This is a list of urban areas in California as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2020 census populations. 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.
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 | Rank | Name [Note 1] | Population (2020 census) [1] | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | 12,237,376 | 
| 2 | San Francisco-Oakland | 3,515,933 | 
| 3 | San Diego | 3,070,300 | 
| 4 | Riverside-San Bernardino | 2,276,703 | 
| 5 | Sacramento | 1,946,618 | 
| 6 | San Jose | 1,837,446 | 
| 7 | Fresno | 717,589 | 
| 8 | Mission Viejo-Lake Forest-Laguna Niguel | 646,843 | 
| 9 | Bakersfield | 570,235 | 
| 10 | Concord-Walnut Creek | 538,583 | 
| 11 | Temecula-Murrieta-Menifee | 528,991 | 
| - | Reno, NV-CA | 446,529 | 
| 12 | Stockton | 414,847 | 
| 13 | Oxnard-Ventura | 376,117 | 
| 14 | Indio-Palm Desert-Palm Springs | 361,075 | 
| 15 | Palmdale-Lancaster | 359,559 | 
| 16 | Modesto | 357,301 | 
| 17 | Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley | 355,816 | 
| 18 | Antioch | 326,205 | 
| 19 | Santa Rosa | 297,329 | 
| 20 | Santa Clarita | 278,031 | 
| 21 | Livermore-Pleasanton-Dublin | 240,381 | 
| 22 | Thousand Oaks | 213,986 | 
| 23 | Santa Barbara | 202,197 | 
| 24 | Salinas | 177,532 | 
| 25 | Vallejo | 175,132 | 
| 26 | Hemet | 173,194 | 
| 27 | Santa Cruz | 169,038 | 
| 28 | Visalia | 160,578 | 
| 29 | Fairfield | 150,122 | 
| 30 | Merced | 150,052 | 
| 31 | Santa Maria | 143,609 | 
| - | Yuma, AZ-CA | 135,717 | 
| 32 | Simi Valley | 127,364 | 
| 33 | Yuba City | 125,706 | 
| 34 | Seaside-Monterey-Pacific Grove | 123,495 | 
| 35 | Tracy-Mountain House | 120,912 | 
| 36 | Redding | 120,602 | 
| 37 | Gilroy-Morgan Hill | 114,833 | 
| 38 | Chico | 111,411 | 
| 39 | Vacaville | 101,027 | 
| 40 | Manteca | 86,674 | 
| 41 | Napa | 84,619 | 
| 42 | Madera | 81,635 | 
| 43 | Turlock | 79,203 | 
| 44 | Davis | 77,034 | 
| 45 | Camarillo | 76,338 | 
| 46 | El Centro | 74,376 | 
| 47 | Lodi | 73,090 | 
| 48 | Tulare | 70,628 | 
| 49 | Porterville | 69,862 | 
| 50 | Watsonville | 68,668 | 
| 51 | Paso Robles-Atascadero | 67,804 | 
| 52 | Hanford | 66,638 | 
| 53 | Petaluma | 65,227 | 
| 54 | Woodland | 61,133 | 
| 55 | San Luis Obispo | 56,904 | 
| 56 | Lompoc | 54,287 | 
| 57 | Arroyo Grande-Grover Beach-Pismo Beach | 50,885 | 
| 58 | Reedley--Dinuba | 49,614 | 
| 59 | Hollister | 49,611 | 
| 60 | Eureka | 45,951 | 
| 61 | Desert Hot Springs | 45,767 | 
| 62 | Los Banos | 45,533 | 
| 63 | Delano | 44,410 | 
| 64 | Fallbrook | 41,305 | 
| 65 | Oroville | 40,190 | 
| 66 | Calexico | 38,491 | 
| 67 | Grass Valley | 36,720 | 
| 68 | Selma | 32,546 | 
| 69 | Sonoma | 31,479 | 
| 70 | Auburn | 31,371 | 
| 71 | South Lake Tahoe, CA-NV | 31,363 | 
| 72 | Santa Paula | 30,675 | 
| 73 | Barstow | 30,522 | 
| 74 | Ridgecrest | 29,307 | 
| 75 | Sonora-Twain Harte | 29,013 | 
| 76 | Ukiah | 28,987 | 
| 77 | Sanger | 27,325 | 
| 78 | Lemoore | 26,957 | 
| 79 | Galt | 26,618 | 
| 80 | Brawley | 26,270 | 
| 81 | Oakdale | 25,408 | 
| 82 | Patterson | 23,660 | 
| 83 | Placerville-Diamond Springs | 23,291 | 
| 84 | Corcoran | 22,377 | 
| 85 | Crestline-Lake Arrowhead | 22,272 | 
| 86 | Wasco | 22,235 | 
| 87 | Half Moon Bay | 21,688 | 
| 88 | Nipomo | 20,303 | 
| 89 | Red Bluff | 19,826 | 
| 90 | Arcata | 19,714 | 
| - | Incline Village, NV-CA | 19,441 | 
| 91 | Arvin | 19,385 | 
| 92 | Shafter | 19,278 | 
| 93 | Soledad | 18,946 | 
| 94 | Dixon | 18,876 | 
| 95 | Greenfield | 18,858 | 
| 96 | Sebastopol | 18,734 | 
| 97 | Yucca Valley | 18,293 | 
| 98 | Rosamond | 17,538 | 
| 99 | Clearlake | 17,351 | 
| 100 | Tehachapi-Golden Hills | 17,298 | 
| 101 | Big Bear City | 16,498 | 
| 102 | Fillmore | 16,397 | 
| 103 | Kerman | 16,002 | 
| 104 | Discovery Bay | 15,939 | 
| 105 | Ripon | 15,829 | 
| 106 | Crescent City | 15,620 | 
| 107 | Lamont | 15,271 | 
| 108 | Taft | 15,022 | 
| 109 | McKinleyville | 14,981 | 
| 110 | Ramona | 14,837 | 
| 111 | Parlier | 14,522 | 
| 112 | Livingston | 14,255 | 
| 113 | McFarland | 14,149 | 
| 114 | Los Osos | 13,978 | 
| 115 | Lindsay | 13,942 | 
| 116 | King City | 13,760 | 
| 117 | Mendota | 13,382 | 
| 118 | Alpine | 13,307 | 
| 119 | Avenal | 13,304 | 
| 120 | Chowchilla | 13,196 | 
| 121 | Morro Bay | 13,163 | 
| 122 | Coalinga | 13,049 | 
| 123 | Twentynine Palms | 12,881 | 
| 124 | Orosi | 12,795 | 
| 125 | Fortuna | 12,784 | 
| 126 | Truckee | 12,756 | 
| 127 | Kingsburg | 12,602 | 
| 128 | Newman | 12,387 | 
| 129 | Castroville-Prunedale | 12,334 | 
| 130 | Blythe, CA-AZ | 11,780 | 
| 131 | Twentynine Palms North | 11,665 | 
| 132 | Bishop | 11,013 | 
| 133 | Exeter | 10,973 | 
| 134 | Fort Bragg | 10,668 | 
| 135 | Solvang-Santa Ynez | 10,295 | 
| 136 | Delhi | 10,274 |