100 Biggest Cities In California For 2026

Using the latest Census data, we detail the 100 biggest cities in California. You can all see a comprehensive list of all 998 cities and places in California.

We all love the biggest cities that the Golden State has to offer. You know the places like Los Angeles and San Diego which make all the headlines.

But there are a bunch of other great large cities in California that don't get as much love.

We're going to change that right now.

Using the most recent Census data, we can tell you about all the places in California with a focus on the biggest. We update the data each year and this is our fourth time doing this.

Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Table

The Largest Cities In California For 2026:

You can click here to see a full table of the full of the 100 biggest cities in California, along with every other place over 1,000 people big. It is sortable by clicking on the headers.

Read on below to see more on the biggest cities. Or for more reading on places to live in California, check out:

The 10 Biggest Cities In California

1. Los Angeles

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Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Rank Last Year: 1 (No Change)
Population: 3,857,263.0
Population 2010: 3,772,486
Growth: 2.2%
More on Los Angeles: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

2. San Diego

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Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Rank Last Year: 2 (No Change)
Population: 1,389,526.0
Population 2010: 1,282,800
Growth: 8.3%
More on San Diego: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

3. San Jose

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Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Rank Last Year: 3 (No Change)
Population: 990,138.0
Population 2010: 925,300
Growth: 7.0%
More on San Jose: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

4. San Francisco

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Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Rank Last Year: 4 (No Change)
Population: 830,235.0
Population 2010: 789,172
Growth: 5.2%
More on San Francisco: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

5. Fresno

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Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Rank Last Year: 5 (No Change)
Population: 545,970.0
Population 2010: 484,008
Growth: 12.8%
More on Fresno: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

6. Sacramento

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Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Rank Last Year: 6 (No Change)
Population: 528,706.0
Population 2010: 459,511
Growth: 15.1%
More on Sacramento: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

7. Long Beach

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Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Rank Last Year: 7 (No Change)
Population: 455,548.0
Population 2010: 461,823
Growth: -1.4%
More on Long Beach: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

8. Oakland

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Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Rank Last Year: 8 (No Change)
Population: 439,418.0
Population 2010: 386,909
Growth: 13.6%
More on Oakland: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

9. Bakersfield

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Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Rank Last Year: 9 (No Change)
Population: 411,986.0
Population 2010: 331,868
Growth: 24.1%
More on Bakersfield: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

10. Anaheim

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Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Rank Last Year: 10 (No Change)
Population: 344,521.0
Population 2010: 333,039
Growth: 3.4%
More on Anaheim: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

How We Determined The Largest Cities In California

We've been ranking and dissecting cities in the Golden State for over 4 years now -- making this actually the fourth time we've run the numbers. We always use the best data, the US Census. In this case, that means we are using the American Community Survey.

It what is probably the most simple analysis we run each year, we ranked every place in California from biggest to smallest. The biggest city this year? That would be Los Angeles.

The smallest? Kettleman City, although there are places smaller than 1,000 people not listed here, so keep that in mind as we take a look at the top ten.

Now on to numbers 11-100 Biggest in California

We hope that you find the big city, or really any city, that's right for you. Below is a list of the rest of the biggest cities along with every other place in California.

Have fun snacking around in the Golden State!

For more reading on California, check out:

