List of Largest Cities in California

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California is the state located on the west coast of United States with a total population of 38 million, and third-largest state by area of 423,970 km2, there are over hundreds of cities and towns with huge to small populations. Los Angeles is the largest city in California by population (3,884,307 as per 2013 estimation) and area (1,213 km2) at the density of 3,124 inhabitants per square kilometers, San Diego, and San Jose are the second and third-largest cities respectively with a population of 1,355,896 and 998,537. Sacramento is the Capital city of California and ranked 6th on the population with populations of 479,686 at the density of 1,839 people per km2. Santa Ana is the highest density city of 4,618 inhabitants per km2 and the city stands in 70 km2. Below the list of 25 largest cities and towns are ranked by population with details of Area and density.

RankNamePopulationArea (km²)Density
( inhabitants/km²)		County 
1Los Angeles3,884,3071,2133,124Los Angeles
2San Diego1,355,8968421,545San Diego
3San Jose998,5374572,083Santa Clara
4San Francisco837,4421216,630San Francisco
5Fresno509,9242931,691Fresno
6Sacramento479,6862531,839Sacramento
7Long Beach469,4281303,548Los Angeles
8Oakland406,2531442,700Oakland
9Bakersfield363,6303849,03Kern
10Anaheim345,0121292,599Orange
11Santa Ana334,227704,618Orange
12Riverside316,6192101,445Riverside
13Stockton298,1181591,826Stockton
14Chula Vista256,7801281,897San Diego
15Irvine236,7161691,247Orange
16Fremont224,9222001,067Alameda
17San Bernardino213,7081591,318San Bernardino
18Modesto204,9331141,750Stanislaus
19Oxnard203,007692,840Ventura
20Fontana203,0031091,784San Bernardino
21Moreno Valley201,1751321,456Riverside
22Huntington Beach197,575692,738Orange
23Glendale196,021782,431Los Angeles
24Santa Clarita179,5901361,291Los Angeles
25Garden Grove175,140463,676Orange

US Census Bureau – 2013

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