Ranking of California Cities and Places By Population in 2020
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all California cities and places, Los Angeles city had the highest population (3.90M), followed by San Diego city (1.39M), and San Jose city (1.01M).
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 similar information for each California county.
Related Topics: California Census Vintage Data Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage), 2020 Census.
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Ranking of California Cities and Places By Population in 2020
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| Rank | City or Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles city | 3896329 |
| 2 | San Diego city | 1384824 |
| 3 | San Jose city | 1009686 |
| 4 | San Francisco city | 874826 |
| 5 | Fresno city | 542714 |
| 6 | Sacramento city | 525579 |
| 7 | Long Beach city | 465593 |
| 8 | Oakland city | 440983 |
| 9 | Bakersfield city | 405220 |
| 10 | Anaheim city | 346665 |
| 11 | Stockton city | 320971 |
| 12 | Riverside city | 315534 |
| 13 | Santa Ana city | 311226 |
| 14 | Irvine city | 308450 |
| 15 | Chula Vista city | 275808 |
| 16 | Santa Clarita city | 232422 |
| 17 | Fremont city | 230445 |
| 18 | San Bernardino city | 222119 |
| 19 | Modesto city | 218717 |
| 20 | Fontana city | 209186 |
| 21 | Moreno Valley city | 208862 |
| 22 | Oxnard city | 201908 |
| 23 | Huntington Beach city | 198422 |
| 24 | Glendale city | 195947 |
| 25 | Santa Rosa city | 177972 |
| 26 | Elk Grove city | 176579 |
| 27 | Ontario city | 175723 |
| 28 | Rancho Cucamonga city | 174678 |
| 29 | Oceanside city | 174071 |
| 30 | Lancaster city | 173192 |
| 31 | Garden Grove city | 171866 |
| 32 | Palmdale city | 168907 |
| 33 | Salinas city | 163393 |
| 34 | Hayward city | 162726 |
| 35 | Corona city | 157349 |
| 36 | Sunnyvale city | 155261 |
| 37 | Pomona city | 151065 |
| 38 | Escondido city | 151045 |
| 39 | Roseville city | 148520 |
| 40 | Torrance city | 146440 |
| 41 | Fullerton city | 143398 |
| 42 | Visalia city | 141787 |
| 43 | Orange city | 139481 |
| 44 | Pasadena city | 139373 |
| 45 | Victorville city | 134721 |
| 46 | Santa Clara city | 128606 |
| 47 | Thousand Oaks city | 126814 |
| 48 | Simi Valley city | 126347 |
| 49 | Vallejo city | 125930 |
| 50 | Concord city | 125284 |
| 51 | Berkeley city | 124219 |
| 52 | Clovis city | 120785 |
| 53 | Fairfield city | 119890 |
| 54 | Richmond city | 116177 |
| 55 | Antioch city | 115382 |
| 56 | Carlsbad city | 114930 |
| 57 | Downey city | 113966 |
| 58 | Costa Mesa city | 112050 |
| 59 | Murrieta city | 111142 |
| 60 | San Buenaventura (Ventura) city | 110632 |
| 61 | Temecula city | 110084 |
| 62 | Santa Maria city | 109782 |
| 63 | West Covina city | 109155 |
| 64 | El Monte city | 109119 |
| 65 | Inglewood city | 107398 |
| 66 | Burbank city | 107012 |
| 67 | El Cajon city | 106087 |
| 68 | San Mateo city | 105658 |
| 69 | Jurupa Valley city | 105356 |
| 70 | Daly City city | 104945 |
| 71 | Rialto city | 103963 |
| 72 | Chico city | 103289 |
| 73 | Menifee city | 103218 |
| 74 | Norwalk city | 102413 |
| 75 | Vacaville city | 102147 |
| 76 | Hesperia city | 99966 |
| 77 | Vista city | 98833 |
| 78 | Carson city | 95422 |
| 79 | Compton city | 95406 |