Detailed List Of The Biggest Cities In California

Rank	City	Current Population	2010	Growth
1	Los Angeles	3,857,263.0	3,772,486	2.2%
2	San Diego	1,389,526.0	1,282,800	8.3%
3	San Jose	990,138.0	925,300	7.0%
4	San Francisco	830,235.0	789,172	5.2%
5	Fresno	545,970.0	484,008	12.8%
6	Sacramento	528,706.0	459,511	15.1%
7	Long Beach	455,548.0	461,823	-1.4%
8	Oakland	439,418.0	386,909	13.6%
9	Bakersfield	411,986.0	331,868	24.1%
10	Anaheim	344,521.0	333,039	3.4%
11	Stockton	322,326.0	287,377	12.2%
12	Riverside	319,069.0	300,553	6.2%
13	Santa Ana	312,534.0	325,216	-3.9%
14	Irvine	311,690.0	199,117	56.5%
15	Chula Vista	276,375.0	229,614	20.4%
16	Santa Clarita	230,221.0	172,253	33.7%
17	Fremont	228,295.0	209,235	9.1%
18	San Bernardino	222,724.0	209,174	6.5%
19	Modesto	219,215.0	201,898	8.6%
20	Fontana	214,169.0	189,466	13.0%
21	Moreno Valley	211,666.0	187,428	12.9%
22	Oxnard	200,928.0	192,520	4.4%
23	Huntington Beach	195,240.0	188,914	3.3%
24	Glendale	190,748.0	192,190	-0.8%
25	Ontario	180,547.0	165,215	9.3%
26	Elk Grove	179,155.0	141,200	26.9%
27	Santa Rosa	177,090.0	162,647	8.9%
28	Rancho Cucamonga	175,411.0	160,780	9.1%
29	Oceanside	172,242.0	164,709	4.6%
30	Garden Grove	170,964.0	169,009	1.2%
31	Lancaster	169,169.0	149,709	13.0%
32	Palmdale	164,634.0	146,184	12.6%
33	Salinas	161,761.0	147,074	10.0%
34	Corona	159,670.0	150,497	6.1%
35	Hayward	158,801.0	141,498	12.2%
36	Roseville	155,955.0	113,820	37.0%
37	Sunnyvale	154,236.0	136,480	13.0%
38	Escondido	149,668.0	140,998	6.1%
39	Pomona	147,943.0	148,775	-0.6%
40	Visalia	143,939.0	119,312	20.6%
41	Torrance	142,130.0	143,951	-1.3%
42	Fullerton	140,968.0	132,872	6.1%
43	Orange	138,266.0	134,569	2.7%
44	Victorville	137,627.0	108,088	27.3%
45	Pasadena	136,969.0	136,449	0.4%
46	Santa Clara	130,256.0	112,466	15.8%
47	Simi Valley	125,634.0	121,662	3.3%
48	Thousand Oaks	125,205.0	124,671	0.4%
49	Clovis	124,725.0	91,166	36.8%
50	Vallejo	124,268.0	116,030	7.1%
51	Concord	124,035.0	121,326	2.2%
52	Fairfield	120,785.0	103,698	16.5%
53	Berkeley	120,257.0	109,408	9.9%
54	Antioch	116,477.0	99,717	16.8%
55	Richmond	115,505.0	102,264	12.9%
56	Carlsbad	114,373.0	99,753	14.7%
57	Murrieta	112,064.0	95,668	17.1%
58	East Los Angeles	111,647.0	123,136	-9.3%
59	Temecula	111,167.0	95,829	16.0%
60	Downey	110,939.0	110,921	0.0%
61	Santa Maria	110,462.0	94,645	16.7%
62	Costa Mesa	110,330.0	109,316	0.9%
63	Menifee	110,305.0	72,494	52.2%
64	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	109,857.0	105,211	4.4%
65	West Covina	107,037.0	105,552	1.4%
66	Jurupa Valley	107,011.0	0	nan%
67	El Monte	106,109.0	113,888	-6.8%
68	Inglewood	104,569.0	110,053	-5.0%
