List of California urban areas

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This is a list of urban areas in the California as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2010 estimated Census populations. In the table, UA refers to "urbanized area" (urban areas with population over 50,000) and UC refers to "urban cluster" (urban areas with population less than 50,000). The list includes urban areas with a population of at least 10,000. Rows in green indicate that part of the area lies outside of California. Rows without a rank indicate that the center of the area is outside of California.

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1 - Los Angeles
2 - San Francisco SF From Marin Highlands3.jpg
2 - San Francisco
3 - San Diego Panorama de San Diego.jpg
3 - San Diego
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4 - San Bernardino
5 - Sacramento Sacramento Skyline (cropped).jpg
5 - Sacramento
6 - San Jose SJPan.jpg
6 - San Jose
7 - Fresno Downtownfresnoskyline.jpg
7 - Fresno
8 - Concord ConcordAvenue.jpg
8 - Concord
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9 - Mission Viejo
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10 - Bakersfield
RankName [Note 1] Type
(UA/UC)		Population
(2010 census est.) [1]
1 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim UA12,150,996
2 San Francisco-Oakland UA3,281,212
3 San Diego UA2,956,746
4 Riverside-San Bernardino UA1,932,666
5 Sacramento UA1,723,634
6 San Jose UA1,664,496
7 Fresno UA654,628
8 Concord UA615,968
9 Mission Viejo-Lake Forest-San Clemente UA583,681
10 Bakersfield UA523,994
11 Murrieta-Temecula-Menifee UA441,546
- Reno, NV-CA UA392,141
12 Stockton UA370,583
13 Oxnard UA367,260
14 Modesto UA358,172
15 Indio-Cathedral City UA345,580
16 Lancaster-Palmdale UA341,219
17 Victorville-Hesperia UA328,454
18 Santa Rosa UA308,231
19 Antioch UA277,634
20 Santa Clarita UA258,653
21 Visalia UA219,454
22 Thousand Oaks UA214,811
23 Santa Barbara UA195,861
24 Salinas UA184,809
25 Vallejo UA165,074
26 Santa Cruz UA163,703
27 Hemet UA163,379
28 Merced UA136,969
- Yuma, AZ-CA UA135,267
29 Fairfield UA133,683
30 Santa Maria UA130,447
31 Simi Valley UA125,206
32 Redding UA117,731
33 Yuba City UA116,719
34 Seaside-Monterey UA114,237
35 Porterville UA111,804
36 El Centro-Calexico UA107,672
37 Turlock UA99,904
38 Gilroy-Morgan Hill UA98,413
39 Chico UA98,176
40 Vacaville UA93,141
41 Hanford UA87,941
42 Tracy UA87,569
43 Napa UA83,913
44 Manteca UA83,578
45 Livermore UA81,624
46 Madera UA78,413
47 Watsonville UA73,534
48 Davis UA72,794
49 Camarillo UA71,772
50 Lodi UA68,738
51 Paso Robles-Atascadero UA65,088
52 Petaluma UA64,078
53 San Luis Obispo UA59,219
54 Woodland UA55,513
55 Delano UA54,372
56 Arroyo Grande--Grover Beach UA52,000
57 Lompoc UA51,509
58 Reedley--Dinuba UC46,247
59 Eureka UC45,034
60 Hollister UC42,002
61 Selma UC41,810
62 Desert Hot Springs UC39,445
63 Oroville UC37,122
64 Los Banos UC35,917
65 Paradise UC34,725
66 Grass Valley UC34,308
67 Auburn-North Auburn UC33,157
68 Sonoma UC32,678
69 Arcata-McKinleyville UC32,364
70 Ridgecrest UC31,155
71 Santa Paula UC29,742
72 Ukiah UC29,709
73 Placerville-Diamond Springs UC29,700
74 South Lake Tahoe, CA-NV UC29,107
75 Barstow UC28,973
76 Sonora-Jamestown-Phoenix Lake UC28,255
77 Morro Bay-Los Osos UC26,772
78 Sanger UC26,604
79 Lemoore UC26,193
80 Soledad UC25,943
81 Ramona UC25,913
82 Corcoran UC25,516
83 Wasco UC25,489
84 Brawley UC25,032
85 Galt UC24,912
86 Yucca Valley UC23,805
87 Lake Arrowhead-Crestline UC22,175
88 Patterson UC20,781
89 Half Moon Bay UC20,713
90 Arvin UC19,573
91 Crescent City UC18,976
92 Dixon UC18,445
93 Red Bluff UC18,434
94 Shafter UC18,098
95 Lakeport UC16,583
96 Tehachapi-Golden Hills UC16,540
97 Greenfield UC16,451
98 Rosamond UC16,000
99 Clearlake UC15,944
100 Nipomo UC15,882
101 Big Bear City UC15,873
102 Avenal UC15,486
103 Orosi UC15,150
104 Fillmore UC15,081
105 Taft UC14,985
106 Solvang-Buellton-Santa Ynez UC14,862
107 Lindsay UC14,610
108 King City UC14,529
109 Parlier UC14,490
110 Discovery Bay UC14,044
111 Kerman UC13,487
112 Earlimart UC13,211
113 Fortuna UC13,084
- Incline Village, NV-CA UC13,022
113 Blythe, CA-AZ UC12,967
114 Twentynine Palms UC12,895
115 McFarland UC12,826
116 Coalinga UC12,702
117 Truckee UC12,139
118 Chowchilla UC11,843
119 Lake Los Angeles UC11,808
120 Mecca UC11,253
121 Mendota UC11,211
122 California City UC10,908
123 Fort Bragg UC10,348
124 Susanville UC10,285
125 Newman UC10,223

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  1. ↑ Federal Register | Qualifying Urban Areas for the 2010 Census. Federalregister.gov (2012-03-27). Retrieved on 2013-07-21.
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