List of municipalities in California

Map of the United States with California highlighted California Counties and Cities

California is a state located in the Western United States. It is the most populous state and the third largest by area after Alaska and Texas. According to the 2020 United States Census, California has 39,538,223 inhabitants and 155,779.22 square miles (403,466.3 km2) of land.[1]

California has been inhabited by numerous Native American peoples since antiquity. The Spanish, the Russians, and other Europeans began exploring and colonizing the area in the 16th and 17th centuries, with the Spanish establishing its first California mission at what is now San Diego in 1769.[2] After the Mexican Cession of 1848, the California Gold Rush brought worldwide attention to the area. The growth of the movie industry in Los Angeles, high tech in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, tourism, agriculture, and other areas in the ensuing decades fueled the creation of a $3 trillion economy as of 2018[update], which would rank fifth in the world if the state were a sovereign nation.[3]

California is divided into 58 counties[4] and contains 483 municipalities.[5] One, San Francisco, is a consolidated city-county. California law makes no distinction between "city" and "town", and municipalities may use either term in their official names.[6] They can be organized as either a charter municipality, governed by its own charter, or a general-law municipality (or "code city"), governed by state statute.[7]

The first municipality to incorporate was Sacramento on February 27, 1850,[8] while the most recent was Mountain House on July 1, 2024.[5] Eight cities were incorporated before the state's September 9, 1850, admission to the Union.[8] According to the 2020 United States Census, the largest municipality by population and land area is Los Angeles with 3,898,747 residents and 469.49 square miles (1,216.0 km2). Amador City is the smallest municipality by population with 200 people and the smallest by land area at 0.31 square miles (0.80 km2).[1]

## Municipalities

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* Most populous municipalities in California
* Los Angeles, the most populous city in California

* San Diego, the second most populous city in California

* San Jose, the third most populous city in California

* San Francisco, the fourth most populous city in California

* Fresno, the fifth most populous city in California

* Sacramento, California's sixth most populous city and state capital

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Name  | Type  | County  | Population (2020)[1] | Population (2010)[9] | Change  | Land area[10] | Population density[10] | Incorporated[8]