69	Burbank	104,546.0	102,723	1.8%
70	El Cajon	104,449.0	97,932	6.7%
71	Rialto	104,143.0	99,311	4.9%
72	San Mateo	103,105.0	94,751	8.8%
73	Vacaville	102,596.0	91,928	11.6%
74	Chico	102,188.0	85,130	20.0%
75	Daly City	101,964.0	99,829	2.1%
76	Hesperia	100,775.0	86,405	16.6%
77	Norwalk	99,789.0	105,108	-5.1%
78	Vista	99,114.0	92,478	7.2%
79	Tracy	96,966.0	79,416	22.1%
80	Arden-Arcade	94,994.0	90,920	4.5%
81	San Marcos	94,882.0	78,127	21.4%
82	Redding	93,409.0	89,380	4.5%
83	Carson	92,871.0	91,299	1.7%
84	Compton	92,698.0	95,761	-3.2%
85	Chino	92,652.0	77,729	19.2%
86	Mission Viejo	92,151.0	92,615	-0.5%
87	Merced	91,953.0	77,080	19.3%
88	Indio	91,950.0	72,486	26.9%
89	South Gate	91,483.0	94,683	-3.4%
90	Hemet	91,326.0	76,403	19.5%
91	Santa Monica	91,169.0	88,679	2.8%
92	Westminster	89,860.0	88,921	1.1%
93	Manteca	89,043.0	64,959	37.1%
94	San Leandro	87,826.0	82,830	6.0%
95	Santa Barbara	87,779.0	87,859	-0.1%
96	Citrus Heights	86,995.0	84,351	3.1%
97	Lake Forest	86,281.0	76,724	12.5%
98	Whittier	86,165.0	84,997	1.4%
99	San Ramon	85,993.0	66,822	28.7%
100	Livermore	85,522.0	78,520	8.9%
101	Hawthorne	85,191.0	84,195	1.2%
102	Folsom	83,916.0	69,068	21.5%
103	Newport Beach	83,845.0	83,571	0.3%
104	Mountain View	83,732.0	72,510	15.5%
105	Buena Park	82,871.0	79,744	3.9%
106	Redwood City	82,447.0	75,193	9.6%
107	Rancho Cordova	81,849.0	63,297	29.3%
108	Alhambra	81,022.0	83,389	-2.8%
109	Perris	80,511.0	63,644	26.5%
110	Lakewood	79,850.0	79,859	-0.0%
111	Upland	79,257.0	73,887	7.3%
112	Tustin	78,981.0	73,731	7.1%
113	Milpitas	78,578.0	65,150	20.6%
114	Napa	78,239.0	76,006	2.9%
115	Chino Hills	77,927.0	74,410	4.7%
116	Alameda	77,238.0	72,512	6.5%
117	Pleasanton	76,960.0	68,204	12.8%
118	Carmichael	76,948.0	61,806	24.5%
119	Bellflower	76,819.0	75,944	1.2%
120	Pittsburg	76,257.0	61,723	23.5%
121	Apple Valley	75,473.0	67,396	12.0%
122	Redlands	73,375.0	68,852	6.6%
123	Rocklin	73,327.0	54,276	35.1%
124	Turlock	72,502.0	67,376	7.6%
125	Lake Elsinore	72,461.0	48,644	49.0%
126	Tulare	70,945.0	56,938	24.6%
127	Dublin	70,803.0	42,657	66.0%
128	Eastvale	70,633.0	0	nan%
129	Camarillo	70,186.0	63,599	10.4%
130	Baldwin Park	70,138.0	75,387	-7.0%
131	Walnut Creek	70,088.0	63,808	9.8%
132	Yuba City	69,471.0	63,435	9.5%
133	Redondo Beach	69,291.0	66,054	4.9%
134	Madera	67,831.0	59,006	15.0%
135	Lodi	67,607.0	62,225	8.6%
136	Union City	67,464.0	68,081	-0.9%
137	Palo Alto	67,237.0	62,486	7.6%
138	Yorba Linda	67,170.0	62,915	6.8%
139	Davis	66,978.0	64,842	3.3%
140	Brentwood	65,208.0	46,283	40.9%
141	Castro Valley	65,001.0	60,625	7.2%
142	Lynwood	64,578.0	69,806	-7.5%
143	South San Francisco	64,305.0	62,016	3.7%
