Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2020 Census)

Rank	City	2020 Population	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,889,834	0.3%
2	San Diego	1,385,394	0.6%
3	San Jose	1,010,908	0.7%
4	San Francisco	870,014	0.8%
5	Fresno	542,159	0.9%
6	Sacramento	523,416	1.2%
7	Long Beach	464,759	0.1%
8	Oakland	439,341	1.2%
9	Bakersfield	403,401	1.5%
10	Anaheim	347,089	0.3%
11	Stockton	320,745	1.0%
12	Riverside	314,655	0.3%
13	Santa Ana	309,888	-0.5%
14	Irvine	306,389	3.7%
15	Chula Vista	276,466	1.3%
16	Fremont	231,673	0.8%
17	Santa Clarita	228,487	2.6%
18	San Bernardino	221,784	0.6%
19	Modesto	218,459	0.8%
20	Moreno Valley	209,213	0.8%
21	Fontana	208,810	0.6%
22	Oxnard	202,242	0.2%
23	Huntington Beach	198,707	0.4%
24	Glendale	196,208	0.2%
25	Santa Rosa	177,882	0.6%
26	Elk Grove	177,632	1.5%
27	Ontario	175,945	0.7%
28	Rancho Cucamonga	174,572	0.5%
29	Oceanside	174,128	0.4%
30	Lancaster	172,862	1.0%
31	Garden Grove	171,829	0.1%
32	Palmdale	169,279	1.0%
33	Salinas	163,397	0.8%
34	Hayward	163,269	1.3%
35	Corona	157,570	0.3%
36	Sunnyvale	155,860	1.1%
37	Escondido	151,260	0.5%
38	Pomona	151,128	0.1%
39	Roseville	148,435	2.3%
40	Torrance	146,769	0.1%
41	Fullerton	143,173	0.6%
42	Visalia	141,828	1.3%
43	Orange	138,680	0.2%
44	Pasadena	138,196	0.1%
45	Victorville	134,742	1.5%
46	Santa Clara	127,426	0.9%
47	Thousand Oaks	126,652	-0.0%
48	Simi Valley	126,366	0.2%
49	Vallejo	125,839	0.8%
50	Concord	125,176	0.3%
51	Clovis	120,674	2.4%
52	Fairfield	119,827	1.3%
53	Berkeley	119,463	0.6%
54	Richmond	116,238	1.1%
55	Antioch	115,252	1.2%
56	Carlsbad	115,073	0.9%
57	Downey	114,118	0.2%
58	Costa Mesa	111,723	0.2%
59	Murrieta	111,351	0.7%
60	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	110,413	0.4%
61	Temecula	110,086	1.0%
62	Santa Maria	109,904	1.0%
63	West Covina	109,345	0.3%
64	El Monte	109,166	-0.4%
65	Inglewood	107,534	-0.2%
66	Burbank	107,320	0.4%
67	El Cajon	106,176	0.7%
68	San Mateo	105,308	0.8%
69	Jurupa Valley	105,306	1.0%
70	Daly City	104,571	0.3%
71	Rialto	104,199	0.5%
72	Menifee	103,227	2.9%
73	Vacaville	102,672	1.1%
74	Norwalk	102,532	-0.3%
75	Chico	102,177	1.7%
76	Hesperia	100,200	1.1%
77	Vista	98,508	0.5%
78	Compton	95,611	-0.1%
79	Carson	95,074	0.4%
80	San Marcos	94,973	1.3%
81	Tracy	93,590	1.2%
82	Mission Viejo	93,528	0.0%
83	Redding	93,393	0.4%
84	Santa Monica	92,711	0.3%
85	South Gate	92,634	-0.2%
86	Chino	91,367	1.6%
87	San Leandro	91,338	0.7%
88	Westminster	90,906	0.1%
89	Hemet	89,830	1.3%
90	Indio	89,243	1.6%
91	Santa Barbara	88,695	0.0%
92	Livermore	88,487	0.9%
93	Hawthorne	87,938	0.4%
94	Citrus Heights	87,911	0.5%
95	Whittier	87,045	0.2%
96	San Ramon	86,669	1.9%
97	Merced	86,515	0.9%
98	Lake Forest	86,005	1.1%
99	Newport Beach	85,333	0.0%
100	Redwood City	84,180	0.9%

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