List of cities and towns in California

California is a state in the Western United States. It is the state with the most people, as 39,538,223 people lived there in 2020.

California is split into 58 counties and has 483 municipalities. One county, San Francisco, is a city-county, which means it is both a municipality and county. In California law, there is no difference between a city and town. This means municipalities can use either name.California Government Code Sections 34502 and 56722.

The largest municipality by population is Los Angeles, which had 3,898,747 people living there in 2020. The smallest is Amador City, with 200 people living there in 2020.

Cities and towns

  County seat  State capital and county seat
 Name Type County Population (2020) Land area Incorporated sq mi km2 Adelanto City San Bernardino 38,046   Agoura Hills City Los Angeles 20,299   Alameda City Alameda 78,280   Albany City Alameda 20,271   Alhambra City Los Angeles 82,868   Aliso Viejo City Orange 52,176   Alturas City Modoc 2,715   Amador City City Amador 200   American Canyon City Napa 21,837   Anaheim City Orange 346,824   Anderson City Shasta 11,323   Angels Camp City Calaveras 3,667   Antioch City Contra Costa 115,291   Apple Valley Town San Bernardino 75,791   Arcadia City Los Angeles 56,681   Arcata City Humboldt 18,857   Arroyo Grande City San Luis Obispo 18,441   Artesia City Los Angeles 16,395   Arvin City Kern 19,495   Atascadero City San Luis Obispo 29,773   Atherton Town San Mateo 7,188   Atwater City Merced 31,970   Auburn City Placer 13,776   Avalon City Los Angeles 3,460   Avenal City Kings 13,696   Azusa City Los Angeles 50,000   Bakersfield City Kern 403,455   Baldwin Park City Los Angeles 72,176   Banning City Riverside 29,505   Barstow City San Bernardino 25,415   Beaumont City Riverside 53,036   Bell City Los Angeles 33,559   Bell Gardens City Los Angeles 39,501   Bellflower City Los Angeles 79,190   Belmont City San Mateo 25,835   Belvedere City Marin 2,126   Benicia City Solano 27,131   Berkeley City Alameda 124,321   Beverly Hills City Los Angeles 32,701   Big Bear Lake City San Bernardino 5,046   Biggs City Butte 1,964   Bishop City Inyo 3,819   Blue Lake City Humboldt 1,208   Blythe City Riverside 18,317   Bradbury City Los Angeles 921   Brawley City Imperial 26,416   Brea City Orange 47,325   Brentwood City Contra Costa 64,292   Brisbane City San Mateo 4,851   Buellton City Santa Barbara 5,161   Buena Park City Orange 84,034   Burbank City Los Angeles 107,337   Burlingame City San Mateo 31,386   Calabasas City Los Angeles 23,241   Calexico City Imperial 38,633   California City City Kern 14,973   Calimesa City Riverside 10,026   Calipatria City Imperial 6,515   Calistoga City Napa 5,228   Camarillo City Ventura 70,741   Campbell City Santa Clara 43,959   Canyon Lake City Riverside 11,082   Capitola City Santa Cruz 9,938   Carlsbad City San Diego 114,746   Carmel-by-the-Sea City Monterey 3,220   Carpinteria City Santa Barbara 13,264   Carson City Los Angeles 95,558   Cathedral City City Riverside 51,493   Ceres City Stanislaus 49,302   Cerritos City Los Angeles 49,578   Chico City Butte 101,475   Chino City San Bernardino 91,403   Chino Hills City San Bernardino 78,411   Chowchilla City Madera 19,039   Chula Vista City San Diego 275,487   Citrus Heights City Sacramento 87,583   Claremont City Los Angeles 37,266   Clayton City Contra Costa 11,070   Clearlake