Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2020 Census)

Rank	City	2020 Population	Growth Rate (Annual)
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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