List of Largest Cities in California

California is the state located on the west coast of the United States with a total population of 38 million, and the third-largest state by area of 423,970 km², there are over hundreds of cities and towns in California. Los Angeles is the largest city in California by population (3.8 million) and area (1,213 km²) at the density of 3,124 inhabitants per square km, San Diego, and San Jose are the second and third-largest cities respectively with a population of 1.4 million and 1 million. Sacramento is the Capital city of California and ranked 6th by the population with 500,000 inhabitants at a density of 1,839 per km2. Santa Ana is the highest density city with 4,618 inhabitants per km2 and the city stands at 70 km².