144	Laguna Niguel	64,139.0	62,614	2.4%
145	San Clemente	63,273.0	60,774	4.1%
146	Porterville	63,157.0	52,762	19.7%
147	La Habra	61,970.0	59,772	3.7%
148	Woodland	61,854.0	54,785	12.9%
149	Santa Cruz	61,607.0	58,269	5.7%
150	Encinitas	61,480.0	58,761	4.6%
151	Montebello	61,045.0	62,416	-2.2%
152	La Mesa	60,797.0	56,250	8.1%
153	Florence-Graham	60,690.0	60,834	-0.2%
154	San Rafael	60,433.0	56,930	6.2%
155	Pico Rivera	60,272.0	62,988	-4.3%
156	Hanford	59,754.0	52,315	14.2%
157	Gardena	59,422.0	58,668	1.3%
158	Santee	59,332.0	52,966	12.0%
159	Petaluma	59,247.0	56,689	4.5%
160	Monterey Park	59,132.0	60,176	-1.7%
161	Gilroy	59,004.0	46,807	26.1%
162	National City	58,893.0	57,343	2.7%
163	Cupertino	58,566.0	56,498	3.7%
164	Highland	56,675.0	52,341	8.3%
165	Beaumont	56,266.0	32,847	71.3%
166	Fountain Valley	56,258.0	54,961	2.4%
167	South Whittier	55,650.0	56,882	-2.2%
168	San Jacinto	55,180.0	41,203	33.9%
169	Arcadia	55,170.0	55,704	-1.0%
170	West Sacramento	54,927.0	45,961	19.5%
171	Yucaipa	54,421.0	50,227	8.4%
172	Hacienda Heights	54,291.0	53,639	1.2%
173	Colton	53,772.0	52,187	3.0%
174	Diamond Bar	53,355.0	55,701	-4.2%
175	Huntington Park	53,108.0	58,642	-9.4%
176	Lincoln	52,956.0	37,771	40.2%
177	Placentia	52,826.0	49,566	6.6%
178	Novato	52,546.0	50,488	4.1%
179	Cathedral City	52,267.0	50,597	3.3%
180	Paramount	52,050.0	54,187	-3.9%
181	Palm Desert	51,990.0	48,534	7.1%
182	Watsonville	51,712.0	49,580	4.3%
183	Delano	51,679.0	51,310	0.7%
184	Aliso Viejo	51,113.0	46,329	10.3%
185	El Dorado Hills	51,026.0	43,179	18.2%
186	Glendora	50,926.0	49,882	2.1%
187	Florin	50,211.0	47,869	4.9%
188	Rosemead	50,013.0	53,670	-6.8%
189	Covina	49,888.0	47,533	5.0%
190	Cypress	49,498.0	47,314	4.6%
191	Ceres	49,342.0	44,153	11.8%
192	Azusa	49,031.0	46,015	6.6%
193	Poway	48,713.0	47,481	2.6%
194	San Luis Obispo	48,491.0	44,959	7.9%
195	Antelope	48,301.0	45,691	5.7%
196	North Highlands	47,957.0	42,683	12.4%
197	Cerritos	47,867.0	49,432	-3.2%
198	Los Banos	47,593.0	34,548	37.8%
199	Brea	47,469.0	38,427	23.5%
200	La Mirada	47,180.0	48,174	-2.1%
201	Rancho Santa Margarita	46,990.0	47,539	-1.2%
202	Newark	46,903.0	41,981	11.7%
203	Rowland Heights	45,911.0	51,566	-11.0%
204	Morgan Hill	45,425.0	36,630	24.0%
205	French Valley	45,269.0	21,008	115.5%
206	Oakley	45,183.0	33,496	34.9%
207	Palm Springs	45,070.0	45,012	0.1%
208	Rohnert Park	44,575.0	40,521	10.0%
209	El Centro	44,240.0	41,581	6.4%
210	Hollister	43,811.0	34,539	26.8%
211	Vineyard	43,751.0	25,388	72.3%
212	Lompoc	43,646.0	41,864	4.3%
213	Danville	43,401.0	41,738	4.0%
214	Coachella	43,307.0	38,144	13.5%
215	Campbell	42,781.0	38,692	10.6%
