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.

RankNameIn 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.Population(2020 census) 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 See also California statistical areas

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