8%
29	Ontario	171,214	0.9%
30	Elk Grove	166,913	1.8%
31	Corona	164,226	1.5%
32	Lancaster	161,103	0.6%
33	Palmdale	158,351	0.7%
34	Hayward	158,289	1.9%
35	Salinas	157,380	0.9%
36	Pomona	153,266	0.6%
37	Sunnyvale	151,754	1.6%
38	Escondido	151,451	1.0%
39	Torrance	148,475	0.4%
40	Pasadena	142,250	0.7%
41	Orange	140,992	0.7%
42	Fullerton	140,847	0.8%
43	Roseville	130,269	1.9%
44	Visalia	130,104	0.9%
45	Thousand Oaks	129,339	0.4%
46	Concord	128,667	1.1%
47	Simi Valley	126,788	0.4%
48	Santa Clara	126,215	1.6%
49	Victorville	122,225	1.1%
50	Vallejo	121,253	0.9%
51	Berkeley	120,972	1.4%
52	El Monte	116,732	0.6%
53	Downey	114,219	0.4%
54	Carlsbad	113,453	1.5%
55	Costa Mesa	113,204	0.6%
56	Fairfield	112,970	1.4%
57	Temecula	112,011	2.3%
58	Inglewood	111,666	0.4%
59	Antioch	110,542	1.5%
60	Murrieta	109,830	1.2%
61	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	109,708	0.6%
62	Richmond	109,708	1.1%
63	West Covina	108,484	0.4%
64	Norwalk	107,140	0.3%
65	Daly City	106,562	1.1%
66	Burbank	105,319	0.4%
67	Santa Maria	105,093	1.1%
68	Clovis	104,180	1.7%
69	El Cajon	103,679	0.8%
70	San Mateo	103,536	1.3%
71	Rialto	103,132	0.8%
72	Vista	100,890	1.5%
73	Jurupa Valley	100,314	1.0%
74	Compton	98,462	0.4%
75	Mission Viejo	97,156	0.8%
76	Vacaville	96,803	0.9%
77	South Gate	96,401	0.4%
78	Hesperia	93,295	0.7%
79	Carson	93,281	0.3%
80	Santa Monica	93,220	0.8%
81	San Marcos	92,931	2.1%
82	Westminster	92,114	0.5%
83	Santa Barbara	91,842	0.8%
84	Redding	91,582	0.4%
85	San Leandro	90,712	1.3%
86	Chico	90,316	0.9%
87	Hawthorne	88,451	1.0%
88	Livermore	88,126	1.7%
89	Indio	87,533	2.9%
90	Whittier	87,438	0.5%
91	Menifee	87,174	2.4%
92	Newport Beach	87,127	0.5%
93	Tracy	87,075	1.0%
94	Citrus Heights	87,056	0.9%
95	Chino	85,595	1.9%
96	Alhambra	85,551	0.6%
97	Redwood City	85,288	2.1%
98	Hemet	83,861	1.3%
99	Buena Park	83,270	0.7%
100	Lake Forest	82,492	1.3%

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