California Cities by Population

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Below are the 1,571 California cities sorted by population from largest to smallest. The population data are from the 2021 American Community Survey. You can copy and paste this list directly into your favorite spreadsheet program. Don't you just adore lovely numbers listed nicely in columns & rows? We do!

Rank	City	Population
1	Los Angeles	3,902,440
2	San Diego	1,385,398
3	San Jose	1,013,337
4	San Francisco	865,933
5	Fresno	538,678
6	Sacramento	518,605
7	Long Beach	466,565
8	Oakland	437,548
9	Bakersfield	398,756
10	Anaheim	348,204
11	Stockton	317,818
12	Riverside	314,858
13	Santa Ana	313,818
14	Irvine	297,868
15	Chula Vista	274,818
16	Fremont	231,502
17	Santa Clarita	227,182
18	San Bernardino	220,821
19	Modesto	217,728
20	Moreno Valley	208,371
21	Fontana	208,087
22	Oxnard	202,981
23	Huntington Beach	198,735
24	Glendale	196,512
25	Santa Rosa	179,213
26	Elk Grove	175,510
27	Ontario	175,223
28	Oceanside	174,461
29	Rancho Cucamonga	173,946
30	Garden Grove	172,708
31	Lancaster	171,820
32	Palmdale	167,987
33	Salinas	163,004
34	Hayward	162,254
35	Corona	157,844
36	Sunnyvale	155,550
37	Pomona	151,592
38	Escondido	151,443
39	Torrance	147,156
40	Roseville	145,687
41	Fullerton	142,964
42	Visalia	140,109
43	Orange	139,195
44	Pasadena	138,771
45	Victorville	132,924
46	Santa Clara	127,922
47	Thousand Oaks	127,274
48	Simi Valley	126,809
49	Concord	125,769
50	Vallejo	125,350
51	Berkeley	119,607
52	East Los Angeles	118,964
53	Fairfield	118,932
54	Clovis	118,488
55	Richmond	115,677
56	Carlsbad	114,858
57	Antioch	114,750
58	Downey	114,293
59	Costa Mesa	112,148
60	Murrieta	111,096
61	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	110,572
62	El Monte	110,144
63	West Covina	109,396
64	Temecula	109,376
65	Santa Maria	109,309
66	Inglewood	108,206
67	Burbank city	107,364
68	El Cajon	106,043
69	San Mateo	105,087
70	Daly City	104,914
71	Jurupa Valley	104,684
72	Chico	103,898
73	Rialto	103,799
74	Norwalk	103,330
75	Vacaville	102,256
76	Menifee	101,089
77	Hesperia	99,287
78	Vista	98,651
79	Compton	96,083
80	Arden-Arcade	95,909
81	Carson	95,104
82	San Marcos	94,313
83	Mission Viejo	93,932
84	South Gate	93,308
85	Redding	93,251
86	Santa Monica	92,828
87	Tracy	92,792
88	Westminster	91,267
89	San Leandro	91,176
90	Chino	90,279
91	Santa Barbara	89,132
92	Hemet	88,903
93	Indio	88,542
94	Livermore	88,403
95	Hawthorne	87,863
96	Citrus Heights	87,521
97	Whittier	87,184
98	Merced	85,993
99	Newport Beach	85,806
100	San Ramon	85,688
101	Lake Forest	85,516
102	Buena Park	83,974
103	Redwood City	83,905
104	Alhambra	83,174
105	Lakewood	82,419
106	Mountain View city	82,409
107	Manteca	82,408
108	Tustin	79,895
109	Napa	79,700
110	Milpitas	79,593
111	Pleasanton	79,558
112	Folsom	79,201
113	Bellflower	79,070
114	Upland	78,624
115	Rancho Cordova	78,358
116	Alameda	78,320
