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This is a list of the 60 largest cities in Southern California by the number of people. This list includes Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial counties. The numbers are from the 2020 census.[1]
Rank |
City |
County |
Population
|
1 |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles |
3,898,747
|
2 |
San Diego |
San Diego |
1,386,932
|
3 |
Long Beach |
Los Angeles |
466,742
|
4 |
Anaheim |
Orange |
346,824
|
5 |
Riverside |
Riverside |
314,998
|
6 |
Santa Ana |
Orange |
310,227
|
7 |
Irvine |
Orange |
307,670
|
8 |
Chula Vista |
San Diego |
275,487
|
9 |
Santa Clarita |
Los Angeles |
228,673
|
10 |
San Bernardino |
San Bernardino |
222,101
|
11 |
Moreno Valley |
Riverside |
208,634
|
12 |
Fontana |
San Bernardino |
208,393
|
13 |
Oxnard |
Ventura |
202,063
|
14 |
Huntington Beach |
Orange |
198,711
|
15 |
Glendale |
Los Angeles |
196,543
|
16 |
Ontario |
San Bernardino |
175,265
|
17 |
Rancho Cucamonga |
San Bernardino |
174,453
|
18 |
Oceanside |
San Diego |
174,068
|
19 |
Lancaster |
Los Angeles |
173,516
|
20 |
Garden Grove |
Orange |
171,949
|
21 |
Palmdale |
Los Angeles |
169,450
|
22 |
Corona |
Riverside |
157,136
|
23 |
Pomona |
Los Angeles |
151,713
|
24 |
Escondido |
San Diego |
151,038
|
25 |
Torrance |
Los Angeles |
147,067
|
26 |
Fullerton |
Orange |
143,617
|
27 |
Orange |
Orange |
139,911
|
28 |
Pasadena |
Los Angeles |
138,699
|
29 |
Victorville |
San Bernardino |
134,810
|
30 |
Thousand Oaks |
Ventura |
126,966
|
31 |
Simi Valley |
Ventura |
126,356
|
32 |
Carlsbad |
San Diego |
114,746
|
33 |
Downey |
Los Angeles |
114,355
|
34 |
Costa Mesa |
Orange |
111,918
|
35 |
Murrieta |
Riverside |
110,949
|
36 |
Ventura |
Ventura |
110,763
|
37 |
Temecula |
Riverside |
110,003
|
38 |
West Covina |
Los Angeles |
109,501
|
39 |
El Monte |
Los Angeles |
109,450
|
40 |
Inglewood |
Los Angeles |
107,762
|
41 |
Burbank |
Los Angeles |
107,337
|
42 |
El Cajon |
San Diego |
106,215
|
43 |
Jurupa Valley |
Riverside |
105,053
|
44 |
Rialto |
San Bernardino |
104,026
|
45 |
Norwalk |
Los Angeles |
102,773
|
46 |
Menifee |
Riverside |
102,527
|
47 |
Hesperia |
San Bernardino |
99,818
|
48 |
Vista |
San Diego |
98,381
|
49 |
Compton |
Los Angeles |
95,740
|
50 |
Carson |
Los Angeles |
95,558
|
51 |
San Marcos |
San Diego |
94,833
|
52 |
Mission Viejo |
Orange |
93,653
|
53 |
Santa Monica |
Los Angeles |
93,076
|
54 |
South Gate |
Los Angeles |
92,726
|
55 |
Chino |
San Bernardino |
91,403
|
56 |
Westminster |
Orange |
90,911
|
57 |
Hemet |
Riverside |
89,833
|
58 |
Indio |
Riverside |
89,137
|
59 |
Hawthorne |
Los Angeles |
88,083
|
60 |
Whittier |
Los Angeles |
87,306
|
- ↑ "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2021.