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sq mi  | km2
Adelanto | City  | San Bernardino | 38,046  | 31,765  | +19.8% | 52.87  | 136.9  | 719.6/sq mi (277.8/km2)  | December 22, 1970
Agoura Hills | City  | Los Angeles | 20,299  | 20,330  | −0.2% | 7.80  | 20.2  | 2,602.4/sq mi (1,004.8/km2)  | December 8, 1982
Alameda | City  | Alameda | 78,280  | 73,812  | +6.1% | 10.45  | 27.1  | 7,490.9/sq mi (2,892.3/km2)  | April 19, 1854
Albany | City  | Alameda | 20,271  | 18,539  | +9.3% | 1.79  | 4.6  | 11,324.6/sq mi (4,372.4/km2)  | September 22, 1908
Alhambra | City  | Los Angeles | 82,868  | 83,089  | −0.3% | 7.63  | 19.8  | 10,860.8/sq mi (4,193.4/km2)  | July 11, 1903
Aliso Viejo | City  | Orange | 52,176  | 47,823  | +9.1% | 6.93  | 17.9  | 7,529.0/sq mi (2,907.0/km2)  | July 1, 2001
Alturas†  | City  | Modoc | 2,715  | 2,827  | −4.0% | 2.84  | 7.4  | 956.0/sq mi (369.1/km2)  | September 16, 1901
Amador City | City  | Amador | 200  | 185  | +8.1% | 0.31  | 0.80  | 645.2/sq mi (249.1/km2)  | June 2, 1915
American Canyon | City  | Napa | 21,837  | 19,454  | +12.2% | 6.09  | 15.8  | 3,585.7/sq mi (1,384.5/km2)  | January 1, 1992
Anaheim | City  | Orange | 346,824  | 336,265  | +3.1% | 50.27  | 130.2  | 6,899.2/sq mi (2,663.8/km2)  | March 18, 1876
Anderson | City  | Shasta | 11,323  | 9,932  | +14.0% | 7.03  | 18.2  | 1,610.7/sq mi (621.9/km2)  | January 16, 1956
Angels Camp | City  | Calaveras | 3,667  | 3,836  | −4.4% | 3.63  | 9.4  | 1,010.2/sq mi (390.0/km2)  | January 16, 1912
Antioch | City  | Contra Costa | 115,291  | 102,372  | +12.6% | 29.17  | 75.5  | 3,952.4/sq mi (1,526.0/km2)  | February 6, 1872
Apple Valley | Town  | San Bernardino | 75,791  | 69,135  | +9.6% | 77.01  | 199.5  | 984.2/sq mi (380.0/km2)  | November 28, 1988
Arcadia | City  | Los Angeles | 56,681  | 56,364  | +0.6% | 10.93  | 28.3  | 5,185.8/sq mi (2,002.3/km2)  | August 5, 1903
Arcata | City  | Humboldt | 18,857  | 17,231  | +9.4% | 9.42  | 24.4  | 2,001.8/sq mi (772.9/km2)  | February 2, 1858
Arroyo Grande | City  | San Luis Obispo | 18,441  | 17,252  | +6.9% | 5.94  | 15.4  | 3,104.5/sq mi (1,198.7/km2)  | July 10, 1911
Artesia | City  | Los Angeles | 16,395  | 16,522  | −0.8% | 1.62  | 4.2  | 10,120.4/sq mi (3,907.5/km2)  | May 29, 1959
Arvin | City  | Kern | 19,495  | 19,304  | +1.0% | 4.82  | 12.5  | 4,044.6/sq mi (1,561.6/km2)  | December 21, 1960
Atascadero | City  | San Luis Obispo | 29,773  | 28,310  | +5.2% | 26.07  | 67.5  | 1,142.0/sq mi (440.9/km2)  | July 2, 1979
Atherton | Town  | San Mateo | 7,188  | 6,914  | +4.0% | 5.02  | 13.0  | 1,431.9/sq mi (552.8/km2)  | September 12, 1923
Atwater | City  | Merced | 31,970  | 28,168  | +13.5% | 6.57  | 17.0  | 4,866.1/sq mi (1,878.8/km2)  | August 16, 1922
Auburn†  | City  | Placer | 13,776  | 13,330  | +3.3% | 7.18  | 18.6  | 1,918.7/sq mi (740.8/km2)  | May 2, 1888
Avalon | City  | Los Angeles | 3,460  | 3,728  | −7.2% | 2.89  | 7.5  | 1,197.2/sq mi (462.3/km2)  | June 26, 1913
Avenal | City  | Kings | 13,696  | 15,505  | −11.7% | 19.48  | 50.5  | 703.1/sq mi (271.5/km2)  | September 11, 1979
Azusa | City  | Los Angeles | 50,000  | 46,361  | +7.8% | 9.66  | 25.0  | 5,176.0/sq mi (1,998.5/km2)  | December 29, 1898
Bakersfield†  | City  | Kern | 403,455  | 347,483  | +16.1% | 149.78  | 387.9  | 2,693.7/sq mi (1,040.0/km2)  | January 11, 1898
Baldwin Park | City  | Los Angeles | 72,176  | 75,390  | −4.3% | 6.63  | 17.2  | 10,886.3/sq mi (4,203.2/km2)  | January 25, 1956
Banning | City  | Riverside | 29,505  | 29,603  | −0.3% | 23.24  | 60.2  | 1,269.6/sq mi (490.2/km2)  | February 6, 1913
Barstow | City  | San Bernardino | 25,415  | 22,639  | +12.3% | 41.30  | 107.0  | 615.4/sq mi (237.6/km2)  | September 30, 1947
Beaumont | City  | Riverside | 53,036  | 36,877  | +43.8% | 30.32  | 78.5  | 1,749.2/sq mi (675.4/km2)  | November 18, 1912
Bell | City  | Los Angeles | 33,559  | 35,477  | −5.4% | 2.51  | 6.5  | 13,370.1/sq mi (5,162.2/km2)  | November 7, 1927
Bell Gardens | City  | Los Angeles | 39,501  | 42,072  | −6.1% | 2.46  | 6.4  | 16,057.3/sq mi (6,199.8/km2)  | August 1, 1961
Bellflower | City  | Los Angeles | 79,190  | 76,616  | +3.4% | 6.12  | 15.9  | 12,939.5/sq mi (4,996.0/km2)  | September 3, 1957
Belmont | City  | San Mateo | 28,335  | 25,835  | +9.7% | 4.63  | 12.0  | 6,119.9/sq mi (2,362.9/km2)  | October 29, 1926
Belvedere | City  | Marin | 2,126  | 2,068  | +2.8% | 0.52  | 1.3  | 4,088.5/sq mi (1,578.6/km2)  | December 24, 1896
Benicia | City  | Solano | 27,131  | 26,997  | +0.5% | 12.81  | 33.2  | 2,118.0/sq mi (817.7/km2)  | March 27, 1850
Berkeley | City  | Alameda | 124,321  | 112,580  | +10.4% | 10.43  | 27.0  | 11,919.6/sq mi (4,602.2/km2)  | April 4, 1878
Beverly Hills | City  | Los Angeles | 32,701  | 34,109  | −4.1% | 5.71  | 14.8  | 5,727.0/sq mi (2,211.2/km2)  | January 28, 1914
Big Bear Lake | City  | San Bernardino | 5,046  | 5,019  | +0.5% | 6.24  | 16.2  | 808.7/sq mi (312.2/km2)  | November 28, 1980
Biggs | City  | Butte | 1,964  | 1,707  | +15.1% | 0.90  | 2.3  | 2,182.2/sq mi (842.6/km2)  | June 26, 1903
Bishop | City  | Inyo | 3,819  | 3,879  | −1.5% | 1.86  | 4.8  | 2,053.2/sq mi (792.8/km2)  | May 6, 1903
Blue Lake | City  | Humboldt | 1,208  | 1,253  | −3.6% | 0.59  | 1.5  | 2,047.5/sq mi (790.5/km2)  | April 23, 1910
Blythe | City  | Riverside | 18,317  | 20,817  | −12.0% | 26.58  | 68.8  | 689.1/sq mi (266.1/km2)  | July 21, 1916
Bradbury | City  | Los Angeles | 921  | 1,048  | −12.1% | 1.96  | 5.1  | 469.9/sq mi (181.4/km2)  | July 26, 1957
Brawley | City  | Imperial | 26,416  | 24,953  | +5.9% | 8.12  | 21.0  | 3,253.2/sq mi (1,256.1/km2)  | April 6, 1908
Brea | City  | Orange | 47,325  | 39,282  | +20.5% | 12.17  | 31.5  | 3,888.7/sq mi (1,501.4/km2)  | February 23, 1917
Brentwood | City  | Contra Costa | 64,292  | 51,481  | +24.9% | 14.87  | 38.5  | 4,323.6/sq mi (1,669.4/km2)  | January 21, 1948
Brisbane | City  | San Mateo | 4,851  | 4,282  | +13.3% | 2.99  | 7.7  | 1,622.4/sq mi (626.4/km2)  | November 27, 1961
Buellton | City  | Santa Barbara | 5,161  | 4,828  | +6.9% | 1.58  | 4.1  | 3,266.5/sq mi (1,261.2/km2)  | February 1, 1992
Buena Park | City  | Orange | 84,034  | 80,530  | +4.4% | 10.53  | 27.3  | 7,980.4/sq mi (3,081.3/km2)  | January 27, 1953
Burbank | City  | Los Angeles | 107,337  | 103,340  | +3.9% | 17.32  | 44.9  | 6,197.3/sq mi (2,392.8/km2)  | July 8, 1911
Burlingame | City  | San Mateo | 31,386  | 28,806  | +9.0% | 4.39  | 11.4  | 7,149.4/sq mi (2,760.4/km2)  | June 6, 1908
Calabasas | City  | Los Angeles | 23,241  | 23,058  | +0.8% | 13.71  | 35.5  | 1,695.2/sq mi (654.5/km2)  | April 5, 1991
Calexico | City  | Imperial | 38,633  | 38,572  | +0.2% | 8.62  | 22.3  | 4,481.8/sq mi (1,730.4/km2)  | April 16, 1908
California City | City  | Kern | 14,973  | 14,120  | +6.0% | 203.61  | 527.3  | 73.5/sq mi (28.4/km2)  | December 10, 1965
Calimesa | City  | Riverside | 10,026  | 7,879  | +27.2% | 14.86  | 38.5  | 674.7/sq mi (260.5/km2)  | December 1, 1990
Calipatria | City  | Imperial | 6,515  | 7,705  | −15.4% | 3.70  | 9.6  | 1,760.8/sq mi (679.9/km2)  | February 28, 1919
Calistoga | City  | Napa | 5,228  | 5,155  | +1.4% | 2.58  | 6.7  | 2,026.4/sq mi (782.4/km2)  | January 6, 1886
Camarillo | City  | Ventura | 70,741  | 65,201  | +8.5% | 19.69  | 51.0  | 3,592.7/sq mi (1,387.2/km2)  | March 28, 1964
Campbell | City  | Santa Clara | 43,959  | 39,349  | +11.7% | 6.08  | 15.7  | 7,230.1/sq mi (2,791.6/km2)  | March 28, 1952
Canyon Lake | City  | Riverside | 11,082  | 10,561  | +4.9% | 3.92  | 10.2  | 2,827.0/sq mi (1,091.5/km2)  | December 1, 1990
Capitola | City  | Santa Cruz | 9,938  | 9,918  | +0.2% | 1.59  | 4.1  | 6,250.3/sq mi (2,413.3/km2)  | January 11, 1949
Carlsbad | City  | San Diego | 114,746  | 105,328  | +8.9% | 37.77  | 97.8  | 3,038.0/sq mi (1,173.0/km2)  | July 16, 1952
Carmel-by-the-Sea | City  | Monterey | 3,220  | 3,722  | −13.5% | 1.06  | 2.7  | 3,037.7/sq mi (1,172.9/km2)  | October 31, 1916
Carpinteria | City  | Santa Barbara | 13,264  | 13,040  | +1.7% | 2.59  | 6.7  | 5,121.2/sq mi (1,977.3/km2)  | September 28, 1965
Carson | City  | Los Angeles | 95,558  | 91,714  | +4.2% | 18.73  | 48.5  | 5,101.9/sq mi (1,969.8/km2)  | February 20, 1968
Cathedral City | City  | Riverside | 51,493  | 51,200  | +0.6% | 22.49  | 58.2  | 2,289.6/sq mi (884.0/km2)  | November 16, 1981
Ceres | City  | Stanislaus | 49,302  | 45,417  | +8.6% | 9.50  | 24.6  | 5,189.7/sq mi (2,003.7/km2)  | February 25, 1918
