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California: cities and towns by population

The largest of California's 1,132 recorded places, ranked by population — 36,492,551 people across the state's towns and cities.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Population
1	Los Angeles	3,820,914
2	San Diego	1,404,452
3	San Jose	997,368
4	San Francisco	827,526
5	Fresno	542,107
6	Sacramento	524,943
7	Long Beach	474,140
8	Oakland	419,267
9	Bakersfield	373,640
10	Anaheim	350,742
11	Riverside	317,261
12	Santa Ana	310,227
13	Stockton	305,658
14	Chula Vista	265,757
15	Irvine	256,927
16	Fremont	232,206
17	San Bernardino	216,108
18	Fontana	212,704
19	Modesto	211,266
20	Oxnard	207,254
21	Moreno Valley	204,198
22	Huntington Beach	201,899
23	Glendale	201,020
24	Santa Clarita	182,371
25	Santa Rosa	178,127
26	Oceanside	175,691
27	Garden Grove	175,393
28	Rancho Cucamonga	175,236
29	Ontario	171,214
30	Elk Grove	166,913
31	Corona	164,226
32	Lancaster	161,103
33	Palmdale	158,351
34	Hayward	158,289
35	Salinas	157,380
36	Sunnyvale	155,805
37	Pomona	153,266
38	Escondido	151,038
39	Valencia	148,456
40	Torrance	143,592
41	Pasadena	142,250
42	Orange	140,992
43	Fullerton	140,847
44	Roseville	130,269
45	Visalia	130,104
46	Thousand Oaks	129,339
47	Concord	128,667
48	Simi Valley	126,788
49	East Los Angeles	126,496
50	Santa Clara	126,215
51	Victorville	122,225
52	Vallejo	121,692
53	Chico	121,345
54	Berkeley	120,972
55	El Monte	116,732
56	Carlsbad	114,746
57	Downey	114,219
58	Costa Mesa	113,204
59	Fairfield	112,970
60	Inglewood	111,666
61	Antioch	110,542
62	Temecula	110,003
63	Murrieta	109,830
64	Richmond	109,708
65	West Covina	108,484
66	Norwalk	107,140
67	Daly City	106,562
68	Burbank	105,319
69	Santa Maria	105,093
70	Clovis	104,180
71	El Cajon	103,679
72	San Mateo	103,536
73	Rialto	103,132
74	Vista	100,890
75	Compton	98,462
76	Mission Viejo	97,156
77	Vacaville	96,803
78	Ventura	96,769
79	South Gate	96,401
80	Hesperia	93,295
81	Carson	93,281
82	Santa Monica	93,220
83	San Marcos	92,931
84	Arden-Arcade	92,186
85	Westminster	92,114
86	Santa Barbara	91,842
87	Redding	91,582
88	San Leandro	90,712
89	Hawthorne	88,451
90	Livermore	88,126
91	Indio	87,533
92	Whittier	87,438
93	Menifee	87,174
94	Newport Beach	87,127
95	Tracy	87,075
96	Citrus Heights	87,056
97	Chino	85,595
98	Alhambra	85,551
99	Redwood City	85,288
100	Hemet	83,861
101	Buena Park	83,270
102	Lake Forest	82,492
103	Merced	82,436
104	Lakewood	81,611
105	Tustin	80,583
106	Mountain View	80,435
107	Napa	80,434
108	Pleasanton	79,510
109	Alameda	78,630
110	Bellflower	78,441
111	Chino Hills	78,309
112	Milpitas	77,604
113	Baldwin Park	77,071
114	Upland	76,443
115	Folsom	76,375
116	San Ramon	76,134
117	Manteca	75,448
118	Perris	74,971
119	Union City	74,494
120	Turlock	72,292
121	Apple Valley	72,174
122	Lynwood	71,989
123	Redlands	71,035
124	Rancho Cordova	71,017
125	Pittsburg	69,424
126	Walnut Creek	68,910
127	Redondo Beach	68,166
128	Yorba Linda	67,973
129	Davis	67,666
130	Camarillo	67,608
131	South San Francisco	67,271
132	Yuba City	66,941
133	Palo Alto	66,853
134	Laguna Niguel	65,806
135	San Clemente	65,526
136	Lodi	64,596
137	Santa Cruz	64,220
138	Pico Rivera	64,218
139	Madera	64,208
140	Montebello	63,921
141	Florence-Graham	63,387
142	Encinitas	62,930
143	Tulare	62,315
144	La Habra	62,131
145	Lake Elsinore	61,981
146	Carmichael	61,762
147	Monterey Park	61,468
148	Castro Valley	61,388
149	Rocklin	61,213
150	National City	61,060
151	Cupertino	60,572
152	Gardena	60,447
153	Petaluma	60,438
154	La Mesa	60,089
155	Huntington Park	59,430
156	San Rafael	59,162
157	Eastvale	59,039
158	Brentwood	58,968
159	Woodland	58,567
160	Arcadia	58,408
161	Santee	57,787
162	Dublin	57,721
163	South Whittier	57,156
164	Fountain Valley	56,987
165	Diamond Bar	56,897
166	Porterville	56,058
167	Hanford	55,659
168	Novato	55,530
169	Paramount	55,412
170	Rosemead	54,908
171	Highland	54,854
172	Colton	54,621
173	Hacienda Heights	54,038
174	Cathedral City	53,826
175	Watsonville	53,628
176	Yucaipa	53,328
177	Gilroy	53,231
178	Delano	52,733
179	West Sacramento	52,721
180	Placentia	52,495
181	Glendora	52,009
182	Palm Desert	51,869
183	Aliso Viejo	50,195
184	Poway	50,157
185	Cerritos	49,975
186	Lincoln	49,757
187	Azusa	49,690
188	La Mirada	49,520
189	Rancho Santa Margarita	49,324
190	Cypress	49,290
191	Rowland Heights	48,993
192	Covina	48,984
193	Ceres	47,963
194	Florin	47,513
195	Palm Springs	47,371
196	San Luis Obispo	47,339
197	San Jacinto	46,951
198	Antelope	45,770
199	Newark	45,336
200	Coachella	44,635

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