Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2020 Census)

Rank City 2020 Pop Growth Rate (Ann)
1 Beaumont 53,549 3.8%
2 Lincoln 49,855 1.5%
3 Imperial 20,425 3.3%
4 Brentwood 64,499 2.3%
5 Lathrop 29,121 4.9%
6 Vernon 222 7.1%
7 Menifee 103,227 2.9%
8 Lake Elsinore 70,415 3.1%
9 Dublin 72,312 4.6%
10 San Jacinto 54,086 2.0%
11 American Canyon 21,800 1.1%
12 Elk Grove 177,632 1.5%
13 Perris 78,897 1.4%
14 Murrieta 111,351 0.7%
15 Rio Vista 10,084 3.2%
16 Irvine 306,389 3.7%
17 Victorville 134,742 1.5%
18 Adelanto 37,858 1.8%
19 Patterson 23,780 1.5%
20 Desert Hot Springs 32,510 2.3%
21 San Ramon 86,669 1.9%
22 Rocklin 71,801 2.3%
23 Hughson 7,494 1.2%
24 Emeryville 12,960 2.5%
25 Coachella 42,049 0.3%
26 Kerman 16,045 1.7%
27 Roseville 148,435 2.3%
28 California City 15,058 0.6%
29 Indio 89,243 1.6%
30 Wildomar 36,917 1.4%
31 Los Banos 45,419 2.4%
32 Clovis 120,674 2.4%
33 Newman 12,346 1.9%
34 San Marcos 94,973 1.3%
35 Oakley 43,483 2.1%
36 Fowler 6,750 1.9%
37 West Sacramento 53,631 1.0%
38 Manteca 83,948 2.3%
39 Bakersfield 403,401 1.5%
40 Tracy 93,590 1.2%
41 Wheatland 3,770 0.9%
42 Temecula 110,086 1.0%
43 Mendota 12,652 1.4%
44 Hesperia 100,200 1.1%
45 Chula Vista 276,466 1.3%
46 Riverbank 24,854 0.9%
47 Ripon 16,098 1.2%
48 Shafter 20,070 1.7%
49 La Quinta 37,654 0.0%
50 Madera 66,523 0.8%
51 Williams 5,575 0.8%
52 Hemet 89,830 1.3%
53 Folsom 79,475 1.0%
54 Tulare 69,197 1.6%
55 Arvin 19,498 0.1%
56 Rancho Cordova 79,790 2.1%
57 Visalia 141,828 1.3%
58 Greenfield 18,995 1.5%
59 Oakdale 23,186 1.2%
60 Santa Clarita 228,487 2.6%
61 Live Oak 9,147 0.9%
62 Moreno Valley 209,213 0.8%
63 Lancaster 172,862 1.0%
64 Carlsbad 115,073 0.9%
65 McFarland 14,169 1.1%
66 Guadalupe 8,139 1.4%
67 Palmdale 169,279 1.0%
68 Calimesa 10,170 2.6%
69 Gilroy 59,493 2.0%
70 Oroville 19,918 2.5%
71 Fontana 208,810 0.6%
72 Ceres 49,282 0.8%
73 Calexico 38,553 -0.0%
74 Santa Maria 109,904 1.0%
75 Sanger 26,626 0.9%
76 Apple Valley 75,929 0.9%
77 Hanford 58,006 0.7%
78 Dinuba 24,638 1.4%
79 Yuba City 69,952 0.7%
80 Atwater 31,800 1.2%
81 Lemoore 27,035 1.0%
82 Porterville 62,619 1.5%
83 Rancho Cucamonga 174,572 0.5%
84 Buellton 5,176 0.7%
85 San Juan Bautista 2,093 1.2%
86 Brisbane 4,839 1.2%
87 Livingston 14,168 0.8%
88 Pittsburg 76,600 1.9%
89 Brea 47,561 1.9%
90 Merced 86,515 0.9%
91 Hercules 26,025 0.8%
92 Morgan Hill 45,551 1.9%
93 Kingsburg 12,449 0.9%
94 Chico 102,177 1.7%
95 Gridley 7,363 1.1%
96 Yucaipa 54,605 0.6%
97 Orland 8,298 1.3%
98 Stockton 320,745 1.0%
99 Dos Palos 5,757 1.5%
100 Delano 51,864 -0.2%

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