117	Chino Hills	78,229
118	Perris	78,106
119	Carmichael	77,358
120	Pittsburg	75,701
121	Apple Valley	75,311
122	Baldwin Park	72,813
123	Redlands	72,649
124	Turlock	72,494
125	Redondo Beach	70,998
126	Union City	70,828
127	Camarillo	70,593
128	Rocklin	70,317
129	Walnut Creek	69,876
130	Dublin	69,818
131	Yuba City	69,540
132	Lake Elsinore	68,822
133	Palo Alto	68,624
134	Eastvale	68,539
135	Tulare	68,395
136	Yorba Linda	68,319
137	Lynwood	67,497
138	Davis	67,208
139	South San Francisco	66,331
140	Castro Valley	66,324
141	Madera	66,173
142	Lodi	66,107
143	Laguna Niguel	64,608
144	San Clemente	64,600
145	Florence-Graham	64,109
146	Brentwood	63,618
147	La Habra	63,287
148	Montebello	62,828
149	Santa Cruz	62,714
150	Pico Rivera	62,383
151	Porterville	62,164
152	Encinitas	62,140
153	San Rafael	61,158
154	Monterey Park	61,153
155	La Mesa	61,040
156	Woodland	60,977
157	Gardena	60,917
158	Cupertino	60,681
159	Petaluma	60,050
160	Santee	59,679
161	Gilroy	58,802
162	South Whittier	58,800
163	Hanford	57,359
164	Fountain Valley	57,139
165	National City	56,846
166	Highland	56,733
167	Arcadia	56,697
168	Huntington Park	55,439
169	Diamond Bar	55,339
170	Hacienda Heights	54,841
171	Yucaipa	54,312
172	Paramount	53,904
173	Colton	53,894
174	West Sacramento	53,589
175	San Jacinto	53,299
176	Novato	53,214
177	Watsonville	52,966
178	Glendora	52,458
179	Delano	52,206
180	Beaumont	52,081
181	Placentia	51,951
182	Aliso Viejo	51,943
183	Cathedral City	51,836
184	Rosemead	51,698
185	Florin	51,568
186	Palm Desert	51,081
187	Covina	51,061
188	Cypress	50,279
189	Cerritos	49,630
190	Azusa	49,457
191	Lincoln	49,203
192	Ceres	49,132
193	Poway	49,005
194	Rowland Heights	48,765
195	El Dorado Hills	48,612
196	North Highlands	48,424
197	Antelope	48,421
198	Rancho Santa Margarita	48,190
199	La Mirada	47,957
200	Newark	47,815
201	San Luis Obispo	47,257
202	Brea	46,912
203	Morgan Hill	45,267
204	Palm Springs	44,799
205	Los Banos	44,421
206	Rohnert Park	44,420
207	El Centro	44,322
208	Lompoc	44,232
209	Campbell	43,954
210	San Bruno	43,775
211	Danville	43,673
212	Altadena	43,384
213	Oakley	42,996
214	Rancho Palos Verdes	42,316
215	Coachella	42,123
216	Vineyard	41,505
217	Hollister	41,077
218	Culver City	40,640
219	French Valley	40,188
220	Bell Gardens	39,870
221	San Gabriel	39,673
222	Calexico	38,798
223	Pacifica	38,595
224	La Presa	38,492
225	La Puente	38,447
226	Stanton	38,167
227	Monrovia	37,999
228	Montclair	37,871
229	La Quinta	37,846
230	Foothill Farms	37,432
231	Martinez	37,308
232	Adelanto	37,229
233	Temple City	36,526
234	Wildomar	36,511
235	Claremont	36,312
236	Moorpark	36,201
237	Westmont	35,913
238	Orangevale	35,729
239	West Hollywood	35,678
240	Manhattan Beach	35,585
241	San Juan Capistrano	35,319
242	San Dimas	34,775
243	Pleasant Hill	34,649
244	Oildale	34,350
245	Bell	33,915
246	Menlo Park	33,677
247	Foster City	33,511
