CALIFORNIA LARGEST CITIES POPULATION INFORMATION
California contains 59
incorporated cities with populations over 100,000. The largest city
in California is Los Angeles, with a population of approximately 4 million people. Its
size overshadows the next largest city, San Diego, by three times! San Jose
ranks as the third largest city with nearly 1 million people. It overtook San
Francisco in size nearly a decade ago when San Jose's Silicon Valley became a
phenomenon. San Jose had room to grow when San Francisco did not. Fairly
close in population size are 5th, 6th and 7th ranking Long Beach, Fresno, and
Sacramento. Oakland, San Ana and Anaheim come in 8th, 9th and 10th in
population in California. This state data is from 2002 so some rankings may have changed.
California:
Counties - Facts -
Landmarks -
Population -
Temperatures
& Rainfall
| Rank: |
City |
Population |
County
Population
|
County
Info |
| 1 |
Los Angeles |
3,957,875 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 2 |
San Diego |
1,305,736 |
San Diego |
|
| 3 |
San Jose |
944,857 |
Santa Clara |
|
| 4 |
San Francisco |
799,263 |
San Francisco |
|
| 5 |
Long Beach |
491,564 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 6 |
Fresno |
464,727 |
Fresno |
|
| 7 |
Sacramento |
452,959 |
Sacramento |
|
| 8 |
Oakland |
412,318 |
Alameda |
|
| 9 |
Santa Ana |
351,697 |
Orange |
Orange |
| 10 |
Anaheim |
345,317 |
Orange |
|
| 11 |
Bakersfield |
307,471 |
Kern |
|
| 12 |
Riverside |
285,537 |
Riverside |
|
| 13 |
Stockton |
279,800 |
San Joaquin |
|
| 14 |
Chula Vista |
217,543 |
San Diego |
|
| 15 |
Fremont |
210,445 |
Alameda |
|
| 16 |
Modesto |
207,634 |
Stanislaus |
|
| 17 |
Glendale |
207,007 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 18 |
Huntington Beach |
200,763 |
Orange |
|
| 19 |
San Bernardino |
199,803 |
San Bernardino |
|
| 20 |
Oxnard |
188,059 |
Ventura |
|
| 21 |
Irvine |
180,803 |
Orange |
|
| 22 |
Oceanside |
175,085 |
San Diego |
|
| 23 |
Garden Grove |
172,042 |
Orange |
|
| 24 |
Ontario |
170,373 |
San Bernardino |
|
| 25 |
Santa Clarita |
167,954 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 26 |
Moreno Valley |
165,328 |
Riverside |
|
| 27 |
Rancho Cucamonga |
161,830 |
San Bernardino |
|
| 28 |
Fontana |
160,015 |
San Bernardino |
|
| 29 |
Salinas |
153,386 |
Monterey |
|
| 30 |
Pomona |
149,473 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 31 |
Santa Rosa |
147,595 |
Sonoma |
|
| 32 |
Corona |
144,070 |
Riverside |
|
| 33 |
Palmdale |
143,227 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 34 |
Escondido |
141,350 |
San Diego |
|
| 35 |
Hayward |
140,030 |
Alameda |
|
| 36 |
Torrance |
137,946 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 37 |
Orange |
137,751 |
Orange |
|
| 38 |
Pasadena |
133,936 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 39 |
Lancaster |
133,709 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 40 |
Sunnyvale |
131,760 |
Santa Clara |
|
| 41 |
Thousand Oaks |
126,081 |
Ventura |
|
| 42 |
Fullerton |
126,003 |
Orange |
|
| 43 |
El Monte |
125,832 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 44 |
Concord |
121,780 |
Contra Costa |
|
| 45 |
Vallejo |
116,760 |
Solano |
|
| 46 |
Inglewood |
112,580 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 47 |
Simi Valley |
111,351 |
Ventura |
|
| 48 |
Costa Mesa |
108,724 |
Orange |
|
| 49 |
West Covina |
107,694 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 50 |
Visalia |
107,550 |
Tulare |
|
| 51 |
Downey |
