Ranking of California Cities and Places By Population in 2022

Updated on August 14, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all California cities and places, Los Angeles city had the highest population (3.82M), followed by San Diego city (1.39M), and San Jose city (972.08K).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places, and the table below shows the ranking of all California cities and places.

You can see similar information for other states and the ranking of all cities and places in the United States.

You can also see links at the bottom of the page for similar information for each California county.

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Ranking of California Cities and Places By Population in 2022
Los Angeles city
San Diego city
San Jose city
San Francisco city
Fresno city
Sacramento city
Long Beach city
Oakland city
Bakersfield city
Anaheim city
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Population in 2022
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Rank City or Place Population
1 Los Angeles city 3822782
2 San Diego city 1387378
3 San Jose city 972082
4 San Francisco city 807774
5 Fresno city 545253
6 Sacramento city 525297
7 Long Beach city 452931
8 Oakland city 434568
9 Bakersfield city 412269
10 Anaheim city 342777
11 Stockton city 320831
12 Riverside city 318991
13 Irvine city 312820
14 Santa Ana city 310648
15 Chula Vista city 274823
16 Santa Clarita city 227123
17 Fremont city 226305
18 San Bernardino city 221111
19 Modesto city 218344
20 Fontana city 214317
21 Moreno Valley city 211648
22 Oxnard city 200193
23 Huntington Beach city 194195
24 Glendale city 189175
25 Ontario city 180500
26 Elk Grove city 178009
27 Santa Rosa city 176078
28 Rancho Cucamonga city 174989
29 Oceanside city 171408
30 Garden Grove city 169398
31 Lancaster city 167815
32 Palmdale city 162975
33 Salinas city 160720
34 Corona city 159803
35 Hayward city 156371
36 Roseville city 155940
37 Sunnyvale city 151682
38 Escondido city 149034
39 Pomona city 146333
40 Visalia city 143714
41 Torrance city 140901
42 Fullerton city 140390
43 Orange city 138003
44 Victorville city 137430
45 Pasadena city 134492
46 Santa Clara city 128859
47 Clovis city 124873
48 Simi Valley city 124849
49 Thousand Oaks city 124529
50 Vallejo city 123686
51 Concord city 123112
52 Fairfield city 119957
53 Berkeley city 118715
54 Antioch city 115780
55 Richmond city 114944
56 Carlsbad city 114275
57 Murrieta city 112076
58 Temecula city 110860
59 Menifee city 110378
60 Santa Maria city 110088
61 Downey city 109932
62 Costa Mesa city 109548
63 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 108900
64 Jurupa Valley city 107113
65 West Covina city 105703
66 El Monte city 105052
67 El Cajon city 104042
68 Rialto city 103853
69 Inglewood city 103847
70 Burbank city 103507
71 Vacaville city 101956
72 Chico city 101758
73 San Mateo city 101567
74 Hesperia city 100489
75 Daly City city 100329
76 Norwalk city 99079
77 Vista city 98881
78 Tracy city 96783
79 San Marcos city 93895
80 Chino city 93055
81 Redding city 92959
82 Carson city 92113
83 Merced city 92088
84 Compton city 91829
85 Indio city 91672
86 Mission Viejo city 91515
87 Hemet city 91288
88 South Gate city 91055
89 Santa Monica city 90216
90 Westminster city 89497
91 Manteca city 88669
92 Santa Barbara city 87316
93 Citrus Heights city 86527
94 San Leandro city 86521
95 Lake Forest city 85923
96 San Ramon city 85490
97 Whittier city 84940
98 Hawthorne city 84433
99 Livermore city 84111
100 Newport Beach city 83446
101 Folsom city 83241
102 Buena Park city 82366
103 Mountain View city 81853
104 Rancho Cordova city 81618
105 Redwood City city 81237
106 Alhambra city 80323
107 Perris city 79836
108 Upland city 79120
109 Lakewood city 79108
110 Tustin city 78393
111 Napa city 78092
112 Chino Hills city 77784
113 Milpitas city 76882
114 Bellflower city 76047
115 Pleasanton city 75830
116 Alameda city 75637
117 Pittsburg city 75528
118 Apple Valley town 75345
119 Rocklin city 73155
120 Redlands city 72886
121 Lake Elsinore city 72783
122 Turlock city 72192
123 Eastvale city 70724
124 Tulare city 70718
125 Camarillo city 69901
126 Dublin city 69842
127 Baldwin Park city 69455
128 Walnut Creek city 69369
129 Yuba City city 69223
130 Redondo Beach city 68611
131 Madera city 67594
132 Lodi city 67559
133 Yorba Linda city 66816
