Top 100 Biggest Cities in California

Top 100 Biggest Cities in California | 2023 Population Data

Top 100 Biggest Cities In California

Rank	City	2022 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,849,297	-1.0%
2	San Diego	1,381,611	-0.3%
3	San Jose	983,489	-2.7%
4	San Francisco	815,201	-6.3%
5	Fresno	544,510	0.4%
6	Sacramento	525,041	0.3%
7	Long Beach	456,062	-1.9%
8	Oakland	433,823	-1.3%
9	Bakersfield	407,615	1.0%
10	Anaheim	345,940	-0.3%
11	Stockton	322,120	0.4%
12	Riverside	317,261	0.8%
13	Santa Ana	309,441	-0.1%
14	Irvine	309,031	0.9%
15	Chula Vista	277,220	0.3%
16	Fremont	227,514	-1.8%
17	Santa Clarita	224,593	-1.7%
18	San Bernardino	222,203	0.2%
19	Modesto	218,771	0.1%
20	Moreno Valley	211,600	1.1%
21	Fontana	210,761	0.9%
22	Oxnard	201,879	-0.2%
23	Huntington Beach	196,652	-1.0%
24	Glendale	192,366	-2.0%
25	Elk Grove	178,997	0.8%
26	Ontario	177,963	1.1%
27	Santa Rosa	176,938	-0.5%
28	Rancho Cucamonga	175,142	0.3%
29	Oceanside	172,982	-0.7%
30	Garden Grove	170,488	-0.8%
31	Lancaster	170,150	-1.6%
32	Palmdale	165,761	-2.1%
33	Salinas	162,791	-0.4%
34	Hayward	159,827	-2.1%
35	Corona	159,743	1.4%
36	Sunnyvale	152,258	-2.3%
37	Roseville	151,901	2.3%
38	Escondido	150,665	-0.4%
39	Pomona	148,338	-1.8%
40	Torrance	143,600	-2.2%
41	Visalia	142,978	0.8%
42	Fullerton	141,874	-0.9%
43	Orange	137,264	-1.0%
44	Victorville	135,950	0.9%
45	Pasadena	135,732	-1.8%
46	Santa Clara	127,151	-0.2%
47	Simi Valley	125,975	-0.3%
48	Thousand Oaks	125,754	-0.7%
49	Vallejo	124,886	-0.8%
50	Concord	124,074	-0.9%
51	Clovis	122,989	1.9%
52	Fairfield	119,705	-0.1%
53	Berkeley	117,145	-1.9%
54	Richmond	115,639	-0.5%
55	Carlsbad	115,302	0.2%
56	Antioch	114,794	-0.4%
57	Murrieta	112,991	1.5%
58	Downey	111,645	-2.2%
59	Temecula	110,846	0.7%
60	Costa Mesa	110,750	-0.9%
61	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	109,925	-0.4%
62	Santa Maria	109,711	-0.2%
63	West Covina	107,017	-2.1%
64	Jurupa Valley	106,941	1.6%
65	El Monte	106,907	-2.1%
66	Menifee	106,401	3.1%
67	El Cajon	105,432	-0.7%
68	Burbank	105,401	-1.8%
69	Inglewood	105,181	-2.2%
70	Rialto	104,394	0.2%
71	Vacaville	103,078	0.4%
72	Chico	102,338	0.2%
73	San Mateo	102,200	-3.0%
74	Daly City	101,243	-3.2%
75	Hesperia	100,971	0.8%
76	Norwalk	100,373	-2.1%
77	Vista	98,655	0.1%
78	Tracy	95,387	1.9%
79	San Marcos	94,926	-0.0%
80	Compton	93,597	-2.1%
81	Carson	93,535	-1.6%
82	Redding	93,462	0.1%
83	Chino	92,975	1.8%
84	Mission Viejo	92,449	-1.2%
85	South Gate	91,154	-1.6%
86	Santa Monica	91,105	-1.7%
87	Hemet	90,436	0.7%
88	Indio	90,416	1.3%
89	Westminster	90,195	-0.8%
90	Merced	89,308	3.2%
91	San Leandro	88,868	-2.7%
92	Santa Barbara	88,255	-0.5%
93	Citrus Heights	87,402	-0.6%
94	San Ramon	86,947	0.3%
95	Livermore	86,803	-1.9%
96	Hawthorne	86,091	-2.1%
97	Manteca	85,792	2.2%
98	Lake Forest	85,742	-0.3%
99	Whittier	85,311	-2.0%
100	Newport Beach	84,792	-0.6%

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What is the largest city in California?

The largest city in California is Los Angeles, with a population of 3,849,297. Los Angeles is the 2nd largest city in the US. The second largest city is San Diego, with a population of 1,381,611, and is the 8th largest city in the US.

What are the major cities in California?

The major cities in California are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Oakland, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Stockton, Riverside, Santa Ana, Irvine, Chula Vista, Fremont, Santa Clarita, San Bernardino, Modesto, Moreno Valley, Fontana and Oxnard. There are 22 major cities in California, which are cities with a population greater than 200,000.

What is the capital of California?

The capital of California is Sacramento, whose most recent population was 525,041. Sacramento is the 6th largest city in the state of California.

What is the fastest growing city in California?

Among the 100 largest cities in California, the fastest growing city is Menifee, whose population has grown 148.7% since the year 2000.

What is the fastest shrinking city in California?

Among the 100 largest cities in California, the fastest shrinking city is Santa Ana, whose population has declined 8.5% since the year 2000. Santa Ana's peak populuation was 340,338 in the year 2009, and it's current population of 309,441 represents a 9.1% decline from it's peak. Santa Ana was once the 55th largest city in the US, but it's now the 62nd largest.