107,323 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 52 |
Burbank |
105,400 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 53 |
Daly City |
103,621 |
San Mateo |
|
| 54 |
Norwalk |
103,298 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 55 |
Berkeley |
102,743 |
Alameda |
|
| 56 |
Richmond |
102,553 |
Contra Costa |
|
| 57 |
Santa Clara |
102,361 |
Santa Clara |
|
| 58 |
Fairfield |
101,935 |
Solano |
|
| 59 |
San Buenaventura
(Ventura) |
100,916 |
Ventura |
|
| 60 |
South Gate |
96,375 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 61 |
El Cajon |
94,869 |
San Diego |
|
| 62 |
Compton |
93,493 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 63 |
Mission Viejo |
93,102 |
Orange |
|
| 64 |
San Mateo |
92,482 |
San Mateo |
|
| 65 |
Santa Barbara |
92,325 |
Santa Barbara |
|
| 66 |
Rialto |
91,873 |
San Bernardino |
|
| 67 |
Antioch |
90,532 |
Contra Costa |
|
| 68 |
Vista |
89,857 |
San Diego |
|
| 69 |
Carson |
89,730 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 70 |
Vacaville |
88,625 |
Solano |
|
| 71 |
Westminster |
88,207 |
Orange |
|
| 72 |
Alhambra |
85,804 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 73 |
Citrus Heights |
85,071 |
Sacramento |
|
| 74 |
Santa Monica |
84,084 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 75 |
Whittier |
83,680 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 76 |
Redding |
80,865 |
Shasta |
|
| 77 |
Roseville |
79,921 |
Placer |
|
| 78 |
Tracy |
79,800 |
San Joaquin |
|
| 79 |
Lakewood |
79,345 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 80 |
Buena Park |
78,282 |
Orange |
|
| 81 |
Carlsbad |
78,247 |
San Diego |
|
| 82 |
Santa Maria |
77,423 |
Santa Barbara |
|
| 83 |
Baldwin Park |
75,837 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 84 |
Redwood City |
75,402 |
San Mateo |
|
| 85 |
Livermore |
73,345 |
Alameda |
|
| 86 |
Bellflower |
72,878 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 87 |
Napa |
72,585 |
Napa |
|
| 88 |
Alameda |
72,259 |
Alameda |
|
| 89 |
Mountain View |
70,708 |
Santa Clara |
|
| 90 |
Newport Beach |
70,032 |
Orange |
|
| 91 |
Lynwood |
69,845 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 92 |
Clovis |
68,468 |
Fresno |
|
| 93 |
Upland |
68,393 |
San Bernardino |
|
| 94 |
Tustin |
67,504 |
Orange |
|
| 95 |
Chino |
67,168 |
San Bernardino |
|
| 96 |
Union City |
66,869 |
Alameda |
|
| 97 |
Walnut Creek |
64,296 |
Contra Costa |
|
| 98 |
Victorville |
64,029 |
San Bernardino |
|
| 99 |
Merced |
63,893 |
Merced |
|
| 100 |
Pleasanton |
63,654 |
Alameda |
|
| 101 |
Redlands |
63,591 |
San Bernardino |
|
| 102 |
Pico Rivera |
63,428 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 103 |
Redondo Beach |
63,261 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 104 |
Milpitas |
62,698 |
Santa Clara |
|
| 105 |
Hesperia |
62,582 |
San Bernardino |
|
| 106 |
Montebello |
62,150 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 107 |
Laguna Niguel |
61,981 |
Orange |
|
| 108 |
Huntington Park |
61,348 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 109 |
South San Francisco |
60,552 |
San Mateo |
|
| 110 |
Davis |
60,308 |
Yolo |
|
| 111 |
Monterey Park |
60,051 |
Los Angeles |
|
| 112 |
Elk Grove |
59,984 |
Sacramento |
|
| 113 |
Chico |
59,954 |
Butte |
|
| 114 |
La Habra |
58,974 |
Orange |
|
| 115 |
Yorba Linda |
58,918 |
Orange |
|
| 116 |
Hemet |
58,812 |
Riverside |
|
| 117 |
Lake Forest |
58,707 |
Orange |
|
| 118 |
Palo Alto |
58,598 |
Santa Clara |
|
| 119 |
Encinitas |
58,014 |
San Diego |
|
