Largest cities in Southern California

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.

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	Orange	89,137
59	Hawthore	Los Angeles	88,083
60	Whittier	Los Angeles	87,306

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