Ranking of California Cities and Places By Total Population from Census 2020

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, the total population of California was 39.54M. Los Angeles city was the most populated city or place (town or village) (3.90M people) which was 9.86% of California's population, followed by San Diego city (1.39M people) which was 3.51% of California's population, and then San Jose city (1.01M people) which was 2.56% of California's population. On the other hand, the 3 California cities or places that were least populated include: Valley Wells CDP (0 people), University of California-Merced CDP (0 people), and Silver City CDP (0 people).

The chart below shows the top 10 most populated cities or places in California.

You can also see this information for other states and also for the ranking of all cities or places in the United States by total population.

Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of people who live in each city or place. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.