List of urbanized areas in California (by population)
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A list of urbanized areas in California (sorted into groups by population) is below. This list aggregates cities together into larger urbanized areas whenever possible (for example, because they have sprawled together into a single contiguous mass).
For a complete list of California cities, please see List of cities in California and List of cities in California (by population).
[edit] Population > 10,000,000 (urbanized area)
- Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana (part of the Greater Los Angeles Area)
- Estimated population (as of 2008) is 12,107,179 [1]
[edit] Population > 2,500,000 (urbanized area)
- San Francisco–Oakland (part of the San Francisco Bay Area)
- Estimated population (as of 2008) of 3,234,299 [2]
- San Diego
- Estimated population (as of 2008) is 2,729,329 [3]
[edit] Population > 1,000,000 (urbanized area)
- Riverside–San Bernardino (Inland Empire)
- Estimated population (as of 2008) is 1,775,118 [4]
- San Jose (part of the San Francisco Bay Area)
- Estimated population (as of 2008) is 1,574,635 [5]
- Sacramento
- Estimated population (as of 2008) is 1,489,376 [6]
[edit] Population > 500,000 (urbanized area)
[edit] Population > 250,000 (urbanized area)
- Bakersfield
- Estimated population (as of 2008) is 457,083 [8]
- Oxnard
- Estimated population (as of 2008) is 348,439 [9]
- Stockton
- Estimated population (as of 2008) is 346,330 [10]
- Modesto
- Estimated population (as of 2008) is 332,995 [11]
- Lancaster–Palmdale (Antelope Valley), (part of the Greater Los Angeles Area)
- Estimated population (as of 2008) is 318,498 [12]
- Santa Rosa (part of the San Francisco Bay Area)
- Indio–Cathedral City–Palm Springs (Coachella Valley), (part of the Riverside-San Bernardino Area)
- Victorville–Hesperia–Apple Valley (Victor Valley), (part of the Riverside-San Bernardino Area)
[edit] Population > 100,000 (urbanized area)
- Antioch
- Thousand Oaks
- Santa Barbara
- Salinas
- Santa Clarita (part of the Greater Los Angeles Area)
- Vallejo (part of the San Francisco Bay Area)
- Santa Cruz (part of the San Francisco Bay Area)
- Seaside–Monterey–Marina
- Santa Maria
- Visalia
- Hemet (part of the Greater Los Angeles Area)
- Fairfield (part of the San Francisco Bay Area)
- Simi Valley (part of the Greater Los Angeles Area)
- Merced
- Redding
- Madera
[edit] Population > 10,000 (urbanized area)
Alphabetically sorted list of urbanized areas and urban clusters with official populations between 10,000 and 99,999 .
- A-L
- M-Z
[edit] Metropolitan areas
California contains four major metropolitan regions, home to 94% of the state's population as of January 2009.
- Greater Los Angeles Area - January 2009 est.: 18,536,885 (Counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside)
- San Francisco Bay Area - January 2009 est.: 7,702,331 (Counties: San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Marin, Solano, Sonoma, Napa, Santa Cruz, San Benito)
- Greater Sacramento - January 2009 est.: 2,474,216 (Counties: Sacramento, Yolo, El Dorado, Placer, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, Douglas)
- Greater Fresno Area - January 2009 est.: 1,094,629 (Counties: Fresno, Madera)