134 Davis city 66747
135 Union City city 66463
136 Palo Alto city 66132
137 Brentwood city 64836
138 Lynwood city 63818
139 Laguna Niguel city 63635
140 South San Francisco city 63073
141 San Clemente city 62933
142 Porterville city 62836
143 Woodland city 61791
144 Santa Cruz city 61709
145 La Habra city 61607
146 Encinitas city 61281
147 La Mesa city 60605
148 Montebello city 60356
149 San Rafael city 60084
150 Pico Rivera city 59830
151 Hanford city 59600
152 Santee city 59172
153 Gardena city 58831
154 Petaluma city 58794
155 Monterey Park city 58580
156 Gilroy city 57759
157 Cupertino city 57661
158 Highland city 56523
159 Beaumont city 55995
160 Fountain Valley city 55836
161 National City city 55769
162 San Jacinto city 55447
163 West Sacramento city 54882
164 Arcadia city 54731
165 Yucaipa city 54217
166 Colton city 53735
167 Lincoln city 52825
168 Diamond Bar city 52744
169 Huntington Park city 52591
170 Cathedral City city 52361
171 Novato city 52207
172 Placentia city 52029
173 Palm Desert city 51781
174 Delano city 51627
175 Paramount city 51599
176 Watsonville city 51438
177 Aliso Viejo city 50853
178 Glendora city 50489
179 Rosemead city 49544
180 Covina city 49353
181 Cypress city 49175
182 Ceres city 48677
183 Azusa city 48594
184 San Luis Obispo city 48494
185 Poway city 48267
186 Los Banos city 47956
187 Cerritos city 47445
188 Brea city 47272
189 Rancho Santa Margarita city 46732
190 Newark city 46722
191 La Mirada city 46119
192 Palm Springs city 45128
193 Oakley city 44932
194 Morgan Hill city 44678
195 Rohnert Park city 44374
196 Hollister city 44142
197 El Centro city 43907
198 Lompoc city 43851
199 Danville town 43253
200 Coachella city 42904
201 Campbell city 41975
202 San Bruno city 41579
203 Rancho Palos Verdes city 40515
204 Culver City city 39444
205 Stanton city 39100
206 La Quinta city 38521
207 Calexico city 38311
208 San Gabriel city 38067
209 Adelanto city 37976
210 Bell Gardens city 37901
211 Montclair city 37754
212 Monrovia city 37110
213 Wildomar city 37057
214 La Puente city 36863
215 Martinez city 36563
216 Pacifica city 36557
217 Claremont city 36017
218 Moorpark city 35656
219 Temple City city 35213
220 Lathrop city 35080
221 San Juan Capistrano city 34775
222 West Hollywood city 34591
223 Pleasant Hill city 34034
224 Manhattan Beach city 33891
225 San Dimas city 33527
226 Desert Hot Springs city 33098
227 Dana Point city 32647
228 Goleta city 32585
229 Foster City city 32299
230 Atwater city 32219
231 Los Gatos town 32213
232 Bell city 32199
233 Menlo Park city 31955
234 San Pablo city 31514
235 Seaside city 31488
236 Santa Paula city 31414
237 Beverly Hills city 31350
238 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 31316
239 Banning city 31220
240 Laguna Hills city 30591
241 Lawndale city 30531
242 La Verne city 30274
243 Los Altos city 30151
244 Twentynine Palms city 29895
245 Burlingame city 29822
246 Saratoga city 29727
247 Atascadero city 29665
248 Monterey city 29511
249 San Carlos city 29098
250 Suisun City city 28939
251 East Palo Alto city 28400
252 Ridgecrest city 28244
253 Walnut city 27354
254 Lemon Grove city 27353
255 Brawley city 27161
256 Wasco city 27088
257 Lemoore city 27067
258 Belmont city 26834
259 Benicia city 26617
260 Sanger city 26451
261 Hercules city 26174
262 Eureka city 26109
263 Windsor town 26005
264 South Pasadena city 25860
265 El Cerrito city 25724
266 Imperial Beach city 25675
267 Galt city 25626
268 Dinuba city 25578
269 Reedley city 25529
270 Barstow city 25155
271 Loma Linda city 25126
272 Lafayette city 25112
273 Norco city 24959
274 Riverbank city 24835
275 Patterson city 24744
276 Seal Beach city 24636
277 Selma city 24527
278 Maywood city 24124
279 Soledad city 24058
280 San Fernando city 23482
281 Oakdale city 23174
282 Corcoran city 22881
283 Laguna Beach city 22547
284 Calabasas city 22519
285 Marina city 22259
286 Millbrae city 22050
287 Cudahy city 21905
288 Yucca Valley town 21749
289 Duarte city 21723
290 American Canyon city 21611
291 Imperial city 21516
292 Port Hueneme city 21427
293 South Lake Tahoe city 21234
294 Shafter city 21015
295 Greenfield city 20526
296 Lomita city 20048
297 La Ca�ada Flintridge city 19726
298 Oroville city 19611
299 Agoura Hills city 19541
300 Arvin city 19436
301 Orinda city 19428
302 Albany city 19349
303 Santa Fe Springs city 19345
