Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2022 Census)

Rank	City	2023 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
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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