Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2021 Census)

Rank	City	2022 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
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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