Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2021 Census)

Rank City 2022 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 Beaumont 55,280 3.2%
2 Lincoln 50,649 1.6%
3 Lathrop 30,659 5.3%
4 Imperial 21,017 2.9%
5 Brentwood 64,870 0.6%
6 Menifee 106,401 3.1%
7 Lake Elsinore 71,563 1.6%
8 Vernon 217 -2.3%
9 Dublin 71,674 -0.9%
10 San Jacinto 55,290 2.2%
11 Perris 79,835 1.2%
12 Elk Grove 178,997 0.8%
13 Murrieta 112,991 1.5%
14 American Canyon 21,605 -0.9%
15 Rio Vista 10,217 1.3%
16 Irvine 309,031 0.9%
17 Victorville 135,950 0.9%
18 Adelanto 38,118 0.7%
19 Desert Hot Springs 32,716 0.6%
20 Patterson 23,808 0.1%
21 Rocklin 72,975 1.6%
22 San Ramon 86,947 0.3%
23 Hughson 7,518 0.3%
24 Roseville 151,901 2.3%
25 Coachella 42,554 1.2%
26 Kerman 16,174 0.8%
27 Emeryville 12,870 -0.7%
28 California City 15,098 0.3%
29 Indio 90,416 1.3%
30 Wildomar 37,189 0.7%
31 Los Banos 46,398 2.2%
32 Clovis 122,989 1.9%
33 Fowler 6,934 2.7%
34 Newman 12,328 -0.1%
35 Manteca 85,792 2.2%
36 San Marcos 94,926 -0.0%
37 Oakley 43,771 0.7%
38 West Sacramento 53,637 0.0%
39 Bakersfield 407,615 1.0%
40 Tracy 95,387 1.9%
41 Shafter 20,678 3.0%
42 Temecula 110,846 0.7%
43 Wheatland 3,787 0.5%
44 Mendota 12,735 0.7%
45 Ripon 16,440 2.1%
46 Hesperia 100,971 0.8%
47 Chula Vista 277,220 0.3%
48 Riverbank 24,844 -0.0%
49 Madera 67,944 2.1%
50 La Quinta 38,181 1.4%
51 Tulare 70,733 2.2%
52 Folsom 81,224 2.2%
53 Calimesa 10,893 7.1%
54 Williams 5,615 0.7%
55 Hemet 90,436 0.7%
56 Arvin 19,669 0.9%
57 Guadalupe 8,546 5.0%
58 Rancho Cordova 80,413 0.8%
59 Visalia 142,978 0.8%
60 Live Oak 9,285 1.5%
61 Greenfield 19,076 0.4%
62 Moreno Valley 211,600 1.1%
63 Oakdale 23,235 0.2%
64 McFarland 14,459 2.0%
65 Carlsbad 115,302 0.2%
66 Santa Clarita 224,593 -1.7%
67 Fontana 210,761 0.9%
68 Lancaster 170,150 -1.6%
69 Oroville 19,893 -0.1%
70 Ceres 49,282
71 Palmdale 165,761 -2.1%
72 Calexico 38,534 -0.0%
73 Dinuba 25,139 2.0%
74 Santa Maria 109,711 -0.2%
75 Sanger 26,716 0.3%
76 Apple Valley 76,224 0.4%
77 Hanford 58,496 0.8%
78 Gilroy 58,101 -2.3%
79 Merced 89,308 3.2%
80 San Juan Bautista 2,143 2.4%
81 Livingston 14,528 2.5%
82 Lemoore 27,259 0.8%
83 Atwater 31,978 0.6%
84 Porterville 62,742 0.2%
85 Yuba City 69,536 -0.6%
86 Rancho Cucamonga 175,142 0.3%
87 Kingsburg 12,662 1.7%
88 Buellton 5,164 -0.2%
89 Brea 47,589 0.1%
90 Pittsburg 76,544 -0.1%
91 Hercules 26,091 0.3%
92 Colma 1,577 2.2%
93 Morgan Hill 45,342 -0.5%
94 Chino 92,975 1.8%
95 Chico 102,338 0.2%
96 Yucaipa 54,739 0.2%
97 Gridley 7,356 -0.1%
98 Wasco 28,173 2.4%
99 Colfax 2,018 1.1%
100 Stockton 322,120 0.4%

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