Cerritos | City  | Los Angeles | 49,578  | 49,041  | +1.1% | 8.73  | 22.6  | 5,679.0/sq mi (2,192.7/km2)  | April 24, 1956
Chico | City  | Butte | 101,475  | 86,187  | +17.7% | 34.14  | 88.4  | 2,972.3/sq mi (1,147.6/km2)  | January 8, 1872
Chino | City  | San Bernardino | 91,403  | 77,983  | +17.2% | 29.61  | 76.7  | 3,086.9/sq mi (1,191.9/km2)  | February 28, 1910
Chino Hills | City  | San Bernardino | 78,411  | 74,799  | +4.8% | 44.65  | 115.6  | 1,756.1/sq mi (678.0/km2)  | December 1, 1991
Chowchilla | City  | Madera | 19,039  | 18,720  | +1.7% | 11.09  | 28.7  | 1,716.8/sq mi (662.8/km2)  | February 7, 1923
Chula Vista | City  | San Diego | 275,487  | 243,916  | +12.9% | 49.64  | 128.6  | 5,549.7/sq mi (2,142.8/km2)  | November 28, 1911
Citrus Heights | City  | Sacramento | 87,583  | 83,301  | +5.1% | 14.22  | 36.8  | 6,159.1/sq mi (2,378.1/km2)  | January 1, 1997
Claremont | City  | Los Angeles | 37,266  | 34,926  | +6.7% | 13.34  | 34.6  | 2,793.6/sq mi (1,078.6/km2)  | October 3, 1907
Clayton | City  | Contra Costa | 11,070  | 10,897  | +1.6% | 3.84  | 9.9  | 2,882.8/sq mi (1,113.1/km2)  | March 18, 1964
Clearlake | City  | Lake | 16,685  | 15,250  | +9.4% | 10.13  | 26.2  | 1,647.1/sq mi (635.9/km2)  | November 14, 1980
Cloverdale | City  | Sonoma | 8,996  | 8,618  | +4.4% | 3.14  | 8.1  | 2,865.0/sq mi (1,106.2/km2)  | February 28, 1872
Clovis | City  | Fresno | 120,124  | 95,631  | +25.6% | 25.42  | 65.8  | 4,725.6/sq mi (1,824.6/km2)  | February 27, 1912
Coachella | City  | Riverside | 41,941  | 40,704  | +3.0% | 30.08  | 77.9  | 1,394.3/sq mi (538.3/km2)  | December 13, 1946
Coalinga | City  | Fresno | 17,590  | 13,380  | +31.5% | 6.85  | 17.7  | 2,567.9/sq mi (991.5/km2)  | April 3, 1906
Colfax | City  | Placer | 1,995  | 1,963  | +1.6% | 1.41  | 3.7  | 1,414.9/sq mi (546.3/km2)  | February 23, 1910
Colma | Town  | San Mateo | 1,507  | 1,792  | −15.9% | 1.89  | 4.9  | 797.4/sq mi (307.9/km2)  | August 5, 1924
Colton | City  | San Bernardino | 53,909  | 52,154  | +3.4% | 15.55  | 40.3  | 3,466.8/sq mi (1,338.5/km2)  | July 11, 1887
Colusa†  | City  | Colusa | 6,411  | 5,971  | +7.4% | 3.42  | 8.9  | 1,874.6/sq mi (723.8/km2)  | June 16, 1868
Commerce | City  | Los Angeles | 12,378  | 12,823  | −3.5% | 6.53  | 16.9  | 1,895.6/sq mi (731.9/km2)  | January 28, 1960
Compton | City  | Los Angeles | 95,740  | 96,455  | −0.7% | 10.03  | 26.0  | 9,545.4/sq mi (3,685.5/km2)  | May 11, 1888
Concord | City  | Contra Costa | 125,410  | 122,067  | +2.7% | 30.55  | 79.1  | 4,105.1/sq mi (1,585.0/km2)  | February 9, 1905
Corcoran | City  | Kings | 22,339  | 24,813  | −10.0% | 7.46  | 19.3  | 2,994.5/sq mi (1,156.2/km2)  | August 11, 1914
Corning | City  | Tehama | 8,244  | 7,663  | +7.6% | 3.55  | 9.2  | 2,322.3/sq mi (896.6/km2)  | August 6, 1907
Corona | City  | Riverside | 157,136  | 152,374  | +3.1% | 39.94  | 103.4  | 3,934.3/sq mi (1,519.0/km2)  | July 13, 1896
Coronado | City  | San Diego | 20,192  | 18,912  | +6.8% | 7.81  | 20.2  | 2,585.4/sq mi (998.2/km2)  | December 11, 1890
Corte Madera | Town  | Marin | 10,222  | 9,253  | +10.5% | 3.16  | 8.2  | 3,234.8/sq mi (1,249.0/km2)  | June 10, 1916
Costa Mesa | City  | Orange | 111,918  | 109,960  | +1.8% | 15.81  | 40.9  | 7,078.9/sq mi (2,733.2/km2)  | June 29, 1953
Cotati | City  | Sonoma | 7,584  | 7,265  | +4.4% | 1.87  | 4.8  | 4,055.6/sq mi (1,565.9/km2)  | July 16, 1963
Covina | City  | Los Angeles | 51,268  | 47,796  | +7.3% | 7.04  | 18.2  | 7,282.4/sq mi (2,811.7/km2)  | August 14, 1901
Crescent City†  | City  | Del Norte | 6,673  | 7,643  | −12.7% | 1.96  | 5.1  | 3,404.6/sq mi (1,314.5/km2)  | April 13, 1854
Cudahy | City  | Los Angeles | 22,811  | 23,805  | −4.2% | 1.18  | 3.1  | 19,331.4/sq mi (7,463.9/km2)  | November 10, 1960
Culver City | City  | Los Angeles | 40,779  | 38,883  | +4.9% | 5.11  | 13.2  | 7,980.2/sq mi (3,081.2/km2)  | September 7, 1917
Cupertino | City  | Santa Clara | 60,381  | 58,302  | +3.6% | 11.33  | 29.3  | 5,329.3/sq mi (2,057.7/km2)  | October 10, 1955
Cypress | City  | Orange | 50,151  | 47,802  | +4.9% | 6.61  | 17.1  | 7,587.1/sq mi (2,929.4/km2)  | July 24, 1956
Daly City | City  | San Mateo | 104,901  | 101,123  | +3.7% | 7.64  | 19.8  | 13,730.5/sq mi (5,301.4/km2)  | March 22, 1911
Dana Point | City  | Orange | 33,107  | 33,351  | −0.7% | 6.49  | 16.8  | 5,101.2/sq mi (1,969.6/km2)  | January 1, 1989
Danville | Town  | Contra Costa | 43,582  | 42,039  | +3.7% | 18.08  | 46.8  | 2,410.5/sq mi (930.7/km2)  | July 1, 1982
Davis | City  | Yolo | 66,850  | 65,622  | +1.9% | 9.97  | 25.8  | 6,705.1/sq mi (2,588.9/km2)  | March 28, 1917
Del Mar | City  | San Diego | 3,954  | 4,161  | −5.0% | 1.72  | 4.5  | 2,298.8/sq mi (887.6/km2)  | July 15, 1959
Del Rey Oaks | City  | Monterey | 1,592  | 1,624  | −2.0% | 1.05  | 2.7  | 1,516.2/sq mi (585.4/km2)  | September 3, 1953
Delano | City  | Kern | 51,428  | 53,041  | −3.0% | 14.72  | 38.1  | 3,493.8/sq mi (1,348.9/km2)  | April 13, 1915
Desert Hot Springs | City  | Riverside | 32,512  | 25,938  | +25.3% | 30.27  | 78.4  | 1,074.1/sq mi (414.7/km2)  | September 25, 1963
Diamond Bar | City  | Los Angeles | 55,072  | 55,544  | −0.8% | 14.87  | 38.5  | 3,703.6/sq mi (1,430.0/km2)  | April 18, 1989
Dinuba | City  | Tulare | 24,563  | 21,453  | +14.5% | 6.51  | 16.9  | 3,773.1/sq mi (1,456.8/km2)  | January 6, 1906
Dixon | City  | Solano | 18,988  | 18,351  | +3.5% | 7.10  | 18.4  | 2,674.4/sq mi (1,032.6/km2)  | March 30, 1878
Dorris | City  | Siskiyou | 860  | 939  | −8.4% | 0.70  | 1.8  | 1,228.6/sq mi (474.4/km2)  | December 23, 1908
Dos Palos | City  | Merced | 5,798  | 4,950  | +17.1% | 1.35  | 3.5  | 4,294.8/sq mi (1,658.2/km2)  | May 24, 1935
Downey | City  | Los Angeles | 114,355  | 111,772  | +2.3% | 12.41  | 32.1  | 9,214.7/sq mi (3,557.8/km2)  | December 17, 1956
Duarte | City  | Los Angeles | 21,727  | 21,321  | +1.9% | 6.71  | 17.4  | 3,238.0/sq mi (1,250.2/km2)  | August 22, 1957
Dublin | City  | Alameda | 72,589  | 46,036  | +57.7% | 15.23  | 39.4  | 4,766.2/sq mi (1,840.2/km2)  | February 1, 1982
Dunsmuir | City  | Siskiyou | 1,707  | 1,650  | +3.5% | 1.60  | 4.1  | 1,066.9/sq mi (411.9/km2)  | August 7, 1909
East Palo Alto | City  | San Mateo | 30,034  | 28,155  | +6.7% | 2.53  | 6.6  | 11,871.1/sq mi (4,583.5/km2)  | July 1, 1983
Eastvale | City  | Riverside[11] | 69,757  | 53,670  | +30.0% | 12.67  | 32.8[11] | 5,505.7/sq mi (2,125.8/km2)  | October 1, 2010
El Cajon | City  | San Diego | 106,215  | 99,478  | +6.8% | 14.51  | 37.6  | 7,320.1/sq mi (2,826.3/km2)  | November 12, 1912
El Centro†  | City  | Imperial | 44,322  | 42,598  | +4.0% | 11.84  | 30.7  | 3,743.4/sq mi (1,445.3/km2)  | April 16, 1908
El Cerrito | City  | Contra Costa | 25,962  | 23,549  | +10.2% | 3.67  | 9.5  | 7,074.1/sq mi (2,731.3/km2)  | August 23, 1917
El Monte | City  | Los Angeles | 109,450  | 113,475  | −3.5% | 9.56  | 24.8  | 11,448.7/sq mi (4,420.4/km2)  | November 18, 1912
El Segundo | City  | Los Angeles | 17,272  | 16,654  | +3.7% | 5.46  | 14.1  | 3,163.4/sq mi (1,221.4/km2)  | January 18, 1917
Elk Grove | City  | Sacramento | 176,124  | 153,015  | +15.1% | 41.99  | 108.8  | 4,194.4/sq mi (1,619.5/km2)  | July 1, 2000
Emeryville | City  | Alameda | 12,905  | 10,080  | +28.0% | 1.27  | 3.3  | 10,161.4/sq mi (3,923.3/km2)  | December 8, 1896
Encinitas | City  | San Diego | 62,007  | 59,518  | +4.2% | 19.06  | 49.4  | 3,253.3/sq mi (1,256.1/km2)  | October 1, 1986
Escalon | City  | San Joaquin | 7,472  | 7,132  | +4.8% | 2.28  | 5.9  | 3,277.2/sq mi (1,265.3/km2)  | March 12, 1957
Escondido | City  | San Diego | 151,038  | 143,911  | +5.0% | 37.35  | 96.7  | 4,043.9/sq mi (1,561.3/km2)  | October 8, 1888
Etna | City  | Siskiyou | 678  | 737  | −8.0% | 0.76  | 2.0  | 892.1/sq mi (344.4/km2)  | March 13, 1878
Eureka†  | City  | Humboldt | 26,512  | 27,191  | −2.5% | 9.54  | 24.7  | 2,779.0/sq mi (1,073.0/km2)  | April 18, 1856
Exeter | City  | Tulare | 10,321  | 10,334  | −0.1% | 2.46  | 6.4  | 4,195.5/sq mi (1,619.9/km2)  | March 2, 1911
Fairfax | Town  | Marin | 7,605  | 7,441  | +2.2% | 2.23  | 5.8  | 3,410.3/sq mi (1,316.7/km2)  | March 2, 1931
Fairfield†  | City  | Solano | 119,881  | 105,321  | +13.8% | 41.59  | 107.7  | 2,882.4/sq mi (1,112.9/km2)  | December 12, 1903
Farmersville | City  | Tulare | 10,397  | 10,588  | −1.8% | 2.20  | 5.7  | 4,725.9/sq mi (1,824.7/km2)  | October 5, 1960
Ferndale | City  | Humboldt | 1,398  | 1,371  | +2.0% | 1.20  | 3.1  | 1,165.0/sq mi (449.8/km2)  | August 28, 1893
