Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2018 Census)

Rank	City	2019 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,990,456	0.6%
2	San Diego	1,425,976	1.1%
3	San Jose	1,030,119	1.1%
4	San Francisco	883,305	1.2%
5	Fresno	530,093	0.9%
6	Sacramento	508,529	1.1%
7	Long Beach	467,354	0.1%
8	Oakland	429,082	1.2%
9	Bakersfield	383,579	1.2%
10	Anaheim	352,005	0.6%
11	Santa Ana	332,725	0.3%
12	Riverside	330,063	1.0%
13	Stockton	311,178	0.8%
14	Irvine	282,572	3.6%
15	Chula Vista	271,651	1.4%
16	Fremont	237,807	1.3%
17	San Bernardino	215,941	0.4%
18	Modesto	215,030	0.8%
19	Fontana	213,739	1.1%
20	Santa Clarita	210,089	2.2%
21	Oxnard	209,877	0.7%
22	Moreno Valley	209,050	1.0%
23	Glendale	201,361	0.6%
24	Huntington Beach	200,641	0.7%
25	Ontario	181,107	1.3%
26	Rancho Cucamonga	177,751	0.9%
27	Santa Rosa	177,586	0.7%
28	Oceanside	176,080	0.7%
29	Elk Grove	172,886	1.5%
30	Garden Grove	172,646	0.1%
31	Corona	168,819	1.3%
32	Hayward	159,620	1.3%
33	Lancaster	159,053	0.2%
34	Palmdale	156,667	0.3%
35	Salinas	156,259	0.5%
36	Sunnyvale	153,185	1.1%
37	Pomona	152,361	0.3%
38	Escondido	152,213	0.7%
39	Torrance	145,182	-0.0%
40	Pasadena	141,371	0.4%
41	Fullerton	139,640	0.4%
42	Orange	139,484	0.3%
43	Roseville	139,117	2.0%
44	Visalia	133,800	0.9%
45	Concord	129,688	0.8%
46	Santa Clara	129,488	1.3%
47	Thousand Oaks	127,690	0.1%
48	Simi Valley	125,851	0.2%
49	Victorville	122,312	0.7%
50	Vallejo	121,913	0.6%
51	Berkeley	121,643	1.0%
52	Fairfield	116,884	1.3%
53	Carlsbad	115,877	1.2%
54	El Monte	115,586	0.2%
55	Murrieta	114,985	1.3%
56	Temecula	114,742	1.7%
57	Costa Mesa	113,615	0.4%
58	Downey	112,269	0.1%
59	Clovis	112,022	2.0%
60	Antioch	111,535	1.1%
61	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	111,128	0.5%
62	Richmond	110,146	0.8%
63	Inglewood	109,419	-0.0%
64	Jurupa Valley	108,393	1.6%
65	Santa Maria	107,408	1.0%
66	Daly City	107,008	0.7%
67	West Covina	106,311	0.0%
68	Norwalk	105,120	-0.1%
69	San Mateo	105,025	1.0%
70	Burbank	103,695	0.0%
71	Rialto	103,440	0.5%
72	El Cajon	103,241	0.5%
73	Vista	101,224	1.0%
74	Vacaville	100,154	1.0%
75	San Marcos	96,847	1.8%
76	Compton	96,617	0.0%
77	Hesperia	95,274	0.7%
78	Mission Viejo	95,202	0.3%
79	Chico	94,776	1.2%
80	South Gate	94,443	0.0%
81	Menifee	92,595	2.2%
82	Carson	91,909	0.0%
83	Tracy	91,812	1.3%
84	Redding	91,772	0.3%
85	Chino	91,583	2.0%
86	Santa Monica	91,411	0.2%
87	Santa Barbara	91,350	0.4%
88	Indio	91,240	2.3%
89	Westminster	90,938	0.2%
90	Livermore	90,269	1.4%
91	San Leandro	89,703	0.7%
92	Citrus Heights	87,910	0.7%
93	Hawthorne	86,965	0.4%
94	Redwood City	86,200	1.5%
95	Whittier	86,064	0.1%
96	Lake Forest	85,623	1.3%
97	Newport Beach	85,326	0.0%
98	Hemet	85,275	1.0%
99	Alhambra	84,649	0.2%
100	Chino Hills	83,447	1.4%

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