248	Dana Point	33,327
249	Los Gatos	33,309
250	Fallbrook	32,999
251	Beverly Hills	32,903
252	Spring Valley CDP	32,860
253	Goleta	32,677
254	Seaside	32,631
255	Lawndale	32,035
256	Desert Hot Springs	31,988
257	San Pablo	31,975
258	Fair Oaks	31,750
259	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)	31,593
260	Los Altos	31,562
261	La Verne	31,423
262	Laguna Hills	31,409
263	Atwater	31,401
264	Saratoga	31,194
265	Burlingame	31,142
266	Orcutt	30,940
267	San Carlos	30,754
268	Santa Paula	30,741
269	San Lorenzo	30,420
270	Monterey	30,014
271	Eastern Goleta Valley	29,983
272	East Palo Alto	29,888
273	Atascadero	29,771
274	Banning	29,664
275	Suisun City	29,436
276	East Niles	29,110
277	Walnut	28,641
278	Belmont	28,109
279	Lathrop	28,078
280	Ridgecrest	27,989
281	Temescal Valley	27,546
282	Lemon Grove	27,513
283	Wasco	27,505
284	Benicia	27,191
285	Twentynine Palms	27,176
286	South Pasadena	26,837
287	Eureka	26,763
288	Lemoore	26,631
289	Windsor	26,548
290	Brawley	26,431
291	Sanger	26,424
292	Imperial Beach	26,375
293	West Whittier-Los Nietos	26,275
294	Norco	26,176
295	Hercules	26,050
296	El Cerrito city	25,898
297	North Tustin	25,708
298	Ladera Ranch	25,526
299	Maywood	25,477
300	Galt	25,385
301	Lafayette	25,384
302	Seal Beach	25,216
303	Reedley	25,168
304	Barstow	25,123
305	Soledad	25,102
306	Bay Point	24,999
307	Riverbank	24,714
308	Loma Linda	24,712
309	Selma	24,545
310	Dinuba	24,383
311	Rosemont	24,343
312	San Fernando	24,086
313	Willowbrook	24,006
314	Ashland	23,640
315	Patterson	23,517
316	Calabasas	23,410
317	Linda	23,304
318	Mountain House	23,132
319	Laguna Beach	23,121
320	Millbrae	23,083
321	Oakdale	23,016
322 TIE	West Puente Valley	23,003
322 TIE	Cudahy	23,003
324	East San Gabriel	22,941
325	Corcoran	22,616
326	Marina	22,246
327	Bloomington	22,107
328	West Carson	22,024
329	Rancho San Diego	22,019
330	West Rancho Dominguez	22,007
331	Winter Gardens	21,978
332	Port Hueneme	21,954
333	Ramona	21,853
334	Valinda	21,811
335	American Canyon	21,735
336	Duarte	21,723
337	Granite Bay	21,673
338	Yucca Valley	21,663
339	Lennox	21,514
340	Lakeside CDP	21,383
341	South Lake Tahoe	21,355
342	Lomita	20,884
343	Mead Valley	20,698
344	Coronado	20,627
345	La Cañada Flintridge	20,613
346	Rosamond	20,574
347	Oroville	20,409
348	Agoura Hills	20,362
349	La Crescenta-Montrose	20,149
350	East Hemet	19,998
351	Imperial	19,982
352	Albany	19,958
353	Shafter	19,897
354	Prunedale	19,893
355	South El Monte	19,860
356	Casa de Oro-Mount Helix	19,804
357	Hermosa Beach	19,787
358	South San Jose Hills	19,750
359	Arvin	19,568
360	Valle Vista	19,550
361	Stevenson Ranch	19,518
362	Orinda	19,497
363	Pinole	19,065
364 TIE	Arcata	19,038
364 TIE	Dixon	19,038
366	Rosedale	18,875
367	Greenfield city	18,833
368	Chowchilla	18,826
369	Santa Fe Springs	18,817
370	Phelan	18,599
371	Nipomo	18,440
372	Arroyo Grande	18,422
373	Blythe	18,125
374	Bostonia	18,074
