Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2016 Census)

Rank	City	2017 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,976,322	0.8%
2	San Diego	1,406,630	1.2%
3	San Jose	1,025,350	1.4%
4	San Francisco	870,887	1.3%
5	Fresno	522,053	0.9%
6	Sacramento	495,234	1.0%
7	Long Beach	470,130	0.3%
8	Oakland	420,005	1.2%
9	Bakersfield	376,380	1.3%
10	Anaheim	351,043	0.7%
11	Santa Ana	334,217	0.5%
12	Riverside	324,722	1.1%
13	Stockton	307,072	0.9%
14	Chula Vista	267,172	1.5%
15	Irvine	266,122	3.8%
16	Fremont	233,136	1.4%
17	San Bernardino	216,239	0.5%
18	Modesto	212,175	0.9%
19	Fontana	209,665	1.1%
20	Oxnard	207,906	0.8%
21	Moreno Valley	205,499	1.0%
22	Glendale	200,831	0.8%
23	Huntington Beach	200,652	0.9%
24	Santa Clarita	181,972	0.5%
25	Rancho Cucamonga	176,534	1.1%
26	Oceanside	175,464	0.8%
27	Santa Rosa	175,155	0.7%
28	Garden Grove	174,858	0.4%
29	Ontario	173,212	0.9%
30	Elk Grove	169,743	1.7%
31	Corona	166,785	1.5%
32	Lancaster	160,106	0.4%
33	Hayward	158,937	1.6%
34	Palmdale	157,356	0.5%
35	Salinas	157,218	0.7%
36	Sunnyvale	152,771	1.5%
37	Pomona	152,494	0.4%
38	Escondido	151,613	0.9%
39	Torrance	147,195	0.2%
40	Pasadena	142,059	0.6%
41	Fullerton	140,721	0.7%
42	Orange	140,504	0.5%
43	Roseville	132,671	1.9%
44	Visalia	131,074	0.9%
45	Thousand Oaks	128,888	0.3%
46	Concord	128,726	0.9%
47	Simi Valley	126,327	0.3%
48	Santa Clara	125,948	1.3%
49	Victorville	122,265	0.9%
50	Vallejo	121,299	0.8%
51	Berkeley	121,240	1.2%
52	El Monte	115,807	0.3%
53	Fairfield	114,756	1.4%
54	Carlsbad	113,952	1.3%
55	Downey	113,267	0.2%
56	Temecula	113,054	2.0%
57	Costa Mesa	112,822	0.4%
58	Murrieta	111,674	1.3%
59	Antioch	110,898	1.3%
60	Inglewood	110,654	0.1%
61	Richmond	109,813	1.0%
62	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	109,592	0.5%
63	West Covina	107,847	0.3%
64	Clovis	106,583	1.8%
65	Daly City	106,472	0.9%
66	Santa Maria	106,290	1.1%
67	Norwalk	106,178	0.1%
68	Burbank	104,447	0.2%
69	San Mateo	103,959	1.1%
70	El Cajon	103,768	0.7%
71	Jurupa Valley	103,541	1.4%
72	Rialto	103,314	0.7%
73	Vista	101,659	1.3%
74	Vacaville	98,303	1.0%
75	Compton	97,550	0.2%
76	Mission Viejo	96,396	0.5%
77	South Gate	95,538	0.2%
78	San Marcos	95,261	2.2%
79	Hesperia	93,724	0.6%
80	Carson	92,797	0.2%
81	Santa Monica	92,478	0.5%
82	Santa Barbara	91,930	0.7%
83	Redding	91,808	0.4%
84	Chico	91,567	1.0%
85	Westminster	91,565	0.3%
86	San Leandro	90,465	1.1%
87	Tracy	89,274	1.2%
88	Livermore	89,115	1.6%
89	Menifee	88,531	2.2%
90	Indio	88,488	2.6%
91	Hawthorne	88,031	0.7%
92	Chino	87,776	2.0%
93	Citrus Heights	87,432	0.8%
94	Whittier	86,883	0.3%
95	Newport Beach	86,688	0.3%
96	Alhambra	85,474	0.5%
97	Redwood City	84,950	1.7%
98	Hemet	84,281	1.2%
99	Lake Forest	83,240	1.2%
100	Buena Park	83,156	0.5%

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