2017 Rank | city | state | County / borough | Population (2017 est.)[4] | Metro | Notes |
1 | Los Angeles † | California | Los Angeles | 3,999,759 | 13,131,431 | Largest city in California |
2 | San Diego † | California | San Diego | 1,419,516 | 3,317,749 | |
3 | San Jose † | California | Santa Clara | 1,035,317 | 1,998,463 | Located within the San Francisco Bay Area |
4 | San Francisco † | California | San Francisco | 884,363 | 4,727,357 | |
5 | Seattle † | Washington | King | 724,745 | 3,733,580 | Largest city in Washington |
6 | Portland † | Oregon | Multnomah | 647,805 | 2,389,228 | Largest city in Oregon |
7 | Fresno † | California | Fresno | 527,438 | 972,297 | |
8 | Sacramento † | California | Sacramento | 501,901 | 2,149,127 | |
9 | Long Beach | California | Los Angeles | 469,450 | 13,131,431 | Located within the Los Angeles metropolitan area |
10 | Oakland † | California | Alameda | 425,195 | — | |
11 | Bakersfield † | California | Kern | 380,874 | 839,631 | |
12 | Anaheim | California | Orange | 352,497 | — | Located within the Los Angeles metropolitan area |
13 | Santa Ana † | California | Orange | 334,136 | — | Located within the Los Angeles metropolitan area |
14 | Riverside † | California | Riverside | 327,728 | — | |
15 | Stockton † | California | San Joaquin | 310,496 | 726,126 | |
16 | Anchorage † | Alaska | Anchorage | 294,356 | 401,635 | Largest city in Alaska |
17 | Irvine | California | Orange | 277,453 | — | Located within the Los Angeles metropolitan area |
18 | Chula Vista | California | San Diego | 270,471 | — | Located within San Diego metropolitan area |
19 | Fremont | California | Alameda | 234,962 | — | |
20 | Spokane † | Washington | Spokane | 217,300 | 556,634 | |
21 | San Bernardino † | California | San Bernardino | 216,995 | 4,224,851 | |
22 | Modesto † | California | Stanislaus | 547,899 | — | |
23 | Tacoma † | Washington | Pierce | 213,418 | 3,733,580 | |
24 | Fontana | California | San Bernardino | 211,815 | — | |
25 | Santa Clarita | California | Los Angeles | 210,888 | 13,155,788 | |
26 | Oxnard | California | Ventura | 210,037 | — | |
27 | Moreno Valley | California | Riverside | 207,226 | — | |
28 | Glendale | California | Los Angeles | 203,054 | — | |
29 | Huntington Beach | California | Orange | 201,874 | — | |
30 | Rancho Cucamonga | California | San Bernardino | 177,452 | — | |
31 | Oceanside | California | San Diego | 176,193 | — | |
32 | Ontario | California | San Bernardino | 216,995 | — | |
33 | Vancouver † | Washington | Clark | 176,400 | 2,389,228 | Located within Portland metropolitan area[5] |
34 | Santa Rosa † | California | Sonoma | 175,269 | — | |
35 | Garden Grove | California | Orange | 174,226 | — | Located within Los Angeles metropolitan area |
36 | Elk Grove | California | Sacramento | 171,844 | — | Located within Sacramento metropolitan area |
37 | Salem † | Oregon | Marion | 169,798 | 400,408 | Capital city of Oregon |
38 | Eugene † | Oregon | Lane | 168,916 | 369,519 | |
39 | Corona | California | Riverside | 167,836 | 4,224,851 | Located within Riverside metropolitan area |
40 | Hayward | California | Alameda | 160,500 | 7,468,390 | Located within San Francisco Bay Area |
41 | Lancaster | California | Los Angeles | 160,316 | — | |
42 | Salinas † | California | Monterey | 157,596 | — | |
43 | Palmdale | California | Los Angeles | 157,519 | 12,828,837 | Charter city |
44 | Sunnyvale | California | Santa Clara | 153,656 | | Located within San Francisco Bay Area |
45 | Pomona | California | Los Angeles | 152,939 | | |
46 | Escondido | California | San Diego | 151,969 | | |
47 | Torrance | California | Los Angeles | 146,758 | — | Located within Los Angeles Metropolitan area |
48 | Bellevue | Washington | King | 144,444 | 3,733,580 | Located within Seattle metropolitan area |
49 | Pasadena | California | Los Angeles | 142,647 | — | Located within Los Angeles metropolitan area |
50 | Orange | California | Orange | 140,560 | — | |
51 | Fullerton | California | Orange | 140,392 | — | |
52 | Roseville | California | Placer | 135,329 | — | Located within Sacramento metropolitan area |
53 | Visalia † | California | Tulare | 133,010 | — | Located within San Joaquin Valley |
54 | Concord | California | Contra Costa | 129,783 | — | Located within San Francisco Bay Area |