216	San Bruno	42,307.0	40,231	5.2%
217	Altadena	41,705.0	45,446	-8.2%
218	Rancho Palos Verdes	40,864.0	41,535	-1.6%
219	Culver City	39,931.0	38,827	2.8%
220	Stanton	39,402.0	37,990	3.7%
221	La Quinta	38,707.0	35,661	8.5%
222	Calexico	38,585.0	36,304	6.3%
223	San Gabriel	38,392.0	39,670	-3.2%
224	Bell Gardens	38,229.0	42,408	-9.9%
225	Adelanto	37,964.0	29,764	27.6%
226	Montclair	37,810.0	36,704	3.0%
227	Monrovia	37,571.0	36,616	2.6%
228	Wildomar	37,277.0	30,637	21.7%
229	Pacifica	37,261.0	36,805	1.2%
230	La Puente	37,142.0	40,075	-7.3%
231	Martinez	36,903.0	35,622	3.6%
232	Claremont	36,595.0	34,713	5.4%
233	Foothill Farms	36,435.0	32,800	11.1%
234	Orangevale	35,958.0	34,202	5.1%
235	Moorpark	35,854.0	33,808	6.1%
236	Temple City	35,430.0	35,222	0.6%
237	San Juan Capistrano	35,095.0	34,263	2.4%
238	Lathrop	35,052.0	17,040	105.7%
239	La Presa	34,962.0	34,885	0.2%
240	West Hollywood	34,884.0	34,657	0.7%
241	Oildale	34,687.0	32,754	5.9%
242	Pleasant Hill	34,235.0	32,826	4.3%
243	Manhattan Beach	34,210.0	34,867	-1.9%
244	Westmont	34,123.0	31,301	9.0%
245	San Dimas	33,789.0	33,635	0.5%
246	Desert Hot Springs	33,200.0	24,675	34.5%
247	Fair Oaks	32,799.0	30,715	6.8%
248	Foster City	32,792.0	29,746	10.2%
249	Dana Point	32,790.0	33,484	-2.1%
250	Los Gatos	32,786.0	28,878	13.5%
251	Menlo Park	32,727.0	31,318	4.5%
252	Goleta	32,685.0	29,397	11.2%
253	Bell	32,476.0	35,648	-8.9%
254	Atwater	32,162.0	27,587	16.6%
255	Fallbrook	32,112.0	29,892	7.4%
256	Seaside	31,814.0	32,431	-1.9%
257	San Pablo	31,720.0	29,136	8.9%
258	Beverly Hills	31,624.0	33,980	-6.9%
259	Orcutt	31,454.0	28,696	9.6%
260	El Paso De Robles (Paso Robles)	31,446.0	28,794	9.2%
261	Santa Paula	31,376.0	29,145	7.7%
262	Banning	31,093.0	29,030	7.1%
263	Lawndale	30,781.0	32,552	-5.4%
264	Laguna Hills	30,740.0	30,416	1.1%
265	Los Altos	30,698.0	28,409	8.1%
266	La Verne	30,600.0	31,177	-1.9%
267	Burlingame	30,525.0	28,204	8.2%
268	Saratoga	30,319.0	29,523	2.7%
269	Temescal Valley	30,069.0	22,630	32.9%
270	Atascadero	29,712.0	27,981	6.2%
271	San Carlos	29,614.0	27,830	6.4%
272	Monterey	29,613.0	27,827	6.4%
273	Suisun City	29,286.0	27,742	5.6%
274	San Lorenzo	29,171.0	23,562	23.8%
275	East Palo Alto	29,069.0	27,894	4.2%
276	Ridgecrest	28,225.0	27,386	3.1%
277	Lemon Grove	27,686.0	25,074	10.4%
278	Walnut	27,611.0	29,327	-5.9%
279	Twentynine Palms	27,355.0	26,215	4.3%
280	Belmont	27,337.0	25,281	8.1%
281	Brawley	27,283.0	24,288	12.3%
282	Lemoore	27,102.0	23,901	13.4%
283	Benicia	26,749.0	26,959	-0.8%
284	Sanger	26,699.0	23,370	14.2%
285	Wasco	26,558.0	25,143	5.6%
286	Soledad	26,365.0	25,350	4.0%
287	Hercules	26,302.0	23,061	14.1%
288	Windsor	26,081.0	25,760	1.2%