304 South El Monte city 19254
305 Dixon city 19178
306 Hermosa Beach city 18883
307 Chowchilla city 18750
308 Pinole city 18642
309 Arcata city 18578
310 Arroyo Grande city 18383
311 Coronado city 18360
312 Rancho Mirage city 17574
313 Blythe city 17367
314 Laguna Woods city 17199
315 Truckee town 17075
316 Coalinga city 16911
317 Kerman city 16894
318 Fillmore city 16690
319 Moraga town 16680
320 El Segundo city 16607
321 Clearlake city 16589
322 Ukiah city 16295
323 Ripon city 16176
324 Artesia city 15772
325 La Palma city 15203
326 California City city 15180
327 Pacific Grove city 14866
328 Livingston city 14718
329 Red Bluff city 14519
330 Parlier city 14507
331 McFarland city 14149
332 Grass Valley city 14138
333 Mill Valley city 13928
334 Susanville city 13762
335 Auburn city 13744
336 Hawaiian Gardens city 13563
337 King City city 13503
338 Avenal city 13252
339 Grand Terrace city 13039
340 Carpinteria city 12977
341 Palos Verdes Estates city 12799
342 Larkspur city 12739
343 Solana Beach city 12721
344 Kingsburg city 12677
345 Grover Beach city 12644
346 Emeryville city 12632
347 Marysville city 12631
348 San Anselmo town 12594
349 Lindsay city 12551
350 Mendota city 12546
351 Tehachapi city 12393
352 Fortuna city 12390
353 Newman city 12261
354 San Marino city 12088
355 Scotts Valley city 12020
356 Commerce city 11831
357 Los Alamitos city 11751
358 Signal Hill city 11379
359 Anderson city 11272
360 Half Moon Bay city 11181
361 Healdsburg city 11171
362 Calimesa city 11113
363 Canyon Lake city 11111
364 Hillsborough town 10896
365 Clayton city 10847
366 Sierra Madre city 10833
367 Piedmont city 10773
368 Sonoma city 10701
369 Morro Bay city 10688
370 Placerville city 10683
371 Malibu city 10330
372 Shasta Lake city 10307
373 Farmersville city 10291
374 Exeter city 10254
375 Rio Vista city 10023
376 Corte Madera town 10016
377 Capitola city 9689
378 Orange Cove city 9568
379 Live Oak city 9366
380 Waterford city 9160
381 Tiburon town 8944
382 Cloverdale city 8871
383 Guadalupe city 8569
384 Firebaugh city 8475
385 Gonzales city 8428
386 Los Altos Hills town 8205
387 Orland city 8202
388 Corning city 8140
389 Rolling Hills Estates city 8089
390 Pismo Beach city 8006
391 Yreka city 7867
392 Woodlake city 7764
393 Westlake Village city 7684
394 Winters city 7646
395 Hughson city 7572
396 Ojai city 7525
397 Fairfax town 7465
398 Cotati city 7449
399 Sebastopol city 7435
400 Escalon city 7410
401 Gridley city 7274
402 Paradise town 7220
403 Mammoth Lakes town 7140
404 Sausalito city 7104
405 Fowler city 7054
406 Fort Bragg city 7010
407 Taft city 6996
408 Atherton town 6850
409 Loomis town 6813
410 Colusa city 6451
411 Calipatria city 6449
412 Huron city 6424
413 Willows city 6226
414 Gustine city 6131
415 Crescent City city 6018
416 Solvang city 5993
417 Dos Palos city 5758
418 Villa Park city 5703
419 Holtville city 5605
420 Williams city 5585
421 La Habra Heights city 5443
422 Ione city 5325
423 St. Helena city 5290
424 Lakeport city 5154
425 Jackson city 5117
426 Calistoga city 5092
427 Buellton city 5051
428 Woodside town 5048
429 Big Bear Lake city 5032
430 Sonora city 4968
431 Willits city 4908
432 Needles city 4863
433 Indian Wells city 4856
434 Brisbane city 4597
435 Portola Valley town 4223
436 Del Mar city 3883
437 Wheatland city 3820
438 Bishop city 3782
439 Angels city 3758
440 San Joaquin city 3707
441 Monte Sereno city 3416
442 Yountville city 3373
443 Rio Dell city 3360
444 Avalon city 3305
445 Mount Shasta city 3207
446 Nevada City city 3145
447 Carmel-by-the-Sea city 3137
448 Weed city 2737
449 Sutter Creek city 2707
450 Alturas city 2700
451 Ross town 2301
452 Portola city 2167
453 San Juan Bautista city 2113
454 Belvedere city 2080
455 Colfax city 2050
456 Westmorland city 1991
457 Biggs city 1917
458 Hidden Hills city 1704
459 Dunsmuir city 1680
460 Rolling Hills city 1667
461 Del Rey Oaks city 1564
462 Irwindale city 1443
463 Colma town 1418
464 Ferndale city 1395
465 Montague city 1207
466 Blue Lake city 1192
467 Plymouth city 1104
468 Maricopa city 1018
469 Bradbury city 892
470 Tulelake city 886
471 Dorris city 850
472 Isleton city 784
473 Loyalton city 735
474 Fort Jones city 688
475 Etna city 667
476 Point Arena city 458
477 Tehama city 428
478 Trinidad city 330
479 Sand City city 327
480 Industry city 259
481 Vernon city 211
482 Amador City city 204