City Lake 16,685   Cloverdale City Sonoma 8,996   Clovis City Fresno 120,124   Coachella City Riverside 41,941   Coalinga City Fresno 17,590   Colfax City Placer 1,995   Colma Town San Mateo 1,507   Colton City San Bernardino 53,909   Colusa City Colusa 6,411   Commerce City Los Angeles 12,378   Compton City Los Angeles 95,740   Concord City Contra Costa 125,410   Corcoran City Kings 22,339   Corning City Tehama 8,244   Corona City Riverside 157,136   Coronado City San Diego 20,192   Corte Madera Town Marin 10,222   Costa Mesa City Orange 111,918   Cotati City Sonoma 7,584   Covina City Los Angeles 51,268   Crescent City City Del Norte 6,673   Cudahy City Los Angeles 22,811   Culver City City Los Angeles 40,779   Cupertino City Santa Clara 60,381   Cypress City Orange 50,151   Daly City City San Mateo 104,901   Dana Point City Orange 33,107   Danville Town Contra Costa 43,582   Davis City Yolo 66,850   Del Mar City San Diego 3,954   Del Rey Oaks City Monterey 1,592   Delano City Kern 51,428   Desert Hot Springs City Riverside 32,512   Diamond Bar City Los Angeles 55,072   Dinuba City Tulare 24,563   Dixon City Solano 18,988   Dorris City Siskiyou 860   Dos Palos City Merced 5,798   Downey City Los Angeles 114,355   Duarte City Los Angeles 21,727   Dublin City Alameda 72,589   Dunsmuir City Siskiyou 1,707   East Palo Alto City San Mateo 30,034   Eastvale City Riverside 69,757   El Cajon City San Diego 106,215   El Centro City Imperial 44,322   El Cerrito City Contra Costa 25,962   El Monte City Los Angeles 109,450   El Segundo City Los Angeles 17,272   Elk Grove City Sacramento 176,124   Emeryville City Alameda 12,905   Encinitas City San Diego 62,007   Escalon City San Joaquin 7,472   Escondido City San Diego 151,038   Etna City Siskiyou 678   Eureka City Humboldt 26,512   Exeter City Tulare 10,321   Fairfax Town Marin 7,605   Fairfield City Solano 119,881   Farmersville City Tulare 10,397   Ferndale City Humboldt 1,398   Fillmore City Ventura 16,419   Firebaugh City Fresno 8,096   Folsom City Sacramento 80,454   Fontana City San Bernardino 208,393   Fort Bragg City Mendocino 6,983   Fort Jones City Siskiyou 695   Fortuna City Humboldt 12,516   Foster City City San Mateo 33,805   Fountain Valley City Orange 57,047   Fowler City Fresno 6,700   Fremont City Alameda 230,504   Fresno City Fresno 542,107   Fullerton City Orange 143,617   Galt City Sacramento 25,383   Garden Grove City Orange 171,949   Gardena City Los Angeles 61,027   Gilroy City Santa Clara 59,520   Glendale City Los Angeles 196,543   Glendora City Los Angeles 52,558   Goleta City Santa Barbara 32,690   Gonzales City Monterey 8,647   Grand Terrace City San Bernardino 13,150   Grass Valley City Nevada 14,016   Greenfield City Monterey 18,937   Gridley City Butte 7,421   Grover Beach City San Luis Obispo 12,701   Guadalupe City Santa Barbara 8,057   Gustine City Merced 6,110   Half Moon Bay City San Mateo 11,795   Hanford City Kings 57,990   Hawaiian Gardens City Los Angeles 14,149   Hawthorne City Los Angeles 88,083   Hayward City Alameda 162,954   Healdsburg City Sonoma 11,340   Hemet City Riverside 89,833   Hercules City Contra Costa 26,016   Hermosa Beach City Los Angeles 19,728   Hesperia City San Bernardino 99,818   Hidden Hills City Los Angeles 1,725   Highland City San Bernardino 56,999   Hillsborough Town San Mateo 11,387   Hollister City San Benito 41,678   Holtville City Imperial 5,605   Hughson