289	South Pasadena	26,068.0	25,376	2.7%
290	Eureka	26,010.0	26,954	-3.5%
291	El Cerrito	25,994.0	23,320	11.5%
292	Galt	25,962.0	23,074	12.5%
293	North Tustin	25,807.0	24,520	5.2%
294	Imperial Beach	25,764.0	26,254	-1.9%
295	Bloomington	25,698.0	24,982	2.9%
296	West Whittier-Los Nietos	25,615.0	25,188	1.7%
297	Reedley	25,609.0	23,669	8.2%
298	Mountain House	25,513.0	7,496	240.4%
299	Dinuba	25,475.0	20,823	22.3%
300	Lafayette	25,285.0	23,769	6.4%
301	Riverbank	25,166.0	21,778	15.6%
302	Loma Linda	25,122.0	22,837	10.0%
303	Barstow	25,100.0	22,983	9.2%
304	Norco	25,054.0	26,984	-7.2%
305	Seal Beach	24,722.0	24,081	2.7%
306	Patterson	24,693.0	19,110	29.2%
307	Selma	24,659.0	22,617	9.0%
308	Maywood	24,317.0	27,515	-11.6%
309	Bay Point	24,231.0	21,197	14.3%
310	Linda	23,871.0	17,406	37.1%
311	Ladera Ranch	23,793.0	18,170	30.9%
312	Rosemont	23,766.0	22,851	4.0%
313	San Fernando	23,632.0	23,623	0.0%
314	East San Gabriel	23,410.0	15,131	54.7%
315	West Rancho Dominguez	23,300.0	5,761	304.4%
316	Oakdale	23,194.0	20,076	15.5%
317	Laguna Beach	22,710.0	22,788	-0.3%
318	Millbrae	22,689.0	21,007	8.0%
319	Calabasas	22,669.0	22,686	-0.1%
320	Ramona	22,634.0	21,482	5.4%
321	Marina	22,563.0	19,529	15.5%
322	West Puente Valley	22,495.0	22,823	-1.4%
323	Corcoran	22,491.0	25,136	-10.5%
324	Ashland	22,210.0	22,098	0.5%
325	Duarte	22,184.0	21,380	3.8%
326	West Carson	22,143.0	20,940	5.7%
327	Winter Gardens	22,131.0	20,193	9.6%
328	Cudahy	22,087.0	23,854	-7.4%
329	Yucca Valley	21,770.0	20,290	7.3%
330	American Canyon	21,691.0	17,692	22.6%
331	Willowbrook	21,681.0	35,174	-38.4%
332	Granite Bay	21,673.0	22,681	-4.4%
333	Port Hueneme	21,582.0	21,723	-0.6%
334	Rosamond	21,473.0	17,029	26.1%
335	Imperial	21,430.0	13,406	59.9%
336	Rancho San Diego	21,272.0	20,247	5.1%
337	South Lake Tahoe	21,269.0	22,114	-3.8%
338	Shafter	21,193.0	16,378	29.4%
339	Stevenson Ranch	20,990.0	16,934	24.0%
340	Valinda	20,962.0	22,157	-5.4%
341	East Hemet	20,257.0	19,962	1.5%
342	Greenfield	20,232.0	15,480	30.7%
343	Lomita	20,225.0	20,186	0.2%
344	Casa De Oro-Mount Helix	19,765.0	19,118	3.4%
345	Oroville	19,752.0	15,369	28.5%
346	Prunedale	19,723.0	19,044	3.6%
347	Agoura Hills	19,721.0	20,328	-3.0%
348	Dixon	19,683.0	17,924	9.8%
349	La Crescenta-Montrose	19,660.0	19,927	-1.3%
350	Arvin	19,539.0	18,329	6.6%
351	Orinda	19,514.0	17,485	11.6%
352	Lennox	19,449.0	21,594	-9.9%
353	Albany	19,414.0	17,921	8.3%
354	South El Monte	19,287.0	20,240	-4.7%
355	Mead Valley	19,286.0	17,616	9.5%
356	Hermosa Beach	19,063.0	19,355	-1.5%
357	Chowchilla	19,020.0	18,090	5.1%
358	Coronado	19,015.0	19,721	-3.6%
359	Rosedale	18,877.0	14,847	27.1%
