This is a list of the 63 largest cities in Southern California by population. Official definitions of cities are defined according to the concept of city proper. The list ranks the regions urban municipal units (or well-defined statistical groupings of such units) according to population. Note that the populations listed are for the city proper and not for the urban area nor the metropolitan area. Population figures for Southern California cities are based on the reports of the 2010 United States Census.[1]
| Rank |
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County |
Population |
| 1 |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
3,792,621 |
| 2 |
San Diego |
San Diego |
1,307,402 |
| 3 |
Long Beach |
Los Angeles |
462,257 |
| 4 |
Bakersfield |
Kern |
347,483 |
| 5 |
Anaheim |
Orange |
336,265 |
| 6 |
Santa Ana |
Orange |
324,528 |
| 7 |
Riverside |
Riverside |
303,871 |
| 8 |
Chula Vista |
San Diego |
243,916 |
| 9 |
Irvine |
Orange |
212,375 |
| 10 |
San Bernardino |
San Bernardino |
209,924 |
| 11 |
Oxnard |
Ventura |
197,899 |
| 12 |
Fontana |
San Bernardino |
196,069 |
| 13 |
Moreno Valley |
Riverside |
193,365 |
| 14 |
Glendale |
Los Angeles |
191,719 |
| 15 |
Huntington Beach |
Orange |
189,992 |
| 16 |
Santa Clarita |
Los Angeles |
176,320 |
| 17 |
Garden Grove |
Orange |
170,883 |
| 18 |
Oceanside |
San Diego |
167,086 |
| 19 |
Rancho Cucamonga |
San Bernardino |
165,269 |
| 20 |
Ontario |
San Bernardino |
163,924 |
| 21 |
Lancaster |
Los Angeles |
156,663 |
| 22 |
Palmdale |
Los Angeles |
152,750 |
| 23 |
Corona |
Riverside |
152,374 |
| 24 |
Pomona |
Los Angeles |
163,405 |
| 25 |
Torrance |
Los Angeles |
145,438 |
| 26 |
Escondido |
San Diego |
143,911 |
| 27 |
Pasadena |
Los Angeles |
137,122 |
| 28 |
Orange |
Orange |
136,416 |
| 29 |
Fullerton |
Orange |
135,161 |
| 30 |
Thousand Oaks |
Ventura |
126,683 |
| 31 |
Simi Valley |
Ventura |
124,327 |
| 32 |
Victorville |
San Bernardino |
115,903 |
| 33 |
El Monte |
Los Angeles |
113,475 |
| 34 |
Downey |
Los Angeles |
111,772 |
| 35 |
Costa Mesa |
Orange |
109,960 |
| 36 |
Inglewood |
Los Angeles |
109,673 |
| 37 |
Ventura |
Ventura |
106,433 |
| 38 |
West Covina |
Los Angeles |
106,098 |
| 39 |
Norwalk |
Los Angeles |
105,549 |
| 40 |
Carlsbad |
San Diego |
105,328 |
| 41 |
Murrieta |
Riverside |
103,466 |
| 42 |
Burbank |
Los Angeles |
103,340 |
| 43 |
Temecula |
Riverside |
100,097 |
| 44 |
Santa Maria |
Santa Barbara |
99,553 |
| 45 |
El Cajon |
San Diego |
99,478 |
| 46 |
Rialto |
San Bernardino |
99,171 |
| 47 |
Compton |
Los Angeles |
96,455 |
| 48 |
South Gate |
Los Angeles |
94,396 |
| 49 |
Vista |
San Diego |
93,834 |
| 50 |
Mission Viejo |
Orange |
93,305 |
| 51 |
Carson |
Los Angeles |
91,714 |
| 52 |
Hesperia |
San Bernardino |
90,173 |
| 53 |
Santa Monica |
Los Angeles |
89,736 |
| 54 |
Westminster |
Orange |
89,701 |
| 55 |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
88,410 |
| 56 |
Whittier |
Los Angeles |
85,331 |
| 57 |
Newport Beach |
Orange |
85,186 |
| 58 |
Hawthore |
Los Angeles |
84,293 |
| 59 |
San Marcos |
San Diego |
83,781 |
| 60 |
Alhambra |
Los Angeles |
83,089 |
| 61 |
Buena Park |
Orange |
80,530 |
| 62 |
Lakewood |
Los Angeles |
80,048 |
| 63 |
Hemet |
Riverside |
78,657 |
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