City Stanislaus 7,481   Huntington Beach City Orange 198,711   Huntington Park City Los Angeles 54,883   Huron City Fresno 6,206   Imperial City Imperial 20,263   Imperial Beach City San Diego 26,137   Indian Wells City Riverside 4,757   Indio City Riverside 89,137   Industry City Los Angeles 264   Inglewood City Los Angeles 107,762   Ione City Amador 5,141   Irvine City Orange 307,670   Irwindale City Los Angeles 1,472   Isleton City Sacramento 794   Jackson City Amador 5,019   Jurupa Valley City Riverside 105,053   Kerman City Fresno 16,016   King City City Monterey 13,332   Kingsburg City Fresno 12,380   La Cañada Flintridge City Los Angeles 20,573   La Habra City Orange 63,097   La Habra Heights City Los Angeles 5,682   La Mesa City San Diego 61,121   La Mirada City Los Angeles 48,008   La Palma City Orange 15,581   La Puente City Los Angeles 38,062   La Quinta City Riverside 37,558   La Verne City Los Angeles 31,334   Lafayette City Contra Costa 25,391   Laguna Beach City Orange 23,032   Laguna Hills City Orange 31,374   Laguna Niguel City Orange 64,355   Laguna Woods City Orange 17,644   Lake Elsinore City Riverside 70,265   Lake Forest City Orange 85,858   Lakeport City Lake 5,026   Lakewood City Los Angeles 82,496   Lancaster City Los Angeles 173,516   Larkspur City Marin 13,064   Lathrop City San Joaquin 28,701   Lawndale City Los Angeles 31,807   Lemon Grove City San Diego 27,627   Lemoore City Kings 27,038   Lincoln City Placer 49,757   Lindsay City Tulare 12,659   Live Oak City Sutter 9,106   Livermore City Alameda 87,955   Livingston City Merced 14,172   Lodi City San Joaquin 66,348   Loma Linda City San Bernardino 24,791   Lomita City Los Angeles 20,921   Lompoc City Santa Barbara 44,444   Long Beach City Los Angeles 466,742   Loomis Town Placer 6,836   Los Alamitos City Orange 11,780   Los Altos City Santa Clara 31,625   Los Altos Hills Town Santa Clara 8,489   Los Angeles City Los Angeles 3,898,747   Los Banos City Merced 45,532   Los Gatos Town Santa Clara 33,529   Loyalton City Sierra 740   Lynwood City Los Angeles 67,265   Madera City Madera 66,224   Malibu City Los Angeles 10,654   Mammoth Lakes Town Mono 7,191   Manhattan Beach City Los Angeles 35,506   Manteca City San Joaquin 83,498   Maricopa City Kern 1,026   Marina City Monterey 22,359   Martinez City Contra Costa 37,287   Marysville City Yuba 12,844   Maywood City Los Angeles 25,138   McFarland City Kern 14,161   Mendota City Fresno 12,595   Menifee City Riverside 102,527   Menlo Park City San Mateo 33,780   Merced City Merced 86,333   Mill Valley City Marin 14,231   Millbrae City San Mateo 23,216   Milpitas City Santa Clara 80,273   Mission Viejo City Orange 93,653   Modesto City Stanislaus 218,464   Monrovia City Los Angeles 37,931   Montague City Siskiyou 1,226   Montclair City San Bernardino 37,865   Monte Sereno City Santa Clara 3,479   Montebello City Los Angeles 62,640   Monterey City Monterey 30,218   Monterey Park City Los Angeles 61,096   Moorpark City Ventura 36,284   Moraga Town Contra Costa 16,870   Moreno Valley City Riverside 208,634   Morgan Hill City Santa Clara 45,483   Morro Bay City San Luis Obispo 10,757   Mount Shasta City Siskiyou 3,223   Mountain House City San Joaquin 24,499   Mountain View City Santa Clara 82,376   Murrieta City Riverside 110,949   Napa City Napa 79,246   National City City San Diego 56,173   Needles City San Bernardino 4,931   Nevada City City Nevada 