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). Cities that are important in their own right but are part of a larger urbanized area are listed under "Important suburbs."
For a complete list of California cities, please see List of cities in California.
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Population > 10,000,000 (urbanized area)
Population > 1,000,000 (urbanized area)
- San Francisco/Oakland (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Santa Ana/Anaheim/Irvine(Orange County Area)
- San Diego
- Riverside/San Bernardino/Ontario (Inland Empire)
- San Jose (Silicon Valley)
- Sacramento
- Fresno
Population > 500,000 (urbanized area)
Population > 250,000 (urbanized area)
- Palmdale/Lancaster (Antelope Valley)
- Oceanside/Carlsbad/Vista (Tri-City Area)
- Stockton
- Modesto
- Indio/Palm Springs (Coachella Valley or Palm Springs Area)
Population > 100,000 (urbanized area)
Population > 10,000 (urbanized area)
The following list of small California cities and towns is sorted alphabetically. As explained above, all of the following communities are separate and distinct from California's larger metropolitan areas.
- Arcata
- Arroyo Grande
- Atascadero
- Avenal
- Barstow
- Big Bear Lake
- Blythe
- Buellton/Solvang
- Calexico
- Cameron Park
- Chico
- Clearlake
- Coalinga
- Corcoran
- Crescent City
- Crestline
- Dixon
- El Centro
- Eureka
- Fortuna
- Grass Valley
- Greenfield
- Half Moon Bay
- Hanford/Lemoore
- Hollister
- King City
- Kings Beach/Tahoe Vista/Carnelian Bay
- Lincoln
- Lindsay
- Livingston
- Lodi
- Lompoc
- Los Banos
- Madera
- Manteca
- Marysville/Yuba City
- Merced
- Morro Bay
- Oakdale
- Oroville
- Paradise
- Parlier
- Patterson
- Placerville
- Ramona
- Red Bluff
- Reedley
- Ridgecrest
- San Luis Obispo
- Sanger
- Santa Cruz
- Selma
- Soledad
- Sonoma
- Sonora
- South Lake Tahoe
- Tracy
- Truckee
- Turlock
- Twentynine Palms/Yucca Valley
- Ukiah
- Wasco
- Woodland
Important suburbs (within or near the urbanized area in parentheses)
- Anaheim (Orange County)
- Berkeley (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Burbank (Greater Los Angeles)
- Carmichael (Sacramento)
- Chula Vista (San Diego Area)
- Citrus Heights (Sacramento)
- Concord (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Elk Grove (Sacramento)
- Folsom (Sacramento)
- Fremont (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Glendale (Greater Los Angeles)
- Huntington Beach (Orange County)
- Irvine (Orange County)
- Lincoln (Sacramento)
- Newport Beach (Orange County)
- Ontario (Inland Empire)
- Palo Alto (Silicon Valley)
- Pasadena (Greater Los Angeles)
- Rancho Cordova (Sacramento)
- Roseville (Sacramento)
- Santa Ana (Orange County)
- Santa Clara (Silicon Valley)
- Santa Clarita (Greater Los Angeles)
- Simi Valley (Greater Los Angeles)
- Sunnyvale (Silicon Valley)
- Temecula (equidistant between Inland Empire and San Diego Area)
- Thousand Oaks (Greater Los Angeles)
- Torrance (Greater Los Angeles)
- Ventura (Greater Los Angeles)
- Walnut Creek (San Francisco Bay Area)
