California Cities By Population 2024. Explore the rankings of californias most populous cities, from los angeles to oxnard and beyond. California contains the second largest city (los angeles), 3 of the largest 10 cities (los angeles, san diego, and san jose), and the largest county (los angeles county) in the united states.
The current population of national city, california is 54,910 based on our projections of the latest us census estimates (released may 2024). Home to roughly 39.2 million residents, california has the largest population of any us state.