Fillmore | City  | Ventura | 16,419  | 15,002  | +9.4% | 3.30  | 8.5  | 4,975.5/sq mi (1,921.0/km2)  | July 10, 1914
Firebaugh | City  | Fresno | 8,096  | 7,549  | +7.2% | 3.52  | 9.1  | 2,300.0/sq mi (888.0/km2)  | September 17, 1914
Folsom | City  | Sacramento | 80,454  | 72,203  | +11.4% | 27.88  | 72.2  | 2,885.7/sq mi (1,114.2/km2)  | April 20, 1946
Fontana | City  | San Bernardino | 208,393  | 196,069  | +6.3% | 43.07  | 111.6  | 4,838.5/sq mi (1,868.1/km2)  | June 25, 1952
Fort Bragg | City  | Mendocino | 6,983  | 7,273  | −4.0% | 2.90  | 7.5  | 2,407.9/sq mi (929.7/km2)  | August 5, 1889
Fort Jones | City  | Siskiyou | 695  | 839  | −17.2% | 0.60  | 1.6  | 1,158.3/sq mi (447.2/km2)  | March 16, 1872
Fortuna | City  | Humboldt | 12,516  | 11,926  | +4.9% | 5.25  | 13.6  | 2,384.0/sq mi (920.5/km2)  | January 20, 1906
Foster City | City  | San Mateo | 33,805  | 30,567  | +10.6% | 3.79  | 9.8  | 8,919.5/sq mi (3,443.8/km2)  | April 27, 1971
Fountain Valley | City  | Orange | 57,047  | 55,313  | +3.1% | 9.07  | 23.5  | 6,289.6/sq mi (2,428.4/km2)  | June 13, 1957
Fowler | City  | Fresno | 6,700  | 5,570  | +20.3% | 2.53  | 6.6  | 2,648.2/sq mi (1,022.5/km2)  | June 15, 1908
Fremont | City  | Alameda | 230,504  | 214,089  | +7.7% | 78.31  | 202.8  | 2,943.5/sq mi (1,136.5/km2)  | January 23, 1956
Fresno†  | City  | Fresno | 542,107  | 494,665  | +9.6% | 115.18  | 298.3  | 4,706.6/sq mi (1,817.2/km2)  | October 12, 1885
Fullerton | City  | Orange | 143,617  | 135,161  | +6.3% | 22.42  | 58.1  | 6,405.8/sq mi (2,473.3/km2)  | February 15, 1904
Galt | City  | Sacramento | 25,383  | 23,647  | +7.3% | 7.15  | 18.5  | 3,550.1/sq mi (1,370.7/km2)  | August 16, 1946
Garden Grove | City  | Orange | 171,949  | 170,883  | +0.6% | 17.96  | 46.5  | 9,574.0/sq mi (3,696.5/km2)  | June 18, 1956
Gardena | City  | Los Angeles | 61,027  | 58,829  | +3.7% | 5.83  | 15.1  | 10,467.8/sq mi (4,041.6/km2)  | September 11, 1930
Gilroy | City  | Santa Clara | 59,520  | 48,821  | +21.9% | 16.54  | 42.8  | 3,598.5/sq mi (1,389.4/km2)  | March 12, 1870
Glendale | City  | Los Angeles | 196,543  | 191,719  | +2.5% | 30.48  | 78.9  | 6,448.3/sq mi (2,489.7/km2)  | February 15, 1906
Glendora | City  | Los Angeles | 52,558  | 50,073  | +5.0% | 19.51  | 50.5  | 2,693.9/sq mi (1,040.1/km2)  | November 13, 1911
Goleta | City  | Santa Barbara | 32,690  | 29,888  | +9.4% | 7.85  | 20.3  | 4,164.3/sq mi (1,607.9/km2)  | February 1, 2002
Gonzales | City  | Monterey | 8,647  | 8,187  | +5.6% | 1.91  | 4.9  | 4,527.2/sq mi (1,748.0/km2)  | January 14, 1947
Grand Terrace | City  | San Bernardino | 13,150  | 12,040  | +9.2% | 3.50  | 9.1  | 3,757.1/sq mi (1,450.6/km2)  | November 30, 1978
Grass Valley | City  | Nevada | 14,016  | 12,860  | +9.0% | 5.25  | 13.6  | 2,669.7/sq mi (1,030.8/km2)  | March 13, 1893
Greenfield | City  | Monterey | 18,937  | 16,330  | +16.0% | 2.91  | 7.5  | 6,507.6/sq mi (2,512.6/km2)  | January 7, 1947
Gridley | City  | Butte | 7,421  | 6,584  | +12.7% | 2.09  | 5.4  | 3,550.7/sq mi (1,370.9/km2)  | November 23, 1905
Grover Beach | City  | San Luis Obispo | 12,701  | 13,156  | −3.5% | 2.31  | 6.0  | 5,498.3/sq mi (2,122.9/km2)  | December 21, 1959
Guadalupe | City  | Santa Barbara | 8,057  | 7,080  | +13.8% | 1.31  | 3.4  | 6,150.4/sq mi (2,374.7/km2)  | August 3, 1946
Gustine | City  | Merced | 6,110  | 5,520  | +10.7% | 1.55  | 4.0  | 3,941.9/sq mi (1,522.0/km2)  | November 11, 1915
Half Moon Bay | City  | San Mateo | 11,795  | 11,324  | +4.2% | 6.24  | 16.2  | 1,890.2/sq mi (729.8/km2)  | July 15, 1959
Hanford†  | City  | Kings | 57,990  | 53,967  | +7.5% | 17.40  | 45.1  | 3,332.8/sq mi (1,286.8/km2)  | August 12, 1891
Hawaiian Gardens | City  | Los Angeles | 14,149  | 14,254  | −0.7% | 0.95  | 2.5  | 14,893.7/sq mi (5,750.5/km2)  | April 9, 1964
Hawthorne | City  | Los Angeles | 88,083  | 84,293  | +4.5% | 6.09  | 15.8  | 14,463.5/sq mi (5,584.4/km2)  | July 12, 1922
Hayward | City  | Alameda | 162,954  | 144,186  | +13.0% | 45.82  | 118.7  | 3,556.4/sq mi (1,373.1/km2)  | March 11, 1876
Healdsburg | City  | Sonoma | 11,340  | 11,254  | +0.8% | 4.42  | 11.4  | 2,565.6/sq mi (990.6/km2)  | February 20, 1867
Hemet | City  | Riverside | 89,833  | 78,657  | +14.2% | 29.28  | 75.8  | 3,068.1/sq mi (1,184.6/km2)  | January 20, 1910
Hercules | City  | Contra Costa | 26,016  | 24,060  | +8.1% | 6.41  | 16.6  | 4,058.7/sq mi (1,567.1/km2)  | December 15, 1900
Hermosa Beach | City  | Los Angeles | 19,728  | 19,506  | +1.1% | 1.43  | 3.7  | 13,795.8/sq mi (5,326.6/km2)  | January 14, 1907
Hesperia | City  | San Bernardino | 99,818  | 90,173  | +10.7% | 72.68  | 188.2  | 1,373.4/sq mi (530.3/km2)  | July 1, 1988
Hidden Hills | City  | Los Angeles | 1,725  | 1,856  | −7.1% | 1.69  | 4.4  | 1,020.7/sq mi (394.1/km2)  | January 19, 1961
Highland | City  | San Bernardino | 56,999  | 53,104  | +7.3% | 18.57  | 48.1  | 3,069.4/sq mi (1,185.1/km2)  | November 24, 1987
Hillsborough | Town  | San Mateo | 11,387  | 10,825  | +5.2% | 6.17  | 16.0  | 1,845.5/sq mi (712.6/km2)  | May 5, 1910
Hollister†  | City  | San Benito | 41,678  | 34,928  | +19.3% | 7.96  | 20.6  | 5,235.9/sq mi (2,021.6/km2)  | March 26, 1872
Holtville | City  | Imperial | 5,605  | 5,939  | −5.6% | 1.15  | 3.0  | 4,873.9/sq mi (1,881.8/km2)  | July 1, 1908
Hughson | City  | Stanislaus | 7,481  | 6,640  | +12.7% | 1.91  | 4.9  | 3,916.8/sq mi (1,512.3/km2)  | December 9, 1972
Huntington Beach | City  | Orange | 198,711  | 189,992  | +4.6% | 27.00  | 69.9  | 7,359.7/sq mi (2,841.6/km2)  | February 17, 1909
Huntington Park | City  | Los Angeles | 54,883  | 58,114  | −5.6% | 3.01  | 7.8  | 18,233.6/sq mi (7,040.0/km2)  | September 1, 1906
Huron | City  | Fresno | 6,206  | 6,754  | −8.1% | 1.60  | 4.1  | 3,878.8/sq mi (1,497.6/km2)  | May 3, 1951
Imperial | City  | Imperial | 20,263  | 14,758  | +37.3% | 6.29  | 16.3  | 3,221.5/sq mi (1,243.8/km2)  | July 12, 1904
Imperial Beach | City  | San Diego | 26,137  | 26,324  | −0.7% | 4.29  | 11.1  | 6,092.5/sq mi (2,352.3/km2)  | July 18, 1956
Indian Wells | City  | Riverside | 4,757  | 4,958  | −4.1% | 14.32  | 37.1  | 332.2/sq mi (128.3/km2)  | July 14, 1967
Indio | City  | Riverside | 89,137  | 76,036  | +17.2% | 33.23  | 86.1  | 2,682.4/sq mi (1,035.7/km2)  | May 16, 1930
City of Industry | City  | Los Angeles | 264  | 219  | +20.5% | 11.78  | 30.5  | 22.4/sq mi (8.7/km2)  | June 18, 1957
Inglewood | City  | Los Angeles | 107,762  | 109,673  | −1.7% | 9.07  | 23.5  | 11,881.1/sq mi (4,587.3/km2)  | February 7, 1908
Ione | City  | Amador | 5,141  | 7,918  | −35.1% | 4.58  | 11.9  | 1,122.5/sq mi (433.4/km2)  | March 23, 1953
Irvine | City  | Orange | 307,670  | 212,375  | +44.9% | 65.61  | 169.9  | 4,689.4/sq mi (1,810.6/km2)  | December 28, 1971
Irwindale | City  | Los Angeles | 1,472  | 1,422  | +3.5% | 8.83  | 22.9  | 166.7/sq mi (64.4/km2)  | August 6, 1957
Isleton | City  | Sacramento | 794  | 804  | −1.2% | 0.44  | 1.1  | 1,804.5/sq mi (696.7/km2)  | May 14, 1923
Jackson†  | City  | Amador | 5,019  | 4,651  | +7.9% | 3.58  | 9.3  | 1,402.0/sq mi (541.3/km2)  | December 5, 1905
Jurupa Valley | City  | Riverside[12] | 105,053  | 95,004  | +10.6% | 42.94  | 111.2[12] | 2,446.5/sq mi (944.6/km2)  | July 1, 2011
Kerman | City  | Fresno | 16,016  | 13,544  | +18.3% | 3.27  | 8.5  | 4,897.9/sq mi (1,891.1/km2)  | July 2, 1946
King City | City  | Monterey | 13,332  | 12,874  | +3.6% | 3.80  | 9.8  | 3,508.4/sq mi (1,354.6/km2)  | February 9, 1911
Kingsburg | City  | Fresno | 12,380  | 11,382  | +8.8% | 3.72  | 9.6  | 3,328.0/sq mi (1,284.9/km2)  | May 29, 1908
La Cañada Flintridge | City  | Los Angeles | 20,573  | 20,246  | +1.6% | 8.63  | 22.4  | 2,383.9/sq mi (920.4/km2)  | November 30, 1976
La Habra | City  | Orange | 63,097  | 60,239  | +4.7% | 7.56  | 19.6  | 8,346.2/sq mi (3,222.5/km2)  | January 20, 1925
La Habra Heights | City  | Los Angeles | 5,682  | 5,325  | +6.7% | 6.16  | 16.0  | 922.4/sq mi (356.1/km2)  | December 4, 1978
La Mesa | City  | San Diego | 61,121  | 57,065  | +7.1% | 9.09  | 23.5  | 6,724.0/sq mi (2,596.1/km2)  | February 16, 1912
La Mirada | City  | Los Angeles | 48,008  | 48,527  | −1.1% | 7.82  | 20.3  | 6,139.1/sq mi (2,370.3/km2)  | March 23, 1960
La Palma | City  | Orange | 15,581  | 15,568  | +0.1% | 1.78  | 4.6  | 8,753.4/sq mi (3,379.7/km2)  | October 26, 1955
La Puente | City  | Los Angeles | 38,062  | 39,816  | −4.4% | 3.48  | 9.0  | 10,937.4/sq mi (4,222.9/km2)  | August 1, 1956
