Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2022 Census)

Rank	City	2023 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,822,782	-0.9%
2	San Diego	1,387,378	0.1%
3	San Jose	972,082	-1.9%
4	San Francisco	807,774	-3.6%
5	Fresno	545,253	0.3%
6	Sacramento	525,297	0.2%
7	Long Beach	452,931	-1.3%
8	Oakland	434,568	-0.5%
9	Bakersfield	412,269	1.1%
10	Anaheim	342,777	-0.6%
11	Stockton	320,831	0.0%
12	Riverside	318,991	0.7%
13	Irvine	312,820	1.0%
14	Santa Ana	310,648	0.1%
15	Chula Vista	274,823	-0.3%
16	Santa Clarita	227,123	-0.3%
17	Fremont	226,305	-1.2%
18	San Bernardino	221,111	-0.2%
19	Modesto	218,344	-0.0%
20	Fontana	214,317	1.3%
21	Moreno Valley	211,648	0.6%
22	Oxnard	200,193	-0.5%
23	Huntington Beach	194,195	-1.1%
24	Glendale	189,175	-1.8%
25	Ontario	180,500	1.3%
26	Elk Grove	178,009	0.1%
27	Santa Rosa	176,078	-0.5%
28	Rancho Cucamonga	174,989	0.1%
29	Oceanside	171,408	-0.8%
30	Garden Grove	169,398	-0.7%
31	Lancaster	167,815	-1.5%
32	Palmdale	162,975	-1.9%
33	Salinas	160,720	-0.8%
34	Corona	159,803	0.7%
35	Hayward	156,371	-2.1%
36	Roseville	155,940	2.5%
37	Sunnyvale	151,682	-1.3%
38	Escondido	149,034	-0.7%
39	Pomona	146,333	-1.6%
40	Visalia	143,714	0.7%
41	Torrance	140,901	-2.0%
42	Fullerton	140,390	-1.0%
43	Orange	138,003	-0.2%
44	Victorville	137,430	1.0%
45	Pasadena	134,492	-1.3%
46	Santa Clara	128,859	0.6%
47	Clovis	124,873	1.7%
48	Simi Valley	124,849	-0.6%
49	Thousand Oaks	124,529	-0.8%
50	Vallejo	123,686	-0.9%
51	Concord	123,112	-0.8%
52	Fairfield	119,957	0.1%
53	Berkeley	118,715	-0.3%
54	Antioch	115,780	0.2%
55	Richmond	114,944	-0.6%
56	Carlsbad	114,275	-0.3%
57	Murrieta	112,076	0.3%
58	Temecula	110,860	0.4%
59	Menifee	110,378	3.4%
60	Santa Maria	110,088	0.1%
61	Downey	109,932	-1.9%
62	Costa Mesa	109,548	-1.0%
63	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	108,900	-0.7%
64	Jurupa Valley	107,113	0.9%
65	West Covina	105,703	-1.7%
66	El Monte	105,052	-1.9%
67	El Cajon	104,042	-1.0%
68	Rialto	103,853	-0.2%
69	Inglewood	103,847	-1.7%
70	Burbank	103,507	-1.8%
71	Vacaville	101,956	-0.3%
72	Chico	101,758	-0.2%
73	San Mateo	101,567	-1.8%
74	Hesperia	100,489	0.1%
75	Daly City	100,329	-2.0%
76	Norwalk	99,079	-1.7%
77	Vista	98,881	0.2%
78	Tracy	96,783	1.7%
79	San Marcos	93,895	-0.6%
80	Chino	93,055	0.9%
81	Redding	92,959	-0.2%
82	Carson	92,113	-1.6%
83	Merced	92,088	3.2%
84	Compton	91,829	-2.0%
85	Indio	91,672	1.4%
86	Mission Viejo	91,515	-1.1%
87	Hemet	91,288	0.8%
88	South Gate	91,055	-0.9%
89	Santa Monica	90,216	-1.4%
90	Westminster	89,497	-0.8%
91	Manteca	88,669	2.8%
92	Santa Barbara	87,316	-0.8%
93	Citrus Heights	86,527	-0.8%
94	San Leandro	86,521	-2.7%
95	Lake Forest	85,923	-0.0%
96	San Ramon	85,490	-0.7%
97	Whittier	84,940	-1.2%
98	Hawthorne	84,433	-2.0%
99	Livermore	84,111	-2.5%
100	Newport Beach	83,446	-1.1%

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