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 |