La Quinta | City  | Riverside | 37,558  | 37,467  | +0.2% | 35.26  | 91.3  | 1,065.2/sq mi (411.3/km2)  | May 1, 1982
La Verne | City  | Los Angeles | 31,334  | 31,063  | +0.9% | 8.42  | 21.8  | 3,721.4/sq mi (1,436.8/km2)  | August 20, 1906
Lafayette | City  | Contra Costa | 25,391  | 23,893  | +6.3% | 15.02  | 38.9  | 1,690.5/sq mi (652.7/km2)  | July 29, 1968
Laguna Beach | City  | Orange | 23,032  | 22,723  | +1.4% | 8.89  | 23.0  | 2,590.8/sq mi (1,000.3/km2)  | June 29, 1927
Laguna Hills | City  | Orange | 31,374  | 30,344  | +3.4% | 6.55  | 17.0  | 4,789.9/sq mi (1,849.4/km2)  | December 20, 1991
Laguna Niguel | City  | Orange | 64,355  | 62,979  | +2.2% | 14.74  | 38.2  | 4,366.0/sq mi (1,685.7/km2)  | December 1, 1989
Laguna Woods | City  | Orange | 17,644  | 16,192  | +9.0% | 3.34  | 8.7  | 5,282.6/sq mi (2,039.6/km2)  | March 24, 1999
Lake Elsinore | City  | Riverside | 70,265  | 51,821  | +35.6% | 38.24  | 99.0  | 1,837.5/sq mi (709.5/km2)  | April 9, 1888
Lake Forest | City  | Orange | 85,858  | 77,264  | +11.1% | 16.71  | 43.3  | 5,138.1/sq mi (1,983.8/km2)  | December 20, 1991
Lakeport†  | City  | Lake | 5,026  | 4,753  | +5.7% | 3.06  | 7.9  | 1,642.5/sq mi (634.2/km2)  | April 30, 1888
Lakewood | City  | Los Angeles | 82,496  | 80,048  | +3.1% | 9.40  | 24.3  | 8,776.2/sq mi (3,388.5/km2)  | April 16, 1954
Lancaster | City  | Los Angeles | 173,516  | 156,633  | +10.8% | 94.27  | 244.2  | 1,840.6/sq mi (710.7/km2)  | November 22, 1977
Larkspur | City  | Marin | 13,064  | 11,926  | +9.5% | 3.00  | 7.8  | 4,354.7/sq mi (1,681.3/km2)  | March 1, 1908
Lathrop | City  | San Joaquin | 28,701  | 18,023  | +59.2% | 19.83  | 51.4  | 1,447.4/sq mi (558.8/km2)  | July 1, 1989
Lawndale | City  | Los Angeles | 31,807  | 32,769  | −2.9% | 1.97  | 5.1  | 16,145.7/sq mi (6,233.9/km2)  | December 28, 1959
Lemon Grove | City  | San Diego | 27,627  | 25,320  | +9.1% | 3.88  | 10.0  | 7,120.4/sq mi (2,749.2/km2)  | July 1, 1977
Lemoore | City  | Kings | 27,038  | 24,531  | +10.2% | 8.81  | 22.8  | 3,069.0/sq mi (1,185.0/km2)  | July 4, 1900
Lincoln | City  | Placer | 49,757  | 42,819  | +16.2% | 24.17  | 62.6  | 2,058.6/sq mi (794.8/km2)  | August 7, 1890
Lindsay | City  | Tulare | 12,659  | 11,768  | +7.6% | 2.72  | 7.0  | 4,654.0/sq mi (1,796.9/km2)  | February 28, 1910
Live Oak | City  | Sutter | 9,106  | 8,392  | +8.5% | 3.12  | 8.1  | 2,918.6/sq mi (1,126.9/km2)  | January 22, 1947
Livermore | City  | Alameda | 87,955  | 80,968  | +8.6% | 26.45  | 68.5  | 3,325.3/sq mi (1,283.9/km2)  | April 1, 1876
Livingston | City  | Merced | 14,172  | 13,058  | +8.5% | 3.68  | 9.5  | 3,851.1/sq mi (1,486.9/km2)  | September 11, 1922
Lodi | City  | San Joaquin | 66,348  | 62,134  | +6.8% | 13.64  | 35.3  | 4,864.2/sq mi (1,878.1/km2)  | December 6, 1906
Loma Linda | City  | San Bernardino | 24,791  | 23,261  | +6.6% | 7.64  | 19.8  | 3,244.9/sq mi (1,252.9/km2)  | September 29, 1970
Lomita | City  | Los Angeles | 20,921  | 20,256  | +3.3% | 1.91  | 4.9  | 10,953.4/sq mi (4,229.1/km2)  | June 30, 1964
Lompoc | City  | Santa Barbara | 44,444  | 42,434  | +4.7% | 11.62  | 30.1  | 3,824.8/sq mi (1,476.8/km2)  | August 13, 1888
Long Beach | City  | Los Angeles | 466,742  | 462,257  | +1.0% | 50.71  | 131.3  | 9,204.1/sq mi (3,553.7/km2)  | December 13, 1897
Loomis | Town  | Placer | 6,836  | 6,430  | +6.3% | 7.27  | 18.8  | 940.3/sq mi (363.1/km2)  | December 17, 1984
Los Alamitos | City  | Orange | 11,780  | 11,449  | +2.9% | 4.01  | 10.4  | 2,937.7/sq mi (1,134.2/km2)  | March 1, 1960
Los Altos | City  | Santa Clara | 31,625  | 28,976  | +9.1% | 6.54  | 16.9  | 4,835.6/sq mi (1,867.0/km2)  | December 1, 1952
Los Altos Hills | Town  | Santa Clara | 8,489  | 7,922  | +7.2% | 9.03  | 23.4  | 940.1/sq mi (363.0/km2)  | January 27, 1956
Los Angeles†  | City  | Los Angeles | 3,898,747  | 3,792,621  | +2.8% | 469.49  | 1,216.0  | 8,304.2/sq mi (3,206.3/km2)  | April 4, 1850
Los Banos | City  | Merced | 45,532  | 35,972  | +26.6% | 9.99  | 25.9  | 4,557.8/sq mi (1,759.8/km2)  | May 8, 1907
Los Gatos | Town  | Santa Clara | 33,529  | 29,413  | +14.0% | 11.55  | 29.9  | 2,902.9/sq mi (1,120.8/km2)  | August 10, 1887
Loyalton | City  | Sierra | 740  | 769  | −3.8% | 0.36  | 0.93  | 2,055.6/sq mi (793.7/km2)  | July 21, 1901
Lynwood | City  | Los Angeles | 67,265  | 69,772  | −3.6% | 4.84  | 12.5  | 13,897.7/sq mi (5,365.9/km2)  | July 21, 1921
Madera†  | City  | Madera | 66,224  | 61,416  | +7.8% | 16.48  | 42.7  | 4,018.4/sq mi (1,551.5/km2)  | March 27, 1907
Malibu | City  | Los Angeles | 10,654  | 12,645  | −15.7% | 19.85  | 51.4  | 536.7/sq mi (207.2/km2)  | March 28, 1991
Mammoth Lakes | Town  | Mono | 7,191  | 8,234  | −12.7% | 24.87  | 64.4  | 289.1/sq mi (111.6/km2)  | August 20, 1984
Manhattan Beach | City  | Los Angeles | 35,506  | 35,135  | +1.1% | 3.93  | 10.2  | 9,034.6/sq mi (3,488.3/km2)  | December 12, 1912
Manteca | City  | San Joaquin | 83,498  | 67,096  | +24.4% | 21.39  | 55.4  | 3,903.6/sq mi (1,507.2/km2)  | June 5, 1918
Maricopa | City  | Kern | 1,026  | 1,154  | −11.1% | 1.57  | 4.1  | 653.5/sq mi (252.3/km2)  | July 25, 1911
Marina | City  | Monterey | 22,359  | 19,718  | +13.4% | 8.91  | 23.1  | 2,509.4/sq mi (968.9/km2)  | November 13, 1975
Martinez†  | City  | Contra Costa | 37,287  | 35,824  | +4.1% | 12.63  | 32.7  | 2,952.3/sq mi (1,139.9/km2)  | April 1, 1876
Marysville†  | City  | Yuba | 12,844  | 12,072  | +6.4% | 3.46  | 9.0  | 3,712.1/sq mi (1,433.3/km2)  | February 5, 1851
Maywood | City  | Los Angeles | 25,138  | 27,395  | −8.2% | 1.17  | 3.0  | 21,485.5/sq mi (8,295.6/km2)  | September 2, 1924
McFarland | City  | Kern | 14,161  | 12,707  | +11.4% | 2.68  | 6.9  | 5,284.0/sq mi (2,040.1/km2)  | July 18, 1957
Mendota | City  | Fresno | 12,595  | 11,014  | +14.4% | 3.39  | 8.8  | 3,715.3/sq mi (1,434.5/km2)  | June 17, 1942
Menifee | City  | Riverside | 102,527  | 77,519  | +32.3% | 46.48  | 120.4  | 2,205.8/sq mi (851.7/km2)  | October 1, 2008
Menlo Park | City  | San Mateo | 33,780  | 32,026  | +5.5% | 9.99  | 25.9  | 3,381.4/sq mi (1,305.6/km2)  | November 23, 1927
Merced†  | City  | Merced | 86,333  | 78,958  | +9.3% | 23.25  | 60.2  | 3,713.2/sq mi (1,433.7/km2)  | April 1, 1889
Mill Valley | City  | Marin | 14,231  | 13,903  | +2.4% | 4.78  | 12.4  | 2,977.2/sq mi (1,149.5/km2)  | September 1, 1900
Millbrae | City  | San Mateo | 23,216  | 21,532  | +7.8% | 3.27  | 8.5  | 7,099.7/sq mi (2,741.2/km2)  | January 14, 1948
Milpitas | City  | Santa Clara | 80,273  | 66,790  | +20.2% | 13.48  | 34.9  | 5,955.0/sq mi (2,299.2/km2)  | January 26, 1954
Mission Viejo | City  | Orange | 93,653  | 93,305  | +0.4% | 17.66  | 45.7  | 5,303.1/sq mi (2,047.5/km2)  | March 31, 1988
Modesto†  | City  | Stanislaus | 218,464  | 201,165  | +8.6% | 43.05  | 111.5  | 5,074.7/sq mi (1,959.3/km2)  | August 6, 1884
Monrovia | City  | Los Angeles | 37,931  | 36,590  | +3.7% | 13.63  | 35.3  | 2,782.9/sq mi (1,074.5/km2)  | December 15, 1887
Montague | City  | Siskiyou | 1,226  | 1,443  | −15.0% | 1.78  | 4.6  | 688.8/sq mi (265.9/km2)  | January 28, 1909
Montclair | City  | San Bernardino | 37,865  | 36,664  | +3.3% | 5.53  | 14.3  | 6,847.2/sq mi (2,643.7/km2)  | April 25, 1956
Monte Sereno | City  | Santa Clara | 3,479  | 3,341  | +4.1% | 1.63  | 4.2  | 2,134.4/sq mi (824.1/km2)  | May 14, 1957
Montebello | City  | Los Angeles | 62,640  | 62,500  | +0.2% | 8.33  | 21.6  | 7,519.8/sq mi (2,903.4/km2)  | October 16, 1920
Monterey | City  | Monterey | 30,218  | 27,810  | +8.7% | 8.65  | 22.4  | 3,493.4/sq mi (1,348.8/km2)  | June 14, 1890
Monterey Park | City  | Los Angeles | 61,096  | 60,269  | +1.4% | 7.67  | 19.9  | 7,965.6/sq mi (3,075.5/km2)  | May 29, 1916
Moorpark | City  | Ventura | 36,284  | 34,421  | +5.4% | 12.28  | 31.8  | 2,954.7/sq mi (1,140.8/km2)  | July 1, 1983
Moraga | Town  | Contra Costa | 16,870  | 16,016  | +5.3% | 9.46  | 24.5  | 1,783.3/sq mi (688.5/km2)  | November 13, 1974
Moreno Valley | City  | Riverside | 208,634  | 193,365  | +7.9% | 51.33  | 132.9  | 4,064.6/sq mi (1,569.3/km2)  | December 3, 1984
Morgan Hill | City  | Santa Clara | 45,483  | 37,882  | +20.1% | 12.94  | 33.5  | 3,514.9/sq mi (1,357.1/km2)  | November 10, 1906
Morro Bay | City  | San Luis Obispo | 10,757  | 10,234  | +5.1% | 5.33  | 13.8  | 2,018.2/sq mi (779.2/km2)  | July 17, 1964
Mount Shasta | City  | Siskiyou | 3,223  | 3,394  | −5.0% | 3.77  | 9.8  | 854.9/sq mi (330.1/km2)  | May 31, 1905
