List of largest California cities by land area

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This is a list of the 25 largest incorporated cities in the State of California ranked by land area.

If ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities would appear disproportionately larger. For instance, San Francisco's 46.9 square miles (121 km2) of land area would make it 30th on this list. Sorted by total area, San Francisco would be third, as water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 231.9 square miles (601 km2).

Note: These are the actual incorporated areas of the listed cities, as opposed to metropolitan areas, urban areas, or counties, and will therefore differ from other available listings.

RankCityLand areaWater areaTotal areaPopulation (2010) [1] Population Density
1 Los Angeles 468.7 sq mi (1,214 km2)34.0 sq mi (88 km2)502.7 sq mi (1,302 km2)3,792,6218,091.8/sq mi (3,124.3/km2)
2 San Diego 325.2 sq mi (842 km2)47.2 sq mi (122 km2)456.4 sq mi (1,182 km2)1,301,6174,002.5/sq mi (1,545.4/km2)
3 California City 203.531 sq mi (527.14 km2)0.1 sq mi (0.26 km2)203.631 sq mi (527.40 km2)14,120

69.3/sq mi (26.8/km2)

4 San Jose 176.5 sq mi (457 km2)3.4 sq mi (8.8 km2)179.9 sq mi (466 km2)958,7895,329.6/sq mi (2,057.8/km2)
5 Bakersfield 149.73 sq mi (387.8 km2)1.47 sq mi (3.8 km2)151.2 sq mi (392 km2)347,4832,543.8/sq mi (982.2/km2)
6 Fresno 111.9 sq mi (290 km2)0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2)112.3 sq mi (291 km2)510,3654,544.7/sq mi (1,754.7/km2)
7 Palmdale 106.0 sq mi (275 km2)0.2 sq mi (0.52 km2)106.2 sq mi (275 km2)152,7501,438.3/sq mi (555.3/km2)
8 Sacramento 97.9 sq mi (254 km2)2.2 sq mi (5.7 km2)100.1 sq mi (259 km2)466,4884,660.2/sq mi (1,799.3/km2)
9 Lancaster 94.3 sq mi (244 km2)0.2 sq mi (0.52 km2)94.5 sq mi (245 km2)156,6331,657.5/sq mi (640.0/km2)
10 Palm Springs 94.1 sq mi (244 km2)0.9 sq mi (2.3 km2)95.0 sq mi (246 km2)44,552468.9/sq mi (181.0/km2)
11 Riverside 81.1 sq mi (210 km2)0.3 sq mi (0.78 km2)81.4 sq mi (211 km2)303,8713,733.1/sq mi (1,441.4/km2)
12 Fremont 77.5 sq mi (201 km2)10.1 sq mi (26 km2)87.6 sq mi (227 km2)214,0892,443.9/sq mi (943.6/km2)
13 Apple Valley 73.2 sq mi (190 km2)0.3 sq mi (0.78 km2)73.5 sq mi (190 km2)69,135994.5/sq mi (384.0/km2)
14 Victorville 73.2 sq mi (190 km2)0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2)73.7 sq mi (191 km2)115,9031,583.4/sq mi (611.4/km2)
15 Hesperia 73.1 sq mi (189 km2)0.1 sq mi (0.26 km2)73.2 sq mi (190 km2)90,1731,233.6/sq mi (476.3/km2)
16 Irvine 66.1 sq mi (171 km2)0.3 sq mi (0.78 km2)66.4 sq mi (172 km2)212,3753,212.9/sq mi (1,240.5/km2)
17 Stockton 61.7 sq mi (160 km2)3.1 sq mi (8.0 km2)64.8 sq mi (168 km2)291,7074,727.8/sq mi (1,825.4/km2)
18 Redding 59.6 sq mi (154 km2)1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2)61.1 sq mi (158 km2)89,8611,507.7/sq mi (582.1/km2)
19 San Bernardino 59.2 sq mi (153 km2)0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2)59.6 sq mi (154 km2)209,9243,546.0/sq mi (1,369.1/km2)
20 Twentynine Palms 59.1 sq mi (153 km2)0.0 sq mi (0 km2)59.1 sq mi (153 km2)25,048423.8/sq mi (163.6/km2)
21 Adelanto 56.0 sq mi (145 km2)0.0 sq mi (0 km2)56.0 sq mi (145 km2)31,765567.2/sq mi (219.0/km2)
22 Oakland 55.8 sq mi (145 km2)22.2 sq mi (57 km2)78.0 sq mi (202 km2)390,7247,002.2/sq mi (2,703.6/km2)
23 Thousand Oaks 55.0 sq mi (142 km2)0.1 sq mi (0.26 km2)55.1 sq mi (143 km2)126,8332,306.1/sq mi (890.4/km2)
24 Santa Clarita 52.7 sq mi (136 km2)0.1 sq mi (0.26 km2)52.8 sq mi (137 km2)177,6413,370.8/sq mi (1,301.5/km2)
25 Moreno Valley 51.3 sq mi (133 km2)0.2 sq mi (0.52 km2)51.5 sq mi (133 km2)186,3653,632.8/sq mi (1,402.6/km2)

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