Top 100 Biggest Cities In California (2003 Census)

Rank	City	2004 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Los Angeles	3,787,833	0.7%
2	San Diego	1,263,423	1.0%
3	San Jose	898,564	-0.2%
4	San Francisco	775,046	-0.1%
5	Long Beach	471,482	0.7%
6	Fresno	449,393	1.4%
7	Sacramento	440,143	2.5%
8	Oakland	397,511	-0.3%
9	Santa Ana	339,613	0.1%
10	Anaheim	331,018	0.2%
11	Riverside	279,306	2.6%
12	Bakersfield	268,731	3.1%
13	Stockton	267,804	3.1%
14	Modesto	204,543	2.5%
15	Fremont	202,882	-0.2%
16	Chula Vista	199,148	4.3%
17	Glendale	198,917	0.6%
18	San Bernardino	196,979	1.4%
19	Huntington Beach	193,107	0.5%
20	Oxnard	179,389	1.5%
21	Irvine	170,303	5.1%
22	Oceanside	167,733	1.2%
23	Fontana	166,993	4.4%
24	Ontario	165,931	1.5%
25	Garden Grove	165,839	0.1%
26	Santa Clarita	164,955	2.0%
27	Moreno Valley	155,334	2.7%
28	Santa Rosa	152,929	0.8%
29	Pomona	151,123	0.7%
30	Rancho Cucamonga	150,328	5.2%
31	Salinas	146,575	0.7%
32	Corona	143,200	3.5%
33	Torrance	141,036	0.7%
34	Hayward	140,393	-0.1%
35	Pasadena	140,254	1.4%
36	Escondido	136,474	0.5%
37	Orange	132,200	0.6%
38	Fullerton	130,714	1.1%
39	Sunnyvale	127,599	-1.1%
40	Palmdale	126,629	2.5%
41	Lancaster	124,722	1.5%
42	Concord	123,107	0.2%
43	Thousand Oaks	122,986	1.5%
44	El Monte	120,065	1.1%
45	Vallejo	118,607	0.4%
46	Simi Valley	116,071	1.2%
47	Inglewood	114,104	0.4%
48	Costa Mesa	109,508	0.0%
49	Downey	108,948	0.5%
50	West Covina	107,050	0.6%
51	Norwalk	105,716	0.4%
52	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	103,341	0.7%
53	Visalia	102,738	2.4%
54	Burbank	102,354	0.6%
55	Fairfield	101,661	1.6%
56	Santa Clara	101,440	-0.3%
57	Berkeley	101,391	-0.5%
58	Richmond	100,799	0.4%
59	Daly City	100,346	-1.1%
60	Antioch	99,763	2.9%
61	South Gate	98,176	0.6%
62	Elk Grove	98,112	6.3%
63	Roseville	97,824	6.4%
64	Rialto	97,206	1.6%
65	Mission Viejo	95,405	0.6%
66	El Cajon	95,268	0.1%
67	Compton	95,073	0.5%
68	Vacaville	93,392	1.5%
69	Carson	92,624	1.0%
70	Vista	91,656	0.6%
71	San Mateo	90,789	-0.7%
72	Westminster	88,764	0.2%
73	Santa Barbara	87,644	-0.7%
74	Carlsbad	87,570	3.3%
75	Citrus Heights	87,377	0.8%
76	Redding	86,943	2.2%
77	Santa Monica	86,498	0.8%
78	Alhambra	86,358	0.5%
79	Hawthorne	85,263	0.4%
80	Whittier	84,701	0.3%
81	Santa Maria	81,679	1.5%
82	Chico	80,636	1.5%
83	Newport Beach	80,557	0.6%
84	Temecula	80,281	5.3%
85	Lakewood	80,222	0.3%
86	San Leandro	79,423	-0.1%
87	Buena Park	78,688	0.3%
88	Clovis	78,606	4.0%
89	Baldwin Park	77,755	0.8%
90	Livermore	77,095	1.4%
91	Lake Forest	76,408	0.1%
92	Napa	74,586	0.8%
93	Victorville	74,407	4.9%
94	Bellflower	74,053	0.5%
95	Chino Hills	73,302	2.9%
96	Chino	73,187	1.5%
97	Redwood City	73,141	-1.0%
98	Upland	71,594	1.3%
99	Tracy	71,549	7.2%
100	Alameda	71,325	-0.5%

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