Mountain House | City  | San Joaquin | 24,499  | 9,675  | +153.2% | 4.558  | 11.81  | 5,374.9/sq mi (2,075.3/km2)  | July 1, 2024
Mountain View | City  | Santa Clara | 82,376  | 74,066  | +11.2% | 11.96  | 31.0  | 6,887.6/sq mi (2,659.3/km2)  | November 7, 1902
Murrieta | City  | Riverside | 110,949  | 103,466  | +7.2% | 33.61  | 87.0  | 3,301.1/sq mi (1,274.6/km2)  | July 1, 1991
Napa†  | City  | Napa | 79,246  | 76,915  | +3.0% | 18.05  | 46.7  | 4,390.4/sq mi (1,695.1/km2)  | March 23, 1872
National City | City  | San Diego | 56,173  | 58,582  | −4.1% | 7.30  | 18.9  | 7,694.9/sq mi (2,971.0/km2)  | September 17, 1887
Needles | City  | San Bernardino | 4,931  | 4,844  | +1.8% | 30.58  | 79.2  | 161.2/sq mi (62.3/km2)  | October 30, 1913
Nevada City†  | City  | Nevada | 3,152  | 3,068  | +2.7% | 2.19  | 5.7  | 1,439.3/sq mi (555.7/km2)  | April 19, 1856
Newark | City  | Alameda | 47,529  | 42,573  | +11.6% | 13.92  | 36.1  | 3,414.4/sq mi (1,318.3/km2)  | September 22, 1955
Newman | City  | Stanislaus | 12,351  | 10,224  | +20.8% | 2.06  | 5.3  | 5,995.6/sq mi (2,314.9/km2)  | June 10, 1908
Newport Beach | City  | Orange | 85,239  | 85,186  | +0.1% | 23.79  | 61.6  | 3,583.0/sq mi (1,383.4/km2)  | September 1, 1906
Norco | City  | Riverside | 26,316  | 27,063  | −2.8% | 13.86  | 35.9  | 1,898.7/sq mi (733.1/km2)  | December 28, 1964
Norwalk | City  | Los Angeles | 102,773  | 105,549  | −2.6% | 9.71  | 25.1  | 10,584.2/sq mi (4,086.6/km2)  | August 26, 1957
Novato | City  | Marin | 53,225  | 51,904  | +2.5% | 27.48  | 71.2  | 1,936.9/sq mi (747.8/km2)  | January 20, 1960
Oakdale | City  | Stanislaus | 23,181  | 20,675  | +12.1% | 6.23  | 16.1  | 3,720.9/sq mi (1,436.6/km2)  | November 24, 1906
Oakland†  | City  | Alameda | 440,646  | 390,724  | +12.8% | 55.93  | 144.9  | 7,878.5/sq mi (3,041.9/km2)  | May 4, 1852
Oakley | City  | Contra Costa | 43,357  | 35,432  | +22.4% | 15.87  | 41.1  | 2,732.0/sq mi (1,054.8/km2)  | July 1, 1999
Oceanside | City  | San Diego | 174,068  | 167,086  | +4.2% | 41.27  | 106.9  | 4,217.8/sq mi (1,628.5/km2)  | July 3, 1888
Ojai | City  | Ventura | 7,637  | 7,461  | +2.4% | 4.36  | 11.3  | 1,751.6/sq mi (676.3/km2)  | August 5, 1921
Ontario | City  | San Bernardino | 175,265  | 163,924  | +6.9% | 49.97  | 129.4  | 3,507.4/sq mi (1,354.2/km2)  | December 10, 1891
Orange | City  | Orange | 139,911  | 134,616  | +3.9% | 25.67  | 66.5  | 5,450.4/sq mi (2,104.4/km2)  | April 6, 1888
Orange Cove | City  | Fresno | 9,649  | 9,078  | +6.3% | 1.79  | 4.6  | 5,390.5/sq mi (2,081.3/km2)  | January 20, 1948
Orinda | City  | Contra Costa | 19,514  | 17,643  | +10.6% | 12.85  | 33.3  | 1,518.6/sq mi (586.3/km2)  | July 1, 1985
Orland | City  | Glenn | 8,298  | 7,291  | +13.8% | 2.99  | 7.7  | 2,775.3/sq mi (1,071.5/km2)  | November 11, 1909
Oroville†  | City  | Butte | 20,042  | 15,546  | +28.9% | 13.83  | 35.8  | 1,449.2/sq mi (559.5/km2)  | January 3, 1906
Oxnard | City  | Ventura | 202,063  | 197,899  | +2.1% | 26.53  | 68.7  | 7,616.4/sq mi (2,940.7/km2)  | June 30, 1903
Pacific Grove | City  | Monterey | 15,090  | 15,041  | +0.3% | 2.87  | 7.4  | 5,257.8/sq mi (2,030.1/km2)  | July 5, 1889
Pacifica | City  | San Mateo | 38,640  | 37,234  | +3.8% | 12.58  | 32.6  | 3,071.5/sq mi (1,185.9/km2)  | November 22, 1957
Palm Desert | City  | Riverside | 51,163  | 48,445  | +5.6% | 26.81  | 69.4  | 1,908.4/sq mi (736.8/km2)  | November 26, 1973
Palm Springs | City  | Riverside | 44,575  | 44,552  | +0.1% | 94.55  | 244.9  | 471.4/sq mi (182.0/km2)  | April 20, 1938
Palmdale | City  | Los Angeles | 169,450  | 152,750  | +10.9% | 106.06  | 274.7  | 1,597.7/sq mi (616.9/km2)  | August 24, 1962
Palo Alto | City  | Santa Clara | 68,572  | 64,403  | +6.5% | 24.10  | 62.4  | 2,845.3/sq mi (1,098.6/km2)  | April 23, 1894
Palos Verdes Estates | City  | Los Angeles | 13,347  | 13,438  | −0.7% | 4.78  | 12.4  | 2,792.3/sq mi (1,078.1/km2)  | December 20, 1939
Paradise | Town  | Butte | 4,764  | 26,218  | −81.8% | 18.32  | 47.4  | 260.0/sq mi (100.4/km2)  | November 27, 1979
Paramount | City  | Los Angeles | 53,733  | 54,098  | −0.7% | 4.73  | 12.3  | 11,360.0/sq mi (4,386.1/km2)  | January 30, 1957
Pasadena | City  | Los Angeles | 138,699  | 137,122  | +1.2% | 22.96  | 59.5  | 6,040.9/sq mi (2,332.4/km2)  | June 19, 1886
Parlier | City  | Fresno | 14,576  | 14,494  | +0.6% | 2.41  | 6.2  | 6,048.1/sq mi (2,335.2/km2)  | November 15, 1921
Paso Robles | City  | San Luis Obispo | 31,490  | 29,793  | +5.7% | 19.65  | 50.9  | 1,602.5/sq mi (618.7/km2)  | March 11, 1889
Patterson | City  | Stanislaus | 23,781  | 20,413  | +16.5% | 7.79  | 20.2  | 3,052.8/sq mi (1,178.7/km2)  | December 22, 1919
Perris | City  | Riverside | 78,700  | 68,386  | +15.1% | 31.53  | 81.7  | 2,496.0/sq mi (963.7/km2)  | May 26, 1911
Petaluma | City  | Sonoma | 59,776  | 57,941  | +3.2% | 14.42  | 37.3  | 4,145.4/sq mi (1,600.5/km2)  | April 12, 1858
Pico Rivera | City  | Los Angeles | 62,088  | 62,942  | −1.4% | 8.32  | 21.5  | 7,462.5/sq mi (2,881.3/km2)  | January 29, 1958
Piedmont | City  | Alameda | 11,270  | 10,667  | +5.7% | 1.70  | 4.4  | 6,629.4/sq mi (2,559.6/km2)  | January 31, 1907
Pinole | City  | Contra Costa | 19,022  | 18,390  | +3.4% | 5.10  | 13.2  | 3,729.8/sq mi (1,440.1/km2)  | June 25, 1903
Pismo Beach | City  | San Luis Obispo | 8,072  | 7,655  | +5.4% | 3.50  | 9.1  | 2,306.3/sq mi (890.5/km2)  | April 25, 1946
Pittsburg | City  | Contra Costa | 76,416  | 63,264  | +20.8% | 17.68  | 45.8  | 4,322.2/sq mi (1,668.8/km2)  | June 25, 1903
Placentia | City  | Orange | 51,824  | 50,533  | +2.6% | 6.61  | 17.1  | 7,840.2/sq mi (3,027.1/km2)  | December 2, 1926
Placerville†  | City  | El Dorado | 10,747  | 10,389  | +3.4% | 5.84  | 15.1  | 1,840.2/sq mi (710.5/km2)  | May 13, 1854
Pleasant Hill | City  | Contra Costa | 34,613  | 33,152  | +4.4% | 7.08  | 18.3  | 4,888.8/sq mi (1,887.6/km2)  | November 14, 1961
Pleasanton | City  | Alameda | 79,871  | 70,285  | +13.6% | 24.14  | 62.5  | 3,308.7/sq mi (1,277.5/km2)  | June 18, 1894
Plymouth | City  | Amador | 1,078  | 1,005  | +7.3% | 2.65  | 6.9  | 406.8/sq mi (157.1/km2)  | February 8, 1917
Point Arena | City  | Mendocino | 460  | 449  | +2.4% | 1.37  | 3.5  | 335.8/sq mi (129.6/km2)  | July 11, 1908
Pomona | City  | Los Angeles | 151,713  | 149,058  | +1.8% | 22.99  | 59.5  | 6,599.1/sq mi (2,547.9/km2)  | January 6, 1888
Port Hueneme | City  | Ventura | 21,954  | 21,723  | +1.1% | 4.42  | 11.4  | 4,967.0/sq mi (1,917.8/km2)  | March 24, 1948
Porterville | City  | Tulare | 62,623  | 54,165  | +15.6% | 18.65  | 48.3  | 3,357.8/sq mi (1,296.5/km2)  | May 7, 1902
Portola | City  | Plumas | 2,100  | 2,104  | −0.2% | 5.41  | 14.0  | 388.2/sq mi (149.9/km2)  | May 16, 1946
Portola Valley | Town  | San Mateo | 4,456  | 4,353  | +2.4% | 9.08  | 23.5  | 490.7/sq mi (189.5/km2)  | July 14, 1964
Poway | City  | San Diego | 48,841  | 47,811  | +2.2% | 39.08  | 101.2  | 1,249.8/sq mi (482.5/km2)  | December 1, 1980
Rancho Cordova | City  | Sacramento | 79,332  | 64,776  | +22.5% | 34.57  | 89.5  | 2,294.8/sq mi (886.0/km2)  | July 1, 2003
Rancho Cucamonga | City  | San Bernardino | 174,453  | 165,269  | +5.6% | 40.11  | 103.9  | 4,349.4/sq mi (1,679.3/km2)  | November 30, 1977
Rancho Mirage | City  | Riverside | 16,999  | 17,218  | −1.3% | 25.35  | 65.7  | 670.6/sq mi (258.9/km2)  | August 3, 1973
Rancho Palos Verdes | City  | Los Angeles | 42,287  | 41,643  | +1.5% | 13.47  | 34.9  | 3,139.3/sq mi (1,212.1/km2)  | September 7, 1973
Rancho Santa Margarita | City  | Orange | 47,949  | 47,853  | +0.2% | 12.90  | 33.4  | 3,717.0/sq mi (1,435.1/km2)  | January 1, 2000
Red Bluff†  | City  | Tehama | 14,710  | 14,076  | +4.5% | 7.56  | 19.6  | 1,945.8/sq mi (751.3/km2)  | March 31, 1876
Redding†  | City  | Shasta | 93,611  | 89,861  | +4.2% | 59.65  | 154.5  | 1,569.3/sq mi (605.9/km2)  | October 4, 1887
Redlands | City  | San Bernardino | 73,168  | 68,747  | +6.4% | 35.99  | 93.2  | 2,033.0/sq mi (784.9/km2)  | December 3, 1888
Redondo Beach | City  | Los Angeles | 71,576  | 66,747  | +7.2% | 6.21  | 16.1  | 11,525.9/sq mi (4,450.2/km2)  | April 29, 1892
Redwood City†  | City  | San Mateo | 84,292  | 76,815  | +9.7% | 19.34  | 50.1  | 4,358.4/sq mi (1,682.8/km2)  | May 11, 1867
Reedley | City  | Fresno | 25,227  | 24,194  | +4.3% | 5.51  | 14.3  | 4,578.4/sq mi (1,767.7/km2)  | February 18, 1913
Rialto | City  | San Bernardino | 104,026  | 99,171  | +4.9% | 24.09  | 62.4  | 4,318.2/sq mi (1,667.3/km2)  | November 17, 1911
