Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2019 Census)

Rank	City	2020 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,979,576	0.5%
2	San Diego	1,423,851	1.0%
3	San Jose	1,021,795	0.9%
4	San Francisco	881,549	1.0%
5	Fresno	531,576	0.8%
6	Sacramento	513,624	1.1%
7	Long Beach	462,628	0.0%
8	Oakland	433,031	1.1%
9	Bakersfield	384,145	1.1%
10	Anaheim	350,365	0.5%
11	Santa Ana	332,318	0.3%
12	Riverside	331,360	1.0%
13	Stockton	312,697	0.8%
14	Irvine	287,401	3.4%
15	Chula Vista	274,492	1.3%
16	Fremont	241,110	1.3%
17	San Bernardino	215,784	0.3%
18	Modesto	215,196	0.8%
19	Fontana	214,547	1.0%
20	Moreno Valley	213,055	1.1%
21	Santa Clarita	212,979	2.1%
22	Oxnard	208,881	0.6%
23	Glendale	199,303	0.4%
24	Huntington Beach	199,223	0.5%
25	Ontario	185,010	1.4%
26	Rancho Cucamonga	177,603	0.8%
27	Santa Rosa	176,753	0.6%
28	Oceanside	175,742	0.6%
29	Elk Grove	174,775	1.5%
30	Garden Grove	171,644	0.0%
31	Corona	169,868	1.2%
32	Hayward	159,203	1.1%
33	Lancaster	157,601	0.1%
34	Salinas	155,465	0.4%
35	Palmdale	155,079	0.2%
36	Sunnyvale	152,703	1.0%
37	Pomona	151,691	0.2%
38	Escondido	151,625	0.6%
39	Torrance	143,592	-0.1%
40	Roseville	141,500	2.0%
41	Pasadena	141,029	0.3%
42	Orange	138,669	0.2%
43	Fullerton	138,632	0.3%
44	Visalia	134,605	0.9%
45	Santa Clara	130,365	1.3%
46	Concord	129,295	0.6%
47	Thousand Oaks	126,813	0.0%
48	Simi Valley	125,613	0.1%
49	Victorville	122,385	0.6%
50	Vallejo	121,692	0.5%
51	Berkeley	121,363	0.8%
52	Fairfield	117,133	1.2%
53	Murrieta	116,223	1.3%
54	El Monte	115,487	0.2%
55	Carlsbad	115,382	1.0%
56	Temecula	114,761	1.5%
57	Clovis	114,584	2.0%
58	Costa Mesa	113,003	0.3%
59	Antioch	111,502	1.0%
60	Downey	111,126	-0.1%
61	Richmond	110,567	0.7%
62	Jurupa Valley	109,527	1.5%
63	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	109,106	0.3%
64	Inglewood	108,151	-0.2%
65	Santa Maria	107,263	0.8%
66	Daly City	106,280	0.6%
67	West Covina	105,101	-0.1%
68	San Mateo	104,430	0.8%
69	Norwalk	103,949	-0.2%
70	Rialto	103,526	0.5%
71	Chico	103,301	2.0%
72	El Cajon	102,708	0.4%
73	Burbank	102,511	-0.1%
74	Vista	101,638	0.9%
75	Vacaville	100,670	1.0%
76	San Marcos	96,664	1.6%
77	Hesperia	95,750	0.7%
78	Compton	95,605	-0.1%
79	Menifee	94,756	2.3%
80	Tracy	94,740	1.5%
81	Mission Viejo	94,381	0.1%
82	Chino	94,371	2.1%
83	South Gate	93,444	-0.1%
84	Redding	92,590	0.3%
85	Indio	91,765	2.1%
86	Carson	91,394	-0.0%
87	Santa Barbara	91,364	0.4%
88	Westminster	90,643	0.1%
89	Santa Monica	90,401	0.1%
90	Livermore	90,189	1.2%
91	San Leandro	88,815	0.5%
92	Citrus Heights	87,796	0.6%
93	Hawthorne	86,068	0.2%
94	Redwood City	85,925	1.3%
95	Lake Forest	85,531	1.1%
96	Hemet	85,334	0.9%
97	Whittier	85,098	-0.0%
98	Newport Beach	84,534	-0.1%
99	Milpitas	84,196	2.6%
100	Chino Hills	83,853	1.3%

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