| 80 | San Marcos city | 94938 |
| 81 | Redding city | 93799 |
| 82 | Tracy city | 93618 |
| 83 | Mission Viejo city | 93463 |
| 84 | Santa Monica city | 92919 |
| 85 | South Gate city | 92656 |
| 86 | Chino city | 91046 |
| 87 | Westminster city | 90775 |
| 88 | San Leandro city | 90727 |
| 89 | Hemet city | 89870 |
| 90 | Indio city | 89477 |
| 91 | Santa Barbara city | 88768 |
| 92 | Livermore city | 87875 |
| 93 | Hawthorne city | 87791 |
| 94 | Whittier city | 87654 |
| 95 | Citrus Heights city | 87548 |
| 96 | Merced city | 87019 |
| 97 | San Ramon city | 86385 |
| 98 | Lake Forest city | 85926 |
| 99 | Newport Beach city | 85163 |
| 100 | Manteca city | 84061 |
| 101 | Redwood City city | 83875 |
| 102 | Buena Park city | 83870 |
| 103 | Mountain View city | 82773 |
| 104 | Alhambra city | 82650 |
| 105 | Lakewood city | 82225 |
| 106 | Folsom city | 80863 |
| 107 | Tustin city | 79885 |
| 108 | Milpitas city | 79786 |
| 109 | Pleasanton city | 79671 |
| 110 | Rancho Cordova city | 79631 |
| 111 | Napa city | 79341 |
| 112 | Upland city | 79047 |
| 113 | Bellflower city | 78970 |
| 114 | Perris city | 78828 |
| 115 | Chino Hills city | 78457 |
| 116 | Alameda city | 78117 |
| 117 | Pittsburg city | 76355 |
| 118 | Apple Valley town | 75858 |
| 119 | Redlands city | 73244 |
| 120 | Turlock city | 72768 |
| 121 | Dublin city | 72281 |
| 122 | Baldwin Park city | 71965 |
| 123 | Rocklin city | 71772 |
| 124 | Redondo Beach city | 71358 |
| 125 | Camarillo city | 70721 |
| 126 | Lake Elsinore city | 70564 |
| 127 | Walnut Creek city | 70218 |
| 128 | Yuba City city | 70072 |
| 129 | Eastvale city | 70039 |
| 130 | Union City city | 69933 |
| 131 | Tulare city | 69334 |
| 132 | Palo Alto city | 68356 |
| 133 | Yorba Linda city | 68232 |
| 134 | Davis city | 66903 |
| 135 | Lynwood city | 66791 |
| 136 | Madera city | 66521 |
| 137 | Lodi city | 66440 |
| 138 | South San Francisco city | 65903 |
| 139 | Laguna Niguel city | 64538 |
| 140 | Brentwood city | 64454 |
| 141 | Santa Cruz city | 64218 |
| 142 | San Clemente city | 64217 |
| 143 | La Habra city | 63009 |
| 144 | Porterville city | 63004 |
| 145 | Montebello city | 62441 |
| 146 | Encinitas city | 61999 |
| 147 | Pico Rivera city | 61887 |
| 148 | National City city | 61476 |
| 149 | San Rafael city | 61143 |
| 150 | La Mesa city | 61094 |
| 151 | Woodland city | 60967 |
| 152 | Monterey Park city | 60899 |
| 153 | Gardena city | 60828 |
| 154 | Cupertino city | 59978 |
| 155 | Santee city | 59859 |
| 156 | Petaluma city | 59749 |
| 157 | Gilroy city | 59399 |
| 158 | Hanford city | 59144 |
| 159 | Highland city | 56975 |
| 160 | Fountain Valley city | 56972 |
| 161 | Arcadia city | 56513 |
| 162 | Diamond Bar city | 55010 |
| 163 | Huntington Park city | 54703 |
| 164 | Yucaipa city | 54607 |
| 165 | San Jacinto city | 54196 |
| 166 | Colton city | 53974 |
| 167 | West Sacramento city | 53819 |
| 168 | Paramount city | 53575 |
| 169 | Beaumont city | 53311 |
| 170 | Novato city | 53146 |
| 171 | Placentia city | 52666 |
| 172 | Watsonville city | 52471 |
| 173 | Glendora city | 52409 |
| 174 | Aliso Viejo city | 52076 |
| 175 | Cathedral City city | 51629 |
| 176 | Palm Desert city | 51196 |
| 177 | Covina city | 51168 |
| 178 | Rosemead city | 51036 |
| 179 | Azusa city | 50204 |
| 180 | Cypress city | 50053 |