Richmond | City  | Contra Costa | 116,448  | 103,701  | +12.3% | 30.05  | 77.8  | 3,875.1/sq mi (1,496.2/km2)  | August 7, 1905
Ridgecrest | City  | Kern | 27,959  | 27,616  | +1.2% | 20.86  | 54.0  | 1,340.3/sq mi (517.5/km2)  | November 29, 1963
Rio Dell | City  | Humboldt | 3,379  | 3,368  | +0.3% | 2.28  | 5.9  | 1,482.0/sq mi (572.2/km2)  | February 23, 1965
Rio Vista | City  | Solano | 10,005  | 7,360  | +35.9% | 6.60  | 17.1  | 1,515.9/sq mi (585.3/km2)  | January 6, 1894
Ripon | City  | San Joaquin | 16,013  | 14,297  | +12.0% | 5.33  | 13.8  | 3,004.3/sq mi (1,160.0/km2)  | November 27, 1945
Riverbank | City  | Stanislaus | 24,865  | 22,678  | +9.6% | 4.71  | 12.2  | 5,279.2/sq mi (2,038.3/km2)  | August 23, 1922
Riverside†  | City  | Riverside | 314,998  | 303,871  | +3.7% | 81.23  | 210.4  | 3,877.9/sq mi (1,497.2/km2)  | October 11, 1883
Rocklin | City  | Placer | 71,601  | 56,974  | +25.7% | 19.81  | 51.3  | 3,614.4/sq mi (1,395.5/km2)  | February 24, 1893
Rohnert Park | City  | Sonoma | 44,390  | 40,971  | +8.3% | 7.29  | 18.9  | 6,089.2/sq mi (2,351.0/km2)  | August 28, 1962
Rolling Hills | City  | Los Angeles | 1,739  | 1,860  | −6.5% | 2.99  | 7.7  | 581.6/sq mi (224.6/km2)  | January 24, 1957
Rolling Hills Estates | City  | Los Angeles | 8,280  | 8,067  | +2.6% | 3.58  | 9.3  | 2,312.8/sq mi (893.0/km2)  | September 18, 1957
Rosemead | City  | Los Angeles | 51,185  | 53,764  | −4.8% | 5.16  | 13.4  | 9,919.6/sq mi (3,830.0/km2)  | August 4, 1959
Roseville | City  | Placer | 147,773  | 118,788  | +24.4% | 44.08  | 114.2  | 3,352.4/sq mi (1,294.4/km2)  | April 10, 1909
Ross | Town  | Marin | 2,338  | 2,415  | −3.2% | 1.56  | 4.0  | 1,498.7/sq mi (578.7/km2)  | August 21, 1908
Sacramento‡  | City  | Sacramento | 524,943  | 466,488  | +12.5% | 98.61  | 255.4  | 5,323.4/sq mi (2,055.4/km2)  | February 27, 1850
St. Helena | City  | Napa | 5,430  | 5,814  | −6.6% | 4.96  | 12.8  | 1,094.8/sq mi (422.7/km2)  | March 24, 1876
Salinas†  | City  | Monterey | 163,542  | 150,441  | +8.7% | 23.52  | 60.9  | 6,953.3/sq mi (2,684.7/km2)  | March 4, 1874
San Anselmo | Town  | Marin | 12,830  | 12,336  | +4.0% | 2.68  | 6.9  | 4,787.3/sq mi (1,848.4/km2)  | April 9, 1907
San Bernardino†  | City  | San Bernardino | 222,101  | 209,924  | +5.8% | 62.13  | 160.9  | 3,574.8/sq mi (1,380.2/km2)  | August 10, 1869
San Bruno | City  | San Mateo | 43,908  | 41,114  | +6.8% | 5.49  | 14.2  | 7,997.8/sq mi (3,088.0/km2)  | December 23, 1914
San Carlos | City  | San Mateo | 30,722  | 28,406  | +8.2% | 5.41  | 14.0  | 5,678.7/sq mi (2,192.6/km2)  | July 8, 1925
San Clemente | City  | Orange | 64,293  | 63,522  | +1.2% | 18.36  | 47.6  | 3,501.8/sq mi (1,352.1/km2)  | February 28, 1928
San Diego†  | City  | San Diego | 1,386,932  | 1,307,402  | +6.1% | 325.88  | 844.0  | 4,256.0/sq mi (1,643.2/km2)  | March 27, 1850
San Dimas | City  | Los Angeles | 34,924  | 33,371  | +4.7% | 15.03  | 38.9  | 2,323.6/sq mi (897.2/km2)  | August 4, 1960
San Fernando | City  | Los Angeles | 23,946  | 23,645  | +1.3% | 2.37  | 6.1  | 10,103.8/sq mi (3,901.1/km2)  | August 31, 1911
San Francisco†  | City and county  | San Francisco  | 873,965  | 805,235  | +8.5% | 46.91  | 121.5  | 18,630.7/sq mi (7,193.3/km2)  | April 15, 1850[13]
San Gabriel | City  | Los Angeles | 39,568  | 39,718  | −0.4% | 4.14  | 10.7  | 9,557.5/sq mi (3,690.2/km2)  | April 24, 1913
San Jacinto | City  | Riverside | 53,898  | 44,199  | +21.9% | 25.96  | 67.2  | 2,076.2/sq mi (801.6/km2)  | April 20, 1888
San Joaquin | City  | Fresno | 3,701  | 4,001  | −7.5% | 1.20  | 3.1  | 3,084.2/sq mi (1,190.8/km2)  | February 14, 1920
San Jose†  | City  | Santa Clara | 1,013,240  | 945,942  | +7.1% | 178.26  | 461.7  | 5,684.1/sq mi (2,194.6/km2)  | March 27, 1850
San Juan Bautista | City  | San Benito | 2,089  | 1,862  | +12.2% | 0.79  | 2.0  | 2,644.3/sq mi (1,021.0/km2)  | May 4, 1896
San Juan Capistrano | City  | Orange | 35,196  | 34,593  | +1.7% | 14.43  | 37.4  | 2,439.1/sq mi (941.7/km2)  | April 19, 1961
San Leandro | City  | Alameda | 91,008  | 84,950  | +7.1% | 13.32  | 34.5  | 6,832.4/sq mi (2,638.0/km2)  | March 21, 1872
San Luis Obispo†  | City  | San Luis Obispo | 47,063  | 45,119  | +4.3% | 13.31  | 34.5  | 3,535.9/sq mi (1,365.2/km2)  | February 16, 1856
San Marcos | City  | San Diego | 94,833  | 83,781  | +13.2% | 24.36  | 63.1  | 3,893.0/sq mi (1,503.1/km2)  | January 28, 1963
San Marino | City  | Los Angeles | 12,513  | 13,147  | −4.8% | 3.77  | 9.8  | 3,319.1/sq mi (1,281.5/km2)  | April 25, 1913
San Mateo | City  | San Mateo | 105,661  | 97,207  | +8.7% | 12.13  | 31.4  | 8,702.5/sq mi (3,360.0/km2)  | September 4, 1894
San Pablo | City  | Contra Costa | 32,127  | 29,139  | +10.3% | 2.62  | 6.8  | 12,262.2/sq mi (4,734.5/km2)  | April 27, 1948
San Rafael†  | City  | Marin | 61,271  | 57,713  | +6.2% | 16.59  | 43.0  | 3,693.2/sq mi (1,426.0/km2)  | February 18, 1874
San Ramon | City  | Contra Costa | 84,605  | 72,148  | +17.3% | 18.69  | 48.4  | 4,526.8/sq mi (1,747.8/km2)  | July 1, 1983
Sand City | City  | Monterey | 325  | 334  | −2.7% | 0.55  | 1.4  | 590.9/sq mi (228.2/km2)  | May 31, 1960
Sanger | City  | Fresno | 26,617  | 24,270  | +9.7% | 5.77  | 14.9  | 4,613.0/sq mi (1,781.1/km2)  | May 9, 1911
Santa Ana†  | City  | Orange | 310,227  | 324,528  | −4.4% | 27.34  | 70.8  | 11,347.0/sq mi (4,381.1/km2)  | June 1, 1886
Santa Barbara†  | City  | Santa Barbara | 88,665  | 88,410  | +0.3% | 19.51  | 50.5  | 4,544.6/sq mi (1,754.7/km2)  | April 9, 1850
Santa Clara | City  | Santa Clara | 127,647  | 116,468  | +9.6% | 18.28  | 47.3  | 6,982.9/sq mi (2,696.1/km2)  | July 5, 1852
Santa Clarita | City  | Los Angeles | 228,673  | 176,320  | +29.7% | 70.75  | 183.2  | 3,232.1/sq mi (1,247.9/km2)  | December 15, 1987
Santa Cruz†  | City  | Santa Cruz | 62,956  | 59,946  | +5.0% | 12.74  | 33.0  | 4,941.6/sq mi (1,908.0/km2)  | March 31, 1866
Santa Fe Springs | City  | Los Angeles | 19,219  | 16,223  | +18.5% | 8.86  | 22.9  | 2,169.2/sq mi (837.5/km2)  | May 15, 1957
Santa Maria | City  | Santa Barbara | 109,707  | 99,553  | +10.2% | 22.81  | 59.1  | 4,809.6/sq mi (1,857.0/km2)  | September 12, 1905
Santa Monica | City  | Los Angeles | 93,076  | 89,736  | +3.7% | 8.41  | 21.8  | 11,067.3/sq mi (4,273.1/km2)  | November 30, 1886
Santa Paula | City  | Ventura | 30,657  | 29,321  | +4.6% | 5.53  | 14.3  | 5,543.8/sq mi (2,140.5/km2)  | April 22, 1902
Santa Rosa†  | City  | Sonoma | 178,127  | 167,815  | +6.1% | 42.53  | 110.2  | 4,188.3/sq mi (1,617.1/km2)  | March 26, 1868
Santee | City  | San Diego | 60,037  | 53,413  | +12.4% | 16.54  | 42.8  | 3,629.8/sq mi (1,401.5/km2)  | December 1, 1980
Saratoga | City  | Santa Clara | 31,051  | 29,926  | +3.8% | 12.78  | 33.1  | 2,429.7/sq mi (938.1/km2)  | October 22, 1956
Sausalito | City  | Marin | 7,269  | 7,061  | +2.9% | 1.76  | 4.6  | 4,130.1/sq mi (1,594.6/km2)  | September 4, 1893
Scotts Valley | City  | Santa Cruz | 12,224  | 11,580  | +5.6% | 4.62  | 12.0  | 2,645.9/sq mi (1,021.6/km2)  | August 2, 1966
Seal Beach | City  | Orange | 25,242  | 24,168  | +4.4% | 11.27  | 29.2  | 2,239.8/sq mi (864.8/km2)  | October 27, 1915
Seaside | City  | Monterey | 32,366  | 33,025  | −2.0% | 8.92  | 23.1  | 3,628.5/sq mi (1,401.0/km2)  | October 13, 1954
Sebastopol | City  | Sonoma | 7,521  | 7,379  | +1.9% | 1.88  | 4.9  | 4,000.5/sq mi (1,544.6/km2)  | June 13, 1902
Selma | City  | Fresno | 24,674  | 23,219  | +6.3% | 5.81  | 15.0  | 4,246.8/sq mi (1,639.7/km2)  | March 15, 1893
Shafter | City  | Kern | 19,953  | 16,988  | +17.5% | 38.70  | 100.2  | 515.6/sq mi (199.1/km2)  | January 20, 1938
Shasta Lake | City  | Shasta | 10,371  | 10,164  | +2.0% | 10.92  | 28.3  | 949.7/sq mi (366.7/km2)  | July 2, 1993
Sierra Madre | City  | Los Angeles | 11,268  | 10,917  | +3.2% | 2.95  | 7.6  | 3,819.7/sq mi (1,474.8/km2)  | February 2, 1907
Signal Hill | City  | Los Angeles | 11,848  | 11,016  | +7.6% | 2.19  | 5.7  | 5,410.0/sq mi (2,088.8/km2)  | April 22, 1924
Simi Valley | City  | Ventura | 126,356  | 124,237  | +1.7% | 41.55  | 107.6  | 3,041.1/sq mi (1,174.2/km2)  | October 10, 1969
Solana Beach | City  | San Diego | 12,941  | 12,867  | +0.6% | 3.41  | 8.8  | 3,795.0/sq mi (1,465.3/km2)  | July 1, 1986
Soledad | City  | Monterey | 24,925  | 25,738  | −3.2% | 4.46  | 11.6  | 5,588.6/sq mi (2,157.8/km2)  | March 9, 1921
Solvang | City  | Santa Barbara | 6,126  | 5,245  | +16.8% | 2.43  | 6.3  | 2,521.0/sq mi (973.4/km2)  | May 1, 1985