375	Castaic	18,017
376	Cameron Park	17,790
377	Coalinga	17,560
378	Laguna Woods	17,546
379	Woodcrest	17,492
380	El Segundo	17,243
381	Rio Linda	17,181
382	Rancho Mirage	17,129
383	Live Oak CDP	16,948
384	Truckee	16,850
385	Moraga	16,750
386	Ukiah	16,728
387	Clearlake	16,468
388	McKinleyville	16,457
389	Walnut Park	16,453
390	Vincent	16,399
391	Artesia	16,390
392	Fillmore	16,373
393	Stanford	16,333
394	Susanville	16,305
395	Olivehurst	16,262
396	Parkway	16,091
397	Ripon	15,961
398	Coto de Caza	15,873
399	Kerman	15,817
400	Isla Vista	15,732
401	Discovery Bay	15,704
402	Los Osos	15,692
403	La Palma	15,650
404	Alpine	15,648
405	Cherryland	15,552
406	El Sobrante CDP	15,468
407	Pacific Grove	15,169
408	Camp Pendleton South	15,131
409	California City	14,914
410	Salida	14,690
411	Parlier	14,666
412	Red Bluff	14,557
413	Lemon Hill	14,471
414	East Rancho Dominguez	14,462
415	North Fair Oaks	14,360
416	North Auburn	14,307
417	Lamont	14,269
418	Mill Valley	14,240
419	Hawaiian Gardens	14,178
420	McFarland	14,085
421	Livingston	14,078
422	Avenal	13,881
423	Alamo	13,852
424	Auburn	13,738
425	Oak Park	13,561
426	Grass Valley	13,550
427	King City	13,419
428	Palos Verdes Estates	13,403
429	Tehachapi	13,346
430	Avocado Heights	13,322
431	Carpinteria	13,289
432	Grand Terrace	13,079
433	Solana Beach	13,025
434	Larkspur	12,972
435	Bonita	12,970
436	Sun Village	12,961
437	Big Bear City	12,913
438	Home Gardens	12,910
439	Grover Beach	12,846
440	San Anselmo	12,795
441	Emeryville	12,747
442	San Marino	12,620
443	Lindsay	12,551
444	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	12,535
445	Mendota	12,534
446	Lake Los Angeles	12,497
447	Fortuna	12,480
448	Commerce	12,459
449	Lakeland Village	12,455
450	Marysville	12,451
451	Kingsburg	12,413
452	Scotts Valley	12,317
453	Alum Rock	12,218
454	El Sobrante CDP	12,163
455	Newman	12,154
456	University of California-Santa Barbara	11,912
457	Rossmoor	11,822
458	Half Moon Bay	11,792
459 TIE	Signal Hill	11,780
459 TIE	Los Alamitos	11,780
461	La Riviera	11,723
462	Winton	11,623
463	Diamond Springs	11,545
464	Hillcrest	11,443
465	Healdsburg	11,439
466	Valley Center	11,435
467	Hillsborough	11,390
468	Piedmont	11,368
469	View Park-Windsor Hills	11,313
470	Sierra Madre	11,253
471	Anderson	11,208
472	Clayton	11,136
473	Canyon Lake	11,071
474	Fairview	11,050
475	East Bakersfield	11,025
476	Muscoy	10,925
477	Delhi	10,921
478	Malibu	10,915
479	Blackhawk	10,874
480	Sonoma	10,819
481	Soquel	10,806
482	Morro Bay	10,785
483	Placerville	10,777
484	Citrus	10,626
485	Del Aire	10,617
486	Magalia	10,537
487	Potomac Park	10,517
488	Farmersville	10,441
489	Garden Acres	10,411
490	Shasta Lake	10,399
491	San Diego Country Estates	10,366
492	Exeter	10,349
493	Corte Madera	10,145
494	Madera Acres	10,106
495	Quartz Hill	10,079
496	Calimesa	10,053
497	Golden Hills	10,051
498	Capitola	10,041
499	East Whittier	9,995