| 181 | Lincoln city | 49972 |
| 182 | Delano city | 49893 |
| 183 | Ceres city | 49694 |
| 184 | Cerritos city | 49394 |
| 185 | Poway city | 48785 |
| 186 | La Mirada city | 48537 |
| 187 | Rancho Santa Margarita city | 47868 |
| 188 | Newark city | 47516 |
| 189 | Brea city | 47242 |
| 190 | San Luis Obispo city | 47191 |
| 191 | Los Banos city | 45719 |
| 192 | Morgan Hill city | 45687 |
| 193 | Palm Springs city | 44646 |
| 194 | Rohnert Park city | 44465 |
| 195 | El Centro city | 44441 |
| 196 | Lompoc city | 44193 |
| 197 | Campbell city | 43787 |
| 198 | San Bruno city | 43750 |
| 199 | Danville town | 43563 |
| 200 | Oakley city | 43482 |
| 201 | Rancho Palos Verdes city | 42133 |
| 202 | Coachella city | 42007 |
| 203 | Hollister city | 41883 |
| 204 | Culver City city | 40720 |
| 205 | San Gabriel city | 39470 |
| 206 | Bell Gardens city | 39383 |
| 207 | Calexico city | 38582 |
| 208 | Pacifica city | 38541 |
| 209 | Adelanto city | 38110 |
| 210 | Stanton city | 38083 |
| 211 | Monrovia city | 38000 |
| 212 | Montclair city | 37946 |
| 213 | La Puente city | 37938 |
| 214 | La Quinta city | 37741 |
| 215 | Claremont city | 37427 |
| 216 | Martinez city | 37187 |
| 217 | Wildomar city | 36926 |
| 218 | Temple City city | 36365 |
| 219 | Moorpark city | 36247 |
| 220 | West Hollywood city | 35696 |
| 221 | Manhattan Beach city | 35380 |
| 222 | San Juan Capistrano city | 35159 |
| 223 | San Dimas city | 34795 |
| 224 | Pleasant Hill city | 34589 |
| 225 | Foster City city | 33737 |
| 226 | Menlo Park city | 33689 |
| 227 | Bell city | 33449 |
| 228 | Los Gatos town | 33418 |
| 229 | Dana Point city | 33067 |
| 230 | Goleta city | 32762 |
| 231 | Beverly Hills city | 32580 |
| 232 | Desert Hot Springs city | 32554 |
| 233 | Seaside city | 32335 |
| 234 | San Pablo city | 32099 |
| 235 | Atwater city | 31939 |
| 236 | Lawndale city | 31730 |
| 237 | El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city | 31489 |
| 238 | La Verne city | 31480 |
| 239 | Los Altos city | 31351 |
| 240 | Laguna Hills city | 31310 |
| 241 | Burlingame city | 31279 |
| 242 | Saratoga city | 30918 |
| 243 | Santa Paula city | 30780 |
| 244 | San Carlos city | 30648 |
| 245 | Monterey city | 30196 |
| 246 | East Palo Alto city | 29944 |
| 247 | Banning city | 29820 |
| 248 | Atascadero city | 29746 |
| 249 | Suisun City city | 29478 |
| 250 | Lathrop city | 29123 |
| 251 | Walnut city | 28350 |
| 252 | Belmont city | 28265 |
| 253 | Twentynine Palms city | 28060 |
| 254 | Ridgecrest city | 27994 |
| 255 | Lemon Grove city | 27752 |
| 256 | Lemoore city | 27121 |
| 257 | Benicia city | 27107 |
| 258 | South Pasadena city | 26837 |
| 259 | Sanger city | 26799 |
| 260 | Soledad city | 26692 |
| 261 | Brawley city | 26510 |
| 262 | Eureka city | 26471 |
| 263 | Windsor town | 26344 |
| 264 | Hercules city | 26117 |
| 265 | Imperial Beach city | 26101 |
| 266 | El Cerrito city | 25944 |
| 267 | Galt city | 25659 |
| 268 | Barstow city | 25411 |
| 269 | Norco city | 25398 |
| 270 | Wasco city | 25397 |
| 271 | Lafayette city | 25386 |
| 272 | Reedley city | 25239 |
| 273 | Seal Beach city | 25191 |
| 274 | Maywood city | 25044 |
| 275 | Riverbank city | 24957 |
| 276 | Loma Linda city | 24918 |
| 277 | Dinuba city | 24796 |
| 278 | Selma city | 24769 |
