Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2022 Census)

Rank City 2023 Pop (Est.) Growth Rate (Ann)
1 Beaumont 55,995 2.3%
2 Lincoln 52,825 2.9%
3 Lathrop 35,080 9.8%
4 Imperial 21,516 2.6%
5 Brentwood 64,836 0.3%
6 Menifee 110,378 3.4%
7 Lake Elsinore 72,783 1.7%
8 San Jacinto 55,447 1.3%
9 Vernon 211 -2.5%
10 Dublin 69,842 -1.7%
11 Perris 79,836 0.6%
12 American Canyon 21,611 -0.4%
13 Elk Grove 178,009 0.1%
14 Murrieta 112,076 0.3%
15 Irvine 312,820 1.0%
16 Victorville 137,430 1.0%
17 Rio Vista 10,023 -0.3%
18 Adelanto 37,976 0.2%
19 Patterson 24,744 2.0%
20 Desert Hot Springs 33,098 0.9%
21 Rocklin 73,155 0.9%
22 Kerman 16,894 2.6%
23 Roseville 155,940 2.5%
24 San Ramon 85,490 -0.7%
25 Hughson 7,572 0.5%
26 Coachella 42,904 1.0%
27 Los Banos 47,956 2.8%
28 Indio 91,672 1.4%
29 California City 15,180 0.4%
30 Emeryville 12,632 -1.3%
31 Clovis 124,873 1.7%
32 Manteca 88,669 2.8%
33 Wildomar 37,057 0.2%
34 Fowler 7,054 2.2%
35 Oakley 44,932 1.7%
36 West Sacramento 54,882 1.2%
37 Newman 12,261 -0.3%
38 Bakersfield 412,269 1.1%
39 San Marcos 93,895 -0.6%
40 Tracy 96,783 1.7%
41 Shafter 21,015 2.3%
42 Wheatland 3,820 0.7%
43 Temecula 110,860 0.4%
44 Greenfield 20,526 4.0%
45 Hesperia 100,489 0.1%
46 Mendota 12,546 -0.4%
47 Folsom 83,241 2.3%
48 Ripon 16,176 0.2%
49 Riverbank 24,835 -0.0%
50 Calimesa 11,113 4.5%
51 La Quinta 38,521 1.1%
52 Chula Vista 274,823 -0.3%
53 Madera 67,594 0.8%
54 Tulare 70,718 1.1%
55 Hemet 91,288 0.8%
56 Rancho Cordova 81,618 1.1%
57 Guadalupe 8,569 2.6%
58 Williams 5,585 0.1%
59 Visalia 143,714 0.7%
60 Live Oak 9,366 1.2%
61 Arvin 19,436 -0.2%
62 Moreno Valley 211,648 0.6%
63 Oakdale 23,174 -0.0%
64 Fontana 214,317 1.3%
65 Santa Clarita 227,123 -0.3%
66 McFarland 14,149 -0.1%
67 Carlsbad 114,275 -0.3%
68 Dinuba 25,578 1.9%
69 Merced 92,088 3.2%
70 Hanford 59,600 1.4%
71 Santa Maria 110,088 0.1%
72 Lancaster 167,815 -1.5%
73 Oroville 19,611 -0.8%
74 Calexico 38,311 -0.3%
75 Livingston 14,718 1.9%
76 Ceres 48,677 -0.6%
77 Sanger 26,451 -0.3%
78 Palmdale 162,975 -1.9%
79 Gilroy 57,759 -1.5%
80 Atwater 32,219 0.7%
81 Apple Valley 75,345 -0.4%
82 Porterville 62,836 0.2%
83 Lemoore 27,067 0.1%
84 San Juan Bautista 2,113 0.5%
85 Kingsburg 12,677 0.9%
86 Rancho Cucamonga 174,989 0.1%
87 Yuba City 69,223 -0.5%
88 Hercules 26,174 0.3%
89 Colfax 2,050 1.3%
90 Brea 47,272 -0.3%
91 Chino 93,055 0.9%
92 Pittsburg 75,528 -0.7%
93 Banning 31,220 2.8%
94 Chico 101,758 -0.2%
95 Buellton 5,051 -1.2%
96 Rancho Mirage 17,574 1.6%
97 Firebaugh 8,475 2.4%
98 Stockton 320,831 0.0%
99 Dos Palos 5,758 0.0%
100 Waterford 9,160 0.1%

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