500	Rio Vista	9,850
501	August	9,829
502	Charter Oak	9,825
503	Mentone	9,708
504	Orange Cove	9,680
505	Country Club	9,667
506	Lake Arrowhead	9,647
507	West Athens	9,621
508	Rodeo	9,575
509	Marina del Rey	9,355
510	Crestline	9,350
511	Rancho Mission Viejo	9,298
512	Rio del Mar	9,264
513	Tiburon	9,146
514	Oak Hills	9,123
515	Live Oak city	9,119
516 TIE	Waterford	9,100
516 TIE	Fort Irwin	9,100
518	Cloverdale	9,023
519	Taft	8,730
520	La Cresta	8,726
521	Orosi	8,701
522	Gonzales	8,628
523	University of California-Davis	8,532
524	Los Altos Hills	8,520
525	Montecito	8,494
526	Templeton	8,458
527	Midway City	8,440
528	Plumas Lake	8,349
529	Heber	8,346
530	Rolling Hills Estates	8,305
531	Spring Valley Lake	8,266
532	Topanga	8,255
533	Orland	8,168
534	Corning	8,156
535	Guadalupe	8,138
536	Westlake Village	8,081
537	Interlaken	8,079
538	Pismo Beach	8,058
539	Thousand Palms	8,052
540	Firebaugh	8,040
541	Alondra Park	8,022
542	Gold River	7,932
543	Earlimart	7,896
544	Good Hope	7,877
545	Yreka	7,807
546	Boyes Hot Springs	7,791
547	Alta Sierra CDP	7,769
548	Cherry Valley	7,749
549	Paradise town	7,730
550	Oroville East	7,701
551	Camp Pendleton Mainside	7,657
552	South San Gabriel	7,653
553	Piñon Hills	7,641
554	Ojai	7,640
555	California Polytechnic State University	7,622
556	Fairfax town	7,605
557	Cotati	7,603
558	Larkfield-Wikiup	7,595
559	Sebastopol	7,563
560	Ben Lomond	7,528
561	Kentfield	7,517
562	Gridley	7,510
563	Nuevo	7,491
564 TIE	Woodlake	7,458
564 TIE	Escalon	7,458
566	Lake Mathews	7,455
567	Hughson	7,425
568	Joshua Tree	7,398
569	East Foothills	7,391
570	Franklin CDP	7,386
571	Oceano	7,371
572	Mammoth Lakes	7,321
573	Sausalito	7,260
574	Calipatria	7,247
575	Atherton	7,181
576	Winters	7,138
577	Vandenberg Village	7,085
578	Fort Bragg	7,049
579	Mira Monte	6,893
580	Bermuda Dunes	6,862
581	Acton	6,809
582	Loomis	6,791
583	Contra Costa Centre	6,743
584	Homeland	6,717
585	Lemoore Station	6,692
586	Crescent City	6,686
587	Fowler	6,675
588 TIE	Castroville	6,665
588 TIE	Thermalito	6,665
590	Ladera Heights	6,658
591	San Martin	6,655
592	Lucas Valley-Marinwood	6,546
593	Pollock Pines	6,450
594	El Rio	6,447
595	Aptos	6,372
596	Hilmar-Irwin	6,360
597	Colusa	6,359
598	South Monrovia Island	6,290
599	Wilton	6,281
600	Camino Tassajara	6,279
601	Huron	6,277
602	Highgrove	6,270
603	Willows	6,241
604	Desert Palms	6,225
605	Pleasure Point	6,222
606	Oak View	6,169
607	Hidden Valley Lake	6,155
608	Saranap	6,148
609	Eucalyptus Hills	6,097
610	Solvang	6,032
611	Lucerne Valley	5,998
612	Gustine	5,990
613	Durham	5,989
614	Jamul	5,963
615	Fruitridge Pocket	5,915
616	Cottonwood CDP	5,912
617	Rancho Calaveras	5,893
618	West Modesto	5,882
619	Rancho Murieta	5,874
620	Villa Park	5,864
621	Garnet	5,853
622	El Granada	5,842
623	East Pasadena	5,829
624	Old Fig Garden	5,683
625	Holtville	5,672
626 TIE	La Habra Heights	5,651
626 TIE	East Porterville	5,651