360	Santa Fe Springs	18,871.0	16,376	15.2%
361	Pinole	18,761.0	18,461	1.6%
362	Stanford	18,662.0	14,256	30.9%
363	Arcata	18,607.0	17,100	8.8%
364	Valle Vista	18,602.0	13,957	33.3%
365	Phelan	18,496.0	14,016	32.0%
366	Olivehurst	18,444.0	13,298	38.7%
367	Arroyo Grande	18,372.0	16,990	8.1%
368	Cameron Park	18,315.0	17,211	6.4%
369	Castaic	17,999.0	18,134	-0.7%
370	Rancho Mirage	17,563.0	16,726	5.0%
371	Nipomo	17,516.0	16,179	8.3%
372	Blythe	17,396.0	21,164	-17.8%
373	Woodcrest	17,368.0	14,296	21.5%
374	Laguna Woods	17,289.0	16,295	6.1%
375	Coalinga	17,203.0	13,086	31.5%
376	Mckinleyville	17,113.0	16,896	1.3%
377	Truckee	17,066.0	15,864	7.6%
378	Live Oak	16,911.0	16,439	2.9%
379	South San Jose Hills	16,911.0	21,379	-20.9%
380	Fillmore	16,816.0	14,721	14.2%
381	Kerman	16,815.0	12,708	32.3%
382	El Segundo	16,769.0	16,534	1.4%
383	Moraga	16,769.0	15,975	5.0%
384	Bostonia	16,765.0	14,515	15.5%
385	Clearlake	16,659.0	15,074	10.5%
386	Rio Linda	16,335.0	14,695	11.2%
387	Ukiah	16,304.0	15,942	2.3%
388	Ripon	16,201.0	13,792	17.5%
389	Artesia	15,889.0	16,476	-3.6%
390	Camp Pendleton South	15,766.0	13,402	17.6%
391	Parkway	15,397.0	14,153	8.8%
392	Vincent	15,340.0	16,204	-5.3%
393	Lemon Hill	15,312.0	13,424	14.1%
394	La Palma	15,272.0	15,479	-1.3%
395	Coto De Caza	15,190.0	15,453	-1.7%
396	Alpine	15,180.0	13,326	13.9%
397	Walnut Park	14,958.0	16,686	-10.4%
398	Pacific Grove	14,951.0	14,902	0.3%
399	Discovery Bay	14,911.0	11,438	30.4%
400	Livingston	14,606.0	12,733	14.7%
401	East Rancho Dominguez	14,603.0	13,599	7.4%
402	Red Bluff	14,549.0	13,977	4.1%
403	Parlier	14,507.0	13,928	4.2%
404	Alamo	14,488.0	15,177	-4.5%
405	California City	14,414.0	13,264	8.7%
406	Mcfarland	14,222.0	12,302	15.6%
407	Susanville	14,177.0	17,460	-18.8%
408	Los Osos	14,166.0	14,924	-5.1%
409	Cherryland	14,143.0	13,326	6.1%
410	Grass Valley	14,113.0	12,765	10.6%
411	Mill Valley	14,012.0	13,702	2.3%
412	Isla Vista	13,920.0	23,776	-41.5%
413	Salida	13,900.0	14,625	-5.0%
414	Auburn	13,768.0	13,451	2.4%
415	Oak Park	13,757.0	14,044	-2.0%
416	Hawaiian Gardens	13,691.0	14,328	-4.4%
417	Avenal	13,608.0	15,749	-13.6%
418	King City	13,604.0	12,399	9.7%
419	North Auburn	13,480.0	12,561	7.3%
420	Lamont	13,164.0	15,365	-14.3%
421	North Fair Oaks	13,100.0	14,270	-8.2%
422	Emeryville	13,081.0	9,393	39.3%
423	Grand Terrace	13,078.0	12,115	7.9%
424	Lake Los Angeles	13,051.0	12,506	4.4%
425	Carpinteria	13,036.0	13,122	-0.7%
426	Palos Verdes Estates	12,925.0	13,406	-3.6%
427	Larkspur	12,854.0	11,804	8.9%
428	Solana Beach	12,823.0	12,790	0.3%
429	Kingsburg	12,755.0	11,041	15.5%
430	Marysville	12,726.0	12,295	3.5%
431	San Anselmo	12,679.0	12,203	3.9%