| 279 | San Fernando city | 23948 |
| 280 | Patterson city | 23827 |
| 281 | Calabasas city | 23243 |
| 282 | Oakdale city | 23208 |
| 283 | Millbrae city | 23138 |
| 284 | Laguna Beach city | 23005 |
| 285 | Cudahy city | 22722 |
| 286 | Corcoran city | 22707 |
| 287 | Marina city | 22375 |
| 288 | Port Hueneme city | 21940 |
| 289 | American Canyon city | 21798 |
| 290 | Yucca Valley town | 21766 |
| 291 | Duarte city | 21668 |
| 292 | South Lake Tahoe city | 21303 |
| 293 | Lomita city | 20876 |
| 294 | La Ca�ada Flintridge city | 20501 |
| 295 | Imperial city | 20469 |
| 296 | Agoura Hills city | 20230 |
| 297 | Albany city | 20226 |
| 298 | Coronado city | 20180 |
| 299 | Shafter city | 20063 |
| 300 | Oroville city | 20039 |
| 301 | Hermosa Beach city | 19663 |
| 302 | South El Monte city | 19549 |
| 303 | Arvin city | 19513 |
| 304 | Orinda city | 19512 |
| 305 | Dixon city | 19352 |
| 306 | Santa Fe Springs city | 19152 |
| 307 | Pinole city | 19003 |
| 308 | Greenfield city | 18951 |
| 309 | Chowchilla city | 18935 |
| 310 | Arcata city | 18837 |
| 311 | Arroyo Grande city | 18436 |
| 312 | Blythe city | 17793 |
| 313 | Coalinga city | 17680 |
| 314 | Laguna Woods city | 17612 |
| 315 | El Segundo city | 17217 |
| 316 | Rancho Mirage city | 17043 |
| 317 | Moraga town | 16886 |
| 318 | Truckee town | 16769 |
| 319 | Clearlake city | 16695 |
| 320 | Ukiah city | 16551 |
| 321 | Fillmore city | 16503 |
| 322 | Susanville city | 16396 |
| 323 | Artesia city | 16340 |
| 324 | Ripon city | 16121 |
| 325 | Kerman city | 16043 |
| 326 | La Palma city | 15561 |
| 327 | Pacific Grove city | 15089 |
| 328 | California City city | 15076 |
| 329 | Red Bluff city | 14741 |
| 330 | Parlier city | 14577 |
| 331 | Livingston city | 14221 |
| 332 | Mill Valley city | 14203 |
| 333 | McFarland city | 14175 |
| 334 | Hawaiian Gardens city | 14097 |
| 335 | Grass Valley city | 14079 |
| 336 | Auburn city | 13794 |
| 337 | Avenal city | 13458 |
| 338 | King City city | 13354 |
| 339 | Palos Verdes Estates city | 13311 |
| 340 | Carpinteria city | 13242 |
| 341 | Grand Terrace city | 13155 |
| 342 | Larkspur city | 13035 |
| 343 | Tehachapi city | 13016 |
| 344 | Solana Beach city | 12925 |
| 345 | Emeryville city | 12921 |
| 346 | Marysville city | 12851 |
| 347 | San Anselmo town | 12815 |
| 348 | Grover Beach city | 12668 |
| 348 | Lindsay city | 12668 |
| 349 | Mendota city | 12591 |
| 350 | Fortuna city | 12495 |
| 351 | San Marino city | 12475 |
| 352 | Kingsburg city | 12427 |
| 353 | Newman city | 12391 |
| 354 | Commerce city | 12320 |
| 355 | Scotts Valley city | 12223 |
| 356 | Signal Hill city | 11814 |
| 357 | Los Alamitos city | 11777 |
| 358 | Half Moon Bay city | 11767 |
| 359 | Hillsborough town | 11360 |
| 360 | Healdsburg city | 11353 |
| 361 | Anderson city | 11325 |
| 362 | Piedmont city | 11258 |
| 363 | Sierra Madre city | 11236 |
| 364 | Canyon Lake city | 11084 |
| 365 | Clayton city | 11061 |
| 366 | Morro Bay city | 10761 |
| 367 | Placerville city | 10731 |
| 368 | Sonoma city | 10726 |
| 369 | Malibu city | 10624 |
| 370 | Farmersville city | 10396 |
| 371 | Shasta Lake city | 10359 |
| 372 | Exeter city | 10323 |
| 373 | Calimesa city | 10215 |
| 374 | Corte Madera town | 10206 |
| 375 | Rio Vista city | 10008 |
| 376 | Capitola city | 9910 |
