Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2017 Census)

Rank	City	2018 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,999,759	0.8%
2	San Diego	1,419,516	1.2%
3	San Jose	1,035,317	1.3%
4	San Francisco	884,363	1.3%
5	Fresno	527,438	0.9%
6	Sacramento	501,901	1.1%
7	Long Beach	469,450	0.2%
8	Oakland	425,195	1.2%
9	Bakersfield	380,874	1.3%
10	Anaheim	352,497	0.7%
11	Santa Ana	334,136	0.4%
12	Riverside	327,728	1.1%
13	Stockton	310,496	0.9%
14	Irvine	277,453	3.9%
15	Chula Vista	270,471	1.5%
16	Fremont	234,962	1.3%
17	San Bernardino	216,995	0.5%
18	Modesto	214,221	0.9%
19	Fontana	211,815	1.1%
20	Santa Clarita	210,888	2.6%
21	Oxnard	210,037	0.9%
22	Moreno Valley	207,226	1.0%
23	Glendale	203,054	0.8%
24	Huntington Beach	201,874	0.9%
25	Rancho Cucamonga	177,452	1.0%
26	Oceanside	176,193	0.8%
27	Ontario	175,841	1.0%
28	Santa Rosa	175,269	0.6%
29	Garden Grove	174,226	0.3%
30	Elk Grove	171,844	1.7%
31	Corona	167,836	1.4%
32	Hayward	160,500	1.5%
33	Lancaster	160,316	0.3%
34	Salinas	157,596	0.7%
35	Palmdale	157,519	0.4%
36	Sunnyvale	153,656	1.3%
37	Pomona	152,939	0.4%
38	Escondido	151,969	0.8%
39	Torrance	146,758	0.1%
40	Pasadena	142,647	0.6%
41	Orange	140,560	0.4%
42	Fullerton	140,392	0.5%
43	Roseville	135,329	1.9%
44	Visalia	133,010	1.0%
45	Concord	129,783	0.9%
46	Thousand Oaks	128,995	0.3%
47	Santa Clara	127,134	1.3%
48	Simi Valley	126,878	0.3%
49	Victorville	122,441	0.8%
50	Berkeley	122,324	1.2%
51	Vallejo	122,105	0.7%
52	Fairfield	116,266	1.4%
53	El Monte	116,109	0.3%
54	Carlsbad	115,330	1.3%
55	Temecula	114,327	1.9%
56	Costa Mesa	113,825	0.5%
57	Murrieta	113,326	1.3%
58	Downey	113,092	0.2%
59	Antioch	111,674	1.3%
60	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	110,790	0.6%
61	Inglewood	110,598	0.1%
62	Richmond	110,040	0.9%
63	Clovis	109,691	2.0%
64	West Covina	107,598	0.2%
65	Daly City	107,074	0.8%
66	Santa Maria	107,014	1.0%
67	Norwalk	106,084	0.1%
68	Jurupa Valley	106,028	1.5%
69	Burbank	104,834	0.2%
70	San Mateo	104,748	1.1%
71	El Cajon	103,894	0.6%
72	Rialto	103,562	0.6%
73	Vista	101,568	1.1%
74	Vacaville	100,032	1.1%
75	Compton	97,612	0.2%
76	San Marcos	96,198	2.0%
77	Mission Viejo	96,016	0.4%
78	South Gate	95,430	0.2%
79	Hesperia	94,859	0.7%
80	Chico	93,293	1.1%
81	Carson	92,735	0.2%
82	Santa Monica	92,306	0.4%
83	Santa Barbara	92,101	0.6%
84	Redding	91,794	0.3%
85	Westminster	91,564	0.3%
86	Tracy	90,889	1.3%
87	Menifee	90,595	2.3%
88	San Leandro	90,553	0.9%
89	Livermore	90,295	1.6%
90	Chino	89,797	2.0%
91	Indio	89,793	2.4%
92	Citrus Heights	87,931	0.8%
93	Hawthorne	87,854	0.6%
94	Whittier	86,838	0.3%
95	Redwood City	86,685	1.7%
96	Newport Beach	86,160	0.2%
97	Alhambra	85,396	0.4%
98	Hemet	85,160	1.1%
99	Lake Forest	84,293	1.3%
100	Merced	83,081	0.7%

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