432	Bonita	12,652.0	14,065	-10.0%
433	Lindsay	12,643.0	11,528	9.7%
434	Grover Beach	12,604.0	13,137	-4.1%
435	Avocado Heights	12,593.0	15,473	-18.6%
436	Mendota	12,577.0	10,459	20.3%
437	Fortuna	12,326.0	11,646	5.8%
438	Newman	12,316.0	9,806	25.6%
439	Lakeland Village	12,236.0	12,125	0.9%
440	San Marino	12,216.0	13,114	-6.8%
441	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	12,085.0	10,601	14.0%
442	Scotts Valley	12,044.0	11,351	6.1%
443	Muscoy	12,025.0	11,294	6.5%
444	Commerce	11,993.0	12,758	-6.0%
445	Tehachapi	11,946.0	14,080	-15.2%
446	Winton	11,797.0	11,103	6.3%
447	Los Alamitos	11,794.0	11,414	3.3%
448	Rossmoor	11,532.0	10,492	9.9%
449	Quartz Hill	11,510.0	10,398	10.7%
450	La Riviera	11,492.0	11,148	3.1%
451	Signal Hill	11,468.0	10,700	7.2%
452	Big Bear City	11,431.0	11,937	-4.2%
453	Half Moon Bay	11,391.0	11,126	2.4%
454	Anderson	11,255.0	9,910	13.6%
455	Healdsburg	11,243.0	11,082	1.5%
456	View Park-Windsor Hills	11,230.0	10,768	4.3%
457	Valley Center	11,119.0	9,022	23.2%
458	Canyon Lake	11,119.0	10,618	4.7%
459	Del Aire	11,115.0	9,582	16.0%
460	Hillsborough	11,099.0	10,650	4.2%
461	Sun Village	11,036.0	10,692	3.2%
462	Delhi	11,009.0	10,481	5.0%
463	Piedmont	10,945.0	10,573	3.5%
464	Sierra Madre	10,940.0	10,854	0.8%
465	Clayton	10,937.0	10,819	1.1%
466	Diamond Springs	10,927.0	11,327	-3.5%
467	Citrus	10,904.0	10,108	7.9%
468	Calimesa	10,902.0	7,869	38.5%
469	Placerville	10,762.0	10,384	3.6%
470	Fairview	10,745.0	9,812	9.5%
471	Morro Bay	10,692.0	10,255	4.3%
472	Soquel	10,679.0	9,392	13.7%
473	Sonoma	10,670.0	10,292	3.7%
474	Garden Acres	10,667.0	10,471	1.9%
475	Lake Arrowhead	10,639.0	9,578	11.1%
476	Home Gardens	10,506.0	10,947	-4.0%
477	Alum Rock	10,440.0	16,049	-34.9%
478	Malibu	10,421.0	12,794	-18.5%
479	Farmersville	10,397.0	10,283	1.1%
480	Shasta Lake	10,311.0	10,081	2.3%
481	Exeter	10,258.0	10,139	1.2%
482	San Diego Country Estates	10,223.0	10,657	-4.1%
483	Country Club	10,161.0	8,819	15.2%
484	Blackhawk	10,137.0	9,607	5.5%
485	Rio Vista	10,102.0	6,874	47.0%
486	Corte Madera	10,077.0	9,110	10.6%
487	East Whittier	9,990.0	0	nan%
488	Golden Hills	9,891.0	8,574	15.4%
489	Madera Acres	9,846.0	9,065	8.6%
490	Crestline	9,835.0	8,936	10.1%
491	Orange Cove	9,695.0	8,718	11.2%
492	Capitola	9,689.0	9,801	-1.1%
493	Templeton	9,580.0	8,015	19.5%
494	Mentone	9,514.0	8,854	7.5%
495	Spring Valley Lake	9,483.0	7,640	24.1%
496	Charter Oak	9,442.0	9,298	1.5%
497	Plumas Lake	9,418.0	5,161	82.5%
498	Waterford	9,204.0	8,315	10.7%
499	Rio Del Mar	9,201.0	9,422	-2.3%
500	Marina Del Rey	9,176.0	9,196	-0.2%

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