3,152   Newark City Alameda 47,529   Newman City Stanislaus 12,351   Newport Beach City Orange 85,239   Norco City Riverside 26,316   Norwalk City Los Angeles 102,773   Novato City Marin 53,225   Oakdale City Stanislaus 23,181   Oakland City Alameda 440,646   Oakley City Contra Costa 43,357   Oceanside City San Diego 174,068   Ojai City Ventura 7,637   Ontario City San Bernardino 175,265   Orange City Orange 139,911   Orange Cove City Fresno 9,649   Orinda City Contra Costa 19,514   Orland City Glenn 8,298   Oroville City Butte 20,042   Oxnard City Ventura 202,063   Pacific Grove City Monterey 15,090   Pacifica City San Mateo 38,640   Palm Desert City Riverside 51,163   Palm Springs City Riverside 44,575   Palmdale City Los Angeles 169,450   Palo Alto City Santa Clara 68,572   Palos Verdes Estates City Los Angeles 13,347   Paradise Town Butte 4,764   Paramount City Los Angeles 53,733   Parlier City Fresno 14,576   Pasadena City Los Angeles 138,699   Paso Robles City San Luis Obispo 31,490   Patterson City Stanislaus 23,781   Perris City Riverside 78,700   Petaluma City Sonoma 59,776   Pico Rivera City Los Angeles 62,088   Piedmont City Alameda 11,270   Pinole City Contra Costa 19,022   Pismo Beach City San Luis Obispo 8,072   Pittsburg City Contra Costa 76,416   Placentia City Orange 51,824   Placerville City El Dorado 10,747   Pleasant Hill City Contra Costa 34,613   Pleasanton City Alameda 79,871   Plymouth City Amador 1,078   Point Arena City Mendocino 460   Pomona City Los Angeles 151,713   Port Hueneme City Ventura 21,954   Porterville City Tulare 62,623   Portola City Plumas 2,100   Portola Valley Town San Mateo 4,456   Poway City San Diego 48,841   Rancho Cordova City Sacramento 79,332   Rancho Cucamonga City San Bernardino 174,453   Rancho Mirage City Riverside 16,999   Rancho Palos Verdes City Los Angeles 42,287   Rancho Santa Margarita City Orange 47,949   Red Bluff City Tehama 14,710   Redding City Shasta 93,611   Redlands City San Bernardino 73,168   Redondo Beach City Los Angeles 71,576   Redwood City City San Mateo 84,292   Reedley City Fresno 25,227   Rialto City San Bernardino 104,026   Richmond City Contra Costa 116,448   Ridgecrest City Kern 27,959   Rio Dell City Humboldt 3,379   Rio Vista City Solano 10,005   Ripon City San Joaquin 16,013   Riverbank City Stanislaus 24,865   Riverside City Riverside 314,998   Rocklin City Placer 71,601   Rohnert Park City Sonoma 44,390   Rolling Hills City Los Angeles 1,739   Rolling Hills Estates City Los Angeles 8,280   Rosemead City Los Angeles 51,185   Roseville City Placer 147,773   Ross Town Marin 2,338   Sacramento City Sacramento 524,943   St. Helena City Napa 5,430   Salinas City Monterey 163,542   San Anselmo Town Marin 12,830   San Bernardino City San Bernardino 222,101   San Bruno City San Mateo 43,908   San Carlos City San Mateo 30,722   San Clemente City Orange 64,293   San Diego City San Diego 1,386,932   San Dimas City Los Angeles 34,924   San Fernando City Los Angeles 23,946   San Francisco City and county San Francisco 873,965   San Gabriel City Los Angeles 39,568   San Jacinto City Riverside 53,898   San Joaquin City Fresno 3,701   San Jose City Santa Clara 1,013,240   San Juan Bautista City San Benito 2,089   San Juan Capistrano City Orange 35,196   San Leandro City Alameda 91,008   San Luis Obispo City San Luis Obispo 47,063   San Marcos City San Diego 94,833   San Marino City Los Angeles 12,513   