List of California urban areas

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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.

1 - Los Angeles Echo Park Lake.jpg
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
4 - San Bernardino Sb 2004 dt snowskyline 003a.jpg
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
9 - Mission Viejo Snow at Lake Mission Viejo 005.jpg
9 - Mission Viejo
10 - Bakersfield 2008-0621-Bakersfield-pan.JPG
10 - Bakersfield
RankName [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

References

  1. ↑ In order to match the official lists from the U.S. Census Bureau and provide less clutter in the table, postal code abbreviations for the names of states are used in this column. For a list of the states and abbreviations used, please see the table below the map at this list of US States.
  1. ↑ "Urban and Rural: List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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