55 | Thousand Oaks | California | Ventura | 128,995 | — | Located within Los Angeles metropolitan area |
56 | Kent | Washington | King | 128,458 | — | Located within Seattle metropolitan area |
57 | Santa Clara | California | Santa Clara | 127,134 | — | Located within San Francisco Bay Area |
58 | Simi Valley | California | Ventura | 126,878 | — | Located within Greater Los Angeles |
59 | Victorville | California | San Bernardino | 122,441 | — | |
60 | Berkeley | California | Alameda | 122,324 | — | Located within San Francisco Bay Area |
61 | Vallejo | California | Solano | 122,105 | — | Located within San Francisco Bay Area |
62 | Fairfield † | California | Solano | 116,266 | — | Located within San Francisco Bay Area |
63 | El Monte | California | Los Angeles | 116,109 | — | |
64 | Carlsbad | California | San Diego | 115,330 | — | Located within San Diego metropolitan area |
65 | Temecula | California | Riverside | 114,327 | — | |
66 | Costa Mesa | California | Orange | 113,825 | — | |
67 | Murrieta | California | Riverside | 113,326 | — | |
68 | Downey | California | Los Angeles | 113,092 | — | |
69 | Antioch | California | Contra Costa | 111,674 | — | |
70 | Gresham | Oregon | Multnomah | 111,053 | 2,314,554 | Located within Portland metropolitan area[6] |
71 | Ventura | California | Ventura | 110,790 | — | Officially the City of San Buenaventura[7] |
72 | Inglewood | California | Los Angeles | 110,598 | — | Located within Los Angeles metropolitan area |
73 | Everett † | Washington | Snohomish | 110,079 | 3,733,580 | Located within Seattle metropolitan area |
74 | Richmond | California | Contra Costa | 110,040 | — | Located within San Francisco Bay Area |
75 | Clovis | California | Fresno | 109,691 | — | |
76 | West Covina | California | Los Angeles | 107,598 | — | Located within Greater Los Angeles |
77 | Daly City | California | San Mateo | 107,074 | — | |
78 | Santa Maria | California | Santa Barbara | 107,014 | — | |
79 | Hillsboro † | Oregon | Washington | 106,894 | — | Located within Portland metropolitan area[6] |
80 | Norwalk | California | Los Angeles | 106,084 | — | Located within Greater Los Angeles |
81 | Jurupa Valley | California | Riverside | 106,028 | — | |
82 | Burbank | California | Los Angeles | 104,834 | — | Located within Los Angeles metropolitan area |
83 | San Mateo | California | San Mateo | 104,748 | — | |
84 | El Cajon | California | San Diego | 103,894 | — | |
85 | Rialto | California | San Bernardino | 103,562 | — | |
86 | Vista | California | San Diego | 101,568 | — | Located within San Diego metropolitan area |
87 | Renton | Washington | King | 101,379 | — | Located within Seattle metropolitan area |
88 | Vacaville | California | Solano | 100,032 | — | |
89 | Compton | California | Los Angeles | 97,612 | — | Located within Los Angeles metropolitan area |
90 | Spokane Valley | Washington | Spokane | 97,847 | 547,924 | Located within Spokane metropolitan area |
91 | Beaverton | Oregon | Washington | 97,514 | — | Located within Portland metropolitan area[6] |
92 | Federal Way | Washington | King | 96,690 | — | Located within Seattle metropolitan area |
93 | San Marcos | California | San Diego | 96,198 | — | |
94 | Mission Viejo | California | Orange | 96,016 | — | |
95 | South Gate | California | Los Angeles | 95,430 | — | |
96 | Hesperia | California | San Bernardino | 94,859 | — | |
97 | Bend † | Oregon | Deschutes | 94,520 | — | |
98 | Yakima † | Washington | Yakima | 93,667 | — | |
99 | Chico | California | Butte | 93,293 | — | |
100 | Carson | California | Los Angeles | 92,735 | — | |
101 | Santa Monica | California | Los Angeles | 92,306 | — | |
102 | Santa Barbara † | California | Santa Barbara | 92,101 | — | |
103 | Redding † | California | Shasta | 91,794 | — | |
104 | Westminster | California | Orange | 91,564 | — | |
105 | Tracy | California | San Joaquin | 90,889 | — | |
106 | San Leandro | California | Alameda | 90,553 | — | Located within San Francisco Bay Area |
107 | Livermore | California | Alameda | 90,295 | — | Located within San Francisco Bay Area |
108 | Indio | California | Riverside | 89,793 | — | |
109 | Bellingham † | Washington | Whatcom | 89,045 | 221,404 | |
110 | Kirkland | Washington | King | 88,630 | — | Located within Seattle metropolitan area |