San Mateo City San Mateo 105,661   San Pablo City Contra Costa 32,127   San Rafael City Marin 61,271   San Ramon City Contra Costa 84,605   Sand City City Monterey 325   Sanger City Fresno 26,617   Santa Ana City Orange 310,227   Santa Barbara City Santa Barbara 88,665   Santa Clara City Santa Clara 127,647   Santa Clarita City Los Angeles 228,673   Santa Cruz City Santa Cruz 62,956   Santa Fe Springs City Los Angeles 19,219   Santa Maria City Santa Barbara 109,707   Santa Monica City Los Angeles 93,076   Santa Paula City Ventura 30,657   Santa Rosa City Sonoma 178,127   Santee City San Diego 60,037   Saratoga City Santa Clara 31,051   Sausalito City Marin 7,269   Scotts Valley City Santa Cruz 12,224   Seal Beach City Orange 25,242   Seaside City Monterey 32,366   Sebastopol City Sonoma 7,521   Selma City Fresno 24,674   Shafter City Kern 19,953   Shasta Lake City Shasta 10,371   Sierra Madre City Los Angeles 11,268   Signal Hill City Los Angeles 11,848   Simi Valley City Ventura 126,356   Solana Beach City San Diego 12,941   Soledad City Monterey 24,925   Solvang City Santa Barbara 6,126   Sonoma City Sonoma 10,739   Sonora City Tuolumne 5,003   South El Monte City Los Angeles 19,567   South Gate City Los Angeles 92,726   South Lake Tahoe City El Dorado 21,330   South Pasadena City Los Angeles 26,943   South San Francisco City San Mateo 66,105   Stanton City Orange 37,962   Stockton City San Joaquin 320,804   Suisun City City Solano 29,518   Sunnyvale City Santa Clara 155,805   Susanville City Lassen 16,728   Sutter Creek City Amador 2,646   Taft City Kern 8,546   Tehachapi City Kern 12,939   Tehama City Tehama 435   Temecula City Riverside 110,003   Temple City City Los Angeles 36,494   Thousand Oaks City Ventura 126,966   Tiburon Town Marin 9,146   Torrance City Los Angeles 147,067   Tracy City San Joaquin 93,000   Trinidad City Humboldt 307   Truckee Town Nevada 16,729   Tulare City Tulare 68,875   Tulelake City Siskiyou 902   Turlock City Stanislaus 72,740   Tustin City Orange 80,276   Twentynine Palms City San Bernardino 28,065   Ukiah City Mendocino 16,607   Union City City Alameda 70,143   Upland City San Bernardino 79,040   Vacaville City Solano 102,386   Vallejo City Solano 126,090   Ventura City Ventura 110,763   Vernon City Los Angeles 222   Victorville City San Bernardino 134,810   Villa Park City Orange 5,843   Visalia City Tulare 141,384   Vista City San Diego 98,381   Walnut City Los Angeles 28,430   Walnut Creek City Contra Costa 70,127   Wasco City Kern 27,047   Waterford City Stanislaus 9,120   Watsonville City Santa Cruz 52,590   Weed City Siskiyou 2,862   West Covina City Los Angeles 109,501   West Hollywood City Los Angeles 35,757   West Sacramento City Yolo 53,915   Westlake Village City Los Angeles 8,029   Westminster City Orange 90,911   Westmorland City Imperial 2,014   Wheatland City Yuba 3,712   Whittier City Los Angeles 87,306   Wildomar City Riverside 36,875   Williams City Colusa 5,538   Willits City Mendocino 4,988   Willows City Glenn 6,293   Windsor Town Sonoma 26,344   Winters City Yolo 7,115   Woodlake City Tulare 7,419   Woodland City Yolo 61,032   Woodside Town San Mateo 5,309   Yorba Linda City Orange 68,336   Yountville Town Napa 3,436   Yreka City Siskiyou 7,807   Yuba City City Sutter 70,117   Yucaipa City San Bernardino 54,542   Yucca Valley Town San Bernardino 21,738  

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