| 377 | Orange Cove city | 9744 |
| 378 | Tiburon town | 9138 |
| 379 | Waterford city | 9137 |
| 380 | Live Oak city | 9134 |
| 381 | Cloverdale city | 9018 |
| 382 | Ione city | 8926 |
| 383 | Gonzales city | 8627 |
| 384 | Los Altos Hills town | 8490 |
| 385 | Orland city | 8343 |
| 386 | Rolling Hills Estates city | 8274 |
| 387 | Guadalupe city | 8226 |
| 388 | Corning city | 8219 |
| 389 | Firebaugh city | 8137 |
| 390 | Pismo Beach city | 8063 |
| 391 | Westlake Village city | 7999 |
| 392 | Yreka city | 7805 |
| 393 | Ojai city | 7636 |
| 394 | Fairfax town | 7593 |
| 395 | Cotati city | 7592 |
| 396 | Taft city | 7589 |
| 397 | Sebastopol city | 7519 |
| 398 | Hughson city | 7495 |
| 399 | Woodlake city | 7486 |
| 400 | Escalon city | 7471 |
| 401 | Gridley city | 7410 |
| 402 | Sausalito city | 7257 |
| 403 | Mammoth Lakes town | 7236 |
| 404 | Winters city | 7191 |
| 405 | Atherton town | 7173 |
| 406 | Fort Bragg city | 6975 |
| 407 | Calipatria city | 6858 |
| 408 | Loomis town | 6826 |
| 409 | Fowler city | 6750 |
| 410 | Crescent City city | 6531 |
| 411 | Colusa city | 6416 |
| 412 | Huron city | 6411 |
| 413 | Willows city | 6273 |
| 414 | Gustine city | 6136 |
| 415 | Solvang city | 6111 |
| 416 | Villa Park city | 5832 |
| 417 | Dos Palos city | 5789 |
| 418 | La Habra Heights city | 5665 |
| 419 | Holtville city | 5596 |
| 420 | Williams city | 5546 |
| 421 | St. Helena city | 5423 |
| 422 | Woodside town | 5290 |
| 423 | Calistoga city | 5222 |
| 424 | Buellton city | 5162 |
| 425 | Paradise town | 5089 |
| 426 | Big Bear Lake city | 5042 |
| 427 | Lakeport city | 5035 |
| 428 | Sonora city | 4999 |
| 429 | Jackson city | 4994 |
| 430 | Willits city | 4977 |
| 431 | Needles city | 4932 |
| 432 | Brisbane city | 4841 |
| 433 | Indian Wells city | 4781 |
| 434 | Portola Valley town | 4446 |
| 435 | Del Mar city | 3945 |
| 436 | Bishop city | 3825 |
| 437 | San Joaquin city | 3748 |
| 438 | Wheatland city | 3716 |
| 439 | Angels city | 3665 |
| 440 | Monte Sereno city | 3470 |
| 441 | Avalon city | 3443 |
| 442 | Yountville city | 3426 |
| 443 | Rio Dell city | 3388 |
| 444 | Mount Shasta city | 3220 |
| 445 | Carmel-by-the-Sea city | 3210 |
| 446 | Nevada City city | 3152 |
| 447 | Weed city | 2859 |
| 448 | Alturas city | 2700 |
| 449 | Sutter Creek city | 2656 |
| 450 | Ross town | 2331 |
| 451 | Belvedere city | 2126 |
| 452 | Portola city | 2093 |
| 453 | San Juan Bautista city | 2091 |
| 454 | Westmorland city | 2014 |
| 455 | Colfax city | 1991 |
| 456 | Biggs city | 1953 |
| 457 | Rolling Hills city | 1734 |
| 458 | Hidden Hills city | 1725 |
| 459 | Dunsmuir city | 1703 |
| 460 | Del Rey Oaks city | 1582 |
| 461 | Colma town | 1497 |
| 462 | Irwindale city | 1467 |
| 463 | Ferndale city | 1399 |
| 464 | Montague city | 1220 |
| 465 | Blue Lake city | 1211 |
| 466 | Plymouth city | 1079 |
| 467 | Maricopa city | 1023 |
| 468 | Bradbury city | 922 |
| 469 | Tulelake city | 900 |
| 470 | Dorris city | 856 |
| 471 | Isleton city | 795 |
| 472 | Loyalton city | 740 |
| 473 | Fort Jones city | 701 |
| 474 | Etna city | 674 |
| 475 | Point Arena city | 462 |
| 476 | Tehama city | 430 |
| 477 | Trinidad city | 337 |
| 478 | Sand City city | 325 |
| 479 | Industry city | 263 |
| 480 | Vernon city | 222 |
| 481 | Amador City city | 198 |