626 TIE	Dos Palos	5,651
629	St. Helena	5,530
630	Williams	5,520
631	Bonadelle Ranchos	5,519
632	Cambria	5,487
633	Keyes	5,483
634	Ione	5,462
635	Mayflower Village	5,448
636	Happy Valley	5,443
637	Silver Lakes	5,432
638	Burbank CDP	5,415
639	Yosemite Lakes	5,388
640	Palermo	5,387
641	Strawberry CDP	5,371
642	Twin Lakes CDP	5,369
643	Woodside	5,316
644	Boulder Creek	5,308
645	Mayfair	5,299
646	Kensington	5,288
647	Oakhurst	5,272
648	Calistoga	5,267
649	Las Flores CDP	5,227
650	Cutler	5,172
651	Buellton	5,162
652	Goshen	5,154
653	Benton Park	5,146
654	Pacheco	5,129
655	Elverta	5,104
656	El Cerrito CDP	5,093
657	Tara Hills	5,080
658	Big Bear Lake	5,068
659	Bear Valley Springs	5,067
660	Lakeport	5,048
661	Willits	5,008
662	Bret Harte	4,981
663	Jackson	4,958
664	Sonora	4,940
665	Lake Wildwood	4,928
666	Needles	4,921
667	Denair	4,905
668	Salton City	4,900
669	Guerneville	4,879
670	Myrtletown	4,857
671	Phoenix Lake	4,852
672	Indian Wells	4,827
673	Brisbane	4,803
674	Coarsegold	4,799
675	Mather	4,707
676	Greenacres	4,701
677	Santa Ynez	4,679
678	McSwain	4,606
679	Wrightwood	4,568
680	Lake of the Pines	4,548
681	Emerald Lake Hills	4,545
682	Armona	4,521
683	Granite Hills	4,509
684	Broadmoor	4,487
685	Sunnyside	4,468
686	Brooktrails	4,462
687	Portola Valley	4,458
688	Mecca	4,451
689	Carmel Valley Village	4,400
690	Harbison Canyon	4,380
691	Clearlake Riviera	4,357
692	Lenwood	4,353
693	Ivanhoe	4,347
694	Ford City	4,327
695	Bonsall	4,257
696	Pixley	4,137
697	Lake San Marcos	4,127
698	Woodbridge	4,090
699	Lockeford	4,076
700	Bystrom	4,068
701	Meiners Oaks	4,065
702	Tarpey Village	4,056
703	Del Mar	4,008
704	Running Springs	3,998
705	Weaverville	3,962
706	Coronita	3,950
707	North Richmond	3,928
708	Santa Venetia	3,926
709	Valley Springs	3,891
710	Meadowbrook	3,874
711	Kelseyville	3,873
712	Greenfield CDP	3,836
713	Bishop	3,800
714	North El Monte	3,796
715	French Camp	3,778
716	Forestville	3,768
717	Old Stine	3,759
718	San Joaquin	3,743
719	Esparto	3,733
720	Planada	3,732
721	Rexland Acres	3,728
722	Wheatland	3,715
723	Angels	3,691
724	Squaw Valley	3,688
725	Cambrian Park	3,674
726	Lake California	3,668
727	Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente	3,664
728	Hayfork	3,639
729	Vandenberg AFB	3,638
730	Auburn Lake Trails	3,637
731	Mojave	3,620
732	Las Lomas	3,614
733	Bella Vista	3,610
734	Shingle Springs	3,609
735	Del Monte Forest	3,604
736	Campo	3,597
737	San Miguel CDP	3,573
738	Loyola	3,564
739	Copperopolis	3,563
740	Lake Isabella	3,553
741	Jamestown	3,543
742	Meadow Vista	3,537
743	Rollingwood	3,535
744	Avalon	3,514
745	Lincoln Village	3,503
746	Monte Sereno	3,502
747	Empire	3,496
748	West Menlo Park	3,492
749	Desert Edge	3,484
750	Felton	3,467
751	Hidden Meadows	3,439
752	Mission Hills	3,435
753	Madera Ranchos	3,432
754	Mono Vista	3,415
755	Seacliff	3,414
756	Crockett	3,405
757	Pine Hills	3,402