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List of largest cities in California by population

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A beautiful view of the Los Angeles skyline and the San Gabriel Mountains.

This is a list of the biggest cities in California by how many people live there.

Here are the top cities:

RankCityPopulation
1[Los Angeles](/wiki/Los_Angeles)3,869,089
2[San Diego](/wiki/San_Diego)1,406,106
3[San Jose](/wiki/San_Jose)989,814
4[San Francisco](/wiki/San_Francisco)826,079
5[Fresno](/wiki/Fresno)555,549
6[Sacramento](/wiki/Sacramento)536,449
7[Long Beach](/wiki/Long_Beach)450,469
8[Oakland](/wiki/Oakland)440,838
9[Bakersfield](/wiki/Bakersfield)422,165
10[Anaheim](/wiki/Anaheim)341,008
11[Stockton](/wiki/Stockton)324,597
12[Riverside](/wiki/Riverside)323,057
13[Irvine](/wiki/Irvine)318,764
14[Santa Ana](/wiki/Santa_Ana)315,586
15[Chula Vista](/wiki/Chula_Vista)275,533
16[Santa Clarita](/wiki/Santa_Clarita)228,430
17[Fremont](/wiki/Fremont)226,442
18[San Bernardino](/wiki/San_Bernardino)222,044
19[Fontana](/wiki/Fontana)221,223
20[Modesto](/wiki/Modesto)219,652
21[Moreno Valley](/wiki/Moreno_Valley)214,263
22[Oxnard](/wiki/Oxnard)199,651
23[Huntington Beach](/wiki/Huntington_Beach)191,451
24[Glendale](/wiki/Glendale)187,160
25[Ontario](/wiki/Ontario)187,013
26[Elk Grove](/wiki/Elk_Grove)185,007
27[Santa Rosa](/wiki/Santa_Rosa)179,437
28[Rancho Cucamonga](/wiki/Rancho_Cucamonga)177,856
29[Oceanside](/wiki/Oceanside)170,483
30[Garden Grove](/wiki/Garden_Grove)170,455
31[Lancaster](/wiki/Lancaster)170,084
32[Roseville](/wiki/Roseville)167,302
33[Palmdale](/wiki/Palmdale)161,845
34[Corona](/wiki/Corona)161,734
35[Salinas](/wiki/Salinas)159,134
36[Hayward](/wiki/Hayward)157,113
37[Sunnyvale](/wiki/Sunnyvale)156,577
38[Pomona](/wiki/Pomona)147,807
39[Visalia](/wiki/Visalia)146,541
40[Escondido](/wiki/Escondido)146,030
41[Victorville](/wiki/Victorville)141,395
42[Fullerton](/wiki/Fullerton)138,675
43[Torrance](/wiki/Torrance)138,391
44[Orange](/wiki/Orange)138,365
45[Pasadena](/wiki/Pasadena)135,804
46[Santa Clara](/wiki/Santa_Clara)133,446
47[Clovis](/wiki/Clovis)129,347
48[Simi Valley](/wiki/Simi_Valley)124,861
49[Vallejo](/wiki/Vallejo)123,287
50[Concord](/wiki/Concord)123,261
51[Fairfield](/wiki/Fairfield)122,489
52[Thousand Oaks](/wiki/Thousand_Oaks)122,230
53[Berkeley](/wiki/Berkeley)121,911
54[Antioch](/wiki/Antioch)118,958
55[Menifee](/wiki/Menifee)118,592
56[Temecula](/wiki/Temecula)114,865
57[Richmond](/wiki/Richmond)114,861
58[Murrieta](/wiki/Murrieta)114,124
59[Carlsbad](/wiki/Carlsbad)112,260
60[Santa Maria](/wiki/Santa_Maria)111,390
61[Ventura](/wiki/Ventura)109,914
62[Costa Mesa](/wiki/Costa_Mesa)108,881
63[Downey](/wiki/Downey)108,468
64[Jurupa Valley](/wiki/Jurupa_Valley)107,311
65[Rialto](/wiki/Rialto)106,554
66[West Covina](/wiki/West_Covina)105,301
67[Chico](/wiki/Chico)105,081
68[El Monte](/wiki/El_Monte)105,075
69[Vacaville](/wiki/Vacaville)103,850
70[San Mateo](/wiki/San_Mateo)103,337
71[Burbank](/wiki/Burbank)102,988
72[Hesperia](/wiki/Hesperia)102,605
73[Tracy](/wiki/Tracy)101,901
74[El Cajon](/wiki/El_Cajon)101,755
75[Inglewood](/wiki/Inglewood)101,662
76[Daly City](/wiki/Daly_City)101,261
77[Merced](/wiki/Merced)99,724
78[Vista](/wiki/Vista)98,274
79[Norwalk](/wiki/Norwalk)97,104
80[Chino](/wiki/Chino)96,957
81[Manteca](/wiki/Manteca)96,693
82[San Marcos](/wiki/San_Marcos)94,908
83[Indio](/wiki/Indio)94,269
84[Redding](/wiki/Redding)94,092
85[Hemet](/wiki/Hemet)93,649
86[Folsom](/wiki/Folsom)91,983
87[Carson](/wiki/Carson)90,808
88[Compton](/wiki/Compton)90,500
89[Mission Viejo](/wiki/Mission_Viejo)90,484
90[Santa Monica](/wiki/Santa_Monica)90,082
91[South Gate](/wiki/South_Gate)90,071
92[Westminster](/wiki/Westminster)88,966
93[Rancho Cordova](/wiki/Rancho_Cordova)87,554
94[Santa Barbara](/wiki/Santa_Barbara)86,422
95[Citrus Heights](/wiki/Citrus_Heights)86,348
96[Lake Forest](/wiki/Lake_Forest)86,333
97[San Ramon](/wiki/San_Ramon)86,209
98[Whittier](/wiki/Whittier)85,815
99[Mountain View](/wiki/Mountain_View)85,438
100[San Leandro](/wiki/San_Leandro)85,353

Images

A nighttime view of downtown San Jose, California, showcasing its city skyline.
Colorful historic houses in Alamo Square Park, San Francisco
A view of downtown Fresno's skyline from Chukchansi Park, showcasing the city's buildings and urban landscape.
A beautiful view of the Sacramento skyline from the river.
A beautiful view of Oakland, California, showing its skyline and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
A beautiful castle covered in colorful blossoms at Disneyland.
The Hotel Stockton, a historic building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A historic view of the Mission Inn Hotel in California, showcasing its beautiful balconies and architecture.
A bird's-eye view of downtown Irvine, California, showing city streets and buildings from above.
A beautiful city skyline view from MacArthur Place.
A scenic view of the Chula Vista Bayfront on San Diego Bay, featuring a breakwater structure and waterfront.

Related articles

California
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Ontario

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