Sonoma | City  | Sonoma | 10,739  | 10,648  | +0.9% | 2.74  | 7.1  | 3,919.3/sq mi (1,513.3/km2)  | September 3, 1883
Sonora†  | City  | Tuolumne | 5,003  | 4,903  | +2.0% | 3.16  | 8.2  | 1,583.2/sq mi (611.3/km2)  | May 1, 1851
South El Monte | City  | Los Angeles | 19,567  | 20,116  | −2.7% | 2.84  | 7.4  | 6,889.8/sq mi (2,660.2/km2)  | July 30, 1958
South Gate | City  | Los Angeles | 92,726  | 94,396  | −1.8% | 7.24  | 18.8  | 12,807.5/sq mi (4,945.0/km2)  | January 20, 1923
South Lake Tahoe | City  | El Dorado | 21,330  | 21,403  | −0.3% | 10.19  | 26.4  | 2,093.2/sq mi (808.2/km2)  | November 30, 1965
South Pasadena | City  | Los Angeles | 26,943  | 25,619  | +5.2% | 3.41  | 8.8  | 7,901.2/sq mi (3,050.7/km2)  | March 2, 1888
South San Francisco | City  | San Mateo | 66,105  | 63,632  | +3.9% | 9.20  | 23.8  | 7,185.3/sq mi (2,774.3/km2)  | September 19, 1908
Stanton | City  | Orange | 37,962  | 38,186  | −0.6% | 3.10  | 8.0  | 12,245.8/sq mi (4,728.1/km2)  | June 4, 1956
Stockton†  | City  | San Joaquin | 320,804  | 291,707  | +10.0% | 62.21  | 161.1  | 5,156.8/sq mi (1,991.0/km2)  | July 23, 1850
Suisun City | City  | Solano | 29,518  | 28,111  | +5.0% | 4.01  | 10.4  | 7,361.1/sq mi (2,842.1/km2)  | October 9, 1868
Sunnyvale | City  | Santa Clara | 155,805  | 140,081  | +11.2% | 22.06  | 57.1  | 7,062.8/sq mi (2,727.0/km2)  | December 24, 1912
Susanville†  | City  | Lassen | 16,728  | 17,947  | −6.8% | 7.92  | 20.5  | 2,112.1/sq mi (815.5/km2)  | August 24, 1900
Sutter Creek | City  | Amador | 2,646  | 2,501  | +5.8% | 2.70  | 7.0  | 980.0/sq mi (378.4/km2)  | February 11, 1913
Taft | City  | Kern | 8,546  | 9,327  | −8.4% | 15.27  | 39.5  | 559.7/sq mi (216.1/km2)  | November 7, 1910
Tehachapi | City  | Kern | 12,939  | 14,414  | −10.2% | 10.26  | 26.6  | 1,261.1/sq mi (486.9/km2)  | August 13, 1909
Tehama | City  | Tehama | 435  | 418  | +4.1% | 0.79  | 2.0  | 550.6/sq mi (212.6/km2)  | July 5, 1906
Temecula | City  | Riverside | 110,003  | 100,097  | +9.9% | 37.27  | 96.5  | 2,951.5/sq mi (1,139.6/km2)  | December 1, 1989
Temple City | City  | Los Angeles | 36,494  | 35,558  | +2.6% | 4.00  | 10.4  | 9,123.5/sq mi (3,522.6/km2)  | May 25, 1960
Thousand Oaks | City  | Ventura | 126,966  | 126,683  | +0.2% | 55.26  | 143.1  | 2,297.6/sq mi (887.1/km2)  | October 7, 1964
Tiburon | Town  | Marin | 9,146  | 8,962  | +2.1% | 4.48  | 11.6  | 2,041.5/sq mi (788.2/km2)  | June 23, 1964
Torrance | City  | Los Angeles | 147,067  | 145,538  | +1.1% | 20.52  | 53.1  | 7,167.0/sq mi (2,767.2/km2)  | May 21, 1921
Tracy | City  | San Joaquin | 93,000  | 82,922  | +12.2% | 25.89  | 67.1  | 3,592.1/sq mi (1,386.9/km2)  | July 22, 1910
Trinidad | City  | Humboldt | 307  | 367  | −16.3% | 0.49  | 1.3  | 626.5/sq mi (241.9/km2)  | November 7, 1870
Truckee | Town  | Nevada | 16,729  | 16,180  | +3.4% | 32.33  | 83.7  | 517.4/sq mi (199.8/km2)  | March 23, 1993
Tulare | City  | Tulare | 68,875  | 59,278  | +16.2% | 20.39  | 52.8  | 3,377.9/sq mi (1,304.2/km2)  | April 5, 1888
Tulelake | City  | Siskiyou | 902  | 1,010  | −10.7% | 0.41  | 1.1  | 2,200.0/sq mi (849.4/km2)  | March 1, 1937
Turlock | City  | Stanislaus | 72,740  | 68,549  | +6.1% | 16.91  | 43.8  | 4,301.6/sq mi (1,660.9/km2)  | February 15, 1908
Tustin | City  | Orange | 80,276  | 75,540  | +6.3% | 11.16  | 28.9  | 7,193.2/sq mi (2,777.3/km2)  | September 21, 1927
Twentynine Palms | City  | San Bernardino | 28,065  | 25,048  | +12.0% | 58.75  | 152.2  | 477.7/sq mi (184.4/km2)  | November 23, 1987
Ukiah†  | City  | Mendocino | 16,607  | 16,075  | +3.3% | 4.78  | 12.4  | 3,474.3/sq mi (1,341.4/km2)  | March 8, 1876
Union City | City  | Alameda | 70,143  | 69,516  | +0.9% | 19.18  | 49.7  | 3,657.1/sq mi (1,412.0/km2)  | January 26, 1959
Upland | City  | San Bernardino | 79,040  | 73,732  | +7.2% | 15.58  | 40.4  | 5,073.2/sq mi (1,958.8/km2)  | May 15, 1906
Vacaville | City  | Solano | 102,386  | 92,428  | +10.8% | 29.87  | 77.4  | 3,427.7/sq mi (1,323.5/km2)  | August 9, 1892
Vallejo | City  | Solano | 126,090  | 115,942  | +8.8% | 30.42  | 78.8  | 4,145.0/sq mi (1,600.4/km2)  | March 30, 1868
Ventura†  | City  | Ventura | 110,763  | 106,433  | +4.1% | 21.89  | 56.7  | 5,060.0/sq mi (1,953.7/km2)  | April 2, 1866
Vernon | City  | Los Angeles | 222  | 112  | +98.2% | 4.98  | 12.9  | 44.6/sq mi (17.2/km2)  | September 22, 1905
Victorville | City  | San Bernardino | 134,810  | 115,903  | +16.3% | 73.71  | 190.9  | 1,828.9/sq mi (706.2/km2)  | September 21, 1962
Villa Park | City  | Orange | 5,843  | 5,812  | +0.5% | 2.08  | 5.4  | 2,809.1/sq mi (1,084.6/km2)  | January 11, 1962
Visalia†  | City  | Tulare | 141,384  | 124,442  | +13.6% | 37.94  | 98.3  | 3,726.5/sq mi (1,438.8/km2)  | February 27, 1874
Vista | City  | San Diego | 98,381  | 93,834  | +4.8% | 18.75  | 48.6  | 5,247.0/sq mi (2,025.9/km2)  | January 28, 1963
Walnut | City  | Los Angeles | 28,430  | 29,172  | −2.5% | 8.99  | 23.3  | 3,162.4/sq mi (1,221.0/km2)  | January 19, 1959
Walnut Creek | City  | Contra Costa | 70,127  | 64,173  | +9.3% | 19.76  | 51.2  | 3,548.9/sq mi (1,370.3/km2)  | October 21, 1914
Wasco | City  | Kern | 27,047  | 25,545  | +5.9% | 9.39  | 24.3  | 2,880.4/sq mi (1,112.1/km2)  | December 22, 1945
Waterford | City  | Stanislaus | 9,120  | 8,456  | +7.9% | 2.36  | 6.1  | 3,864.4/sq mi (1,492.1/km2)  | November 7, 1969
Watsonville | City  | Santa Cruz | 52,590  | 51,199  | +2.7% | 6.71  | 17.4  | 7,837.6/sq mi (3,026.1/km2)  | March 30, 1868
Weed | City  | Siskiyou | 2,862  | 2,967  | −3.5% | 4.82  | 12.5  | 593.8/sq mi (229.3/km2)  | January 25, 1961
West Covina | City  | Los Angeles | 109,501  | 106,098  | +3.2% | 16.04  | 41.5  | 6,826.7/sq mi (2,635.8/km2)  | February 17, 1923
West Hollywood | City  | Los Angeles | 35,757  | 34,399  | +3.9% | 1.89  | 4.9  | 18,919.0/sq mi (7,304.7/km2)  | November 29, 1984
West Sacramento | City  | Yolo | 53,915  | 48,744  | +10.6% | 21.47  | 55.6  | 2,511.2/sq mi (969.6/km2)  | January 1, 1987
Westlake Village | City  | Los Angeles | 8,029  | 8,270  | −2.9% | 5.19  | 13.4  | 1,547.0/sq mi (597.3/km2)  | December 11, 1981
Westminster | City  | Orange | 90,911  | 89,701  | +1.3% | 10.04  | 26.0  | 9,054.9/sq mi (3,496.1/km2)  | March 27, 1957
Westmorland | City  | Imperial | 2,014  | 2,225  | −9.5% | 0.59  | 1.5  | 3,413.6/sq mi (1,318.0/km2)  | June 30, 1934
Wheatland | City  | Yuba | 3,712  | 3,456  | +7.4% | 8.12  | 21.0  | 457.1/sq mi (176.5/km2)  | April 23, 1874
Whittier | City  | Los Angeles | 87,306  | 85,331  | +2.3% | 14.65  | 37.9  | 5,959.5/sq mi (2,301.0/km2)  | February 25, 1898
Wildomar | City  | Riverside | 36,875  | 32,176  | +14.6% | 23.70  | 61.4  | 1,555.9/sq mi (600.7/km2)  | July 1, 2008
Williams | City  | Colusa | 5,538  | 5,123  | +8.1% | 4.95  | 12.8  | 1,118.8/sq mi (432.0/km2)  | May 17, 1920
Willits | City  | Mendocino | 4,988  | 4,888  | +2.0% | 2.82  | 7.3  | 1,768.8/sq mi (682.9/km2)  | November 19, 1888
Willows†  | City  | Glenn | 6,293  | 6,166  | +2.1% | 2.84  | 7.4  | 2,215.8/sq mi (855.5/km2)  | January 16, 1886
Windsor | Town  | Sonoma | 26,344  | 26,801  | −1.7% | 7.44  | 19.3  | 3,540.9/sq mi (1,367.1/km2)  | July 1, 1992
Winters | City  | Yolo | 7,115  | 6,624  | +7.4% | 2.94  | 7.6  | 2,420.1/sq mi (934.4/km2)  | February 9, 1898
Woodlake | City  | Tulare | 7,419  | 7,279  | +1.9% | 2.61  | 6.8  | 2,842.5/sq mi (1,097.5/km2)  | September 23, 1941
Woodland†  | City  | Yolo | 61,032  | 55,468  | +10.0% | 15.32  | 39.7  | 3,983.8/sq mi (1,538.2/km2)  | February 22, 1871
Woodside | Town  | San Mateo | 5,309  | 5,287  | +0.4% | 11.47  | 29.7  | 462.9/sq mi (178.7/km2)  | November 16, 1956
Yorba Linda | City  | Orange | 68,336  | 64,234  | +6.4% | 19.95  | 51.7  | 3,425.4/sq mi (1,322.5/km2)  | November 2, 1967
Yountville | Town  | Napa | 3,436  | 2,933  | +17.1% | 1.49  | 3.9  | 2,306.0/sq mi (890.4/km2)  | February 4, 1965
Yreka†  | City  | Siskiyou | 7,807  | 7,765  | +0.5% | 9.99  | 25.9  | 781.5/sq mi (301.7/km2)  | April 21, 1857
Yuba City†  | City  | Sutter | 70,117  | 64,925  | +8.0% | 14.98  | 38.8  | 4,680.7/sq mi (1,807.2/km2)  | January 23, 1908
Yucaipa | City  | San Bernardino | 54,542  | 51,367  | +6.2% | 28.27  | 73.2  | 1,929.3/sq mi (744.9/km2)  | November 27, 1989
Yucca Valley | Town  | San Bernardino | 21,738  | 20,700  | +5.0% | 39.83  | 103.2  | 545.8/sq mi (210.7/km2)  | November 27, 1991

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