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California
Top 100
City Population
Claremont 35,900
Clayton 11,400
Coronado 25,900
El Dorado Hills 22,200
Grand Terrace 13,200
Granite Bay 24,800
La Mirada 48,600
La Palma 16,100
Moorpark 33,700
Other cities
City Population
Agoura Hills 22,600
Alameda 71,200
Alamo 16,700
Albany 16,500
Aliso Viejo 53,300
Alondra Park 8,900
Alpine 15,100
Altadena 44,600
Alum Rock 13,500
American Canyon 12,500
Anaheim 348,700
Antioch 99,400
Aptos 9,100
Arcadia 56,500
Arden-Arcade 104,700
Arroyo Grande 16,400
Artesia 17,200
Atascadero 27,200
Auburn 16,000
Avocado Heights 15,800
Bakersfield 283,800
Bay Point 23,700
Baywood-Los Osos 14,300
Belmont 24,400
Benicia 28,100
Berkeley 102,800
Bermuda Dunes 8,800
Beverly Hills 35,200
Blackhawk-Camino Tassajara 11,700
Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos 9,300
Bonita 12,700
Brea 37,400
Brentwood 31,600
Buena Park 81,400
Burbank 105,700
Burlingame 27,200
Calabasas 21,500
California City 10,200
Camarillo 61,300
Cameron Park 18,100
Campbell 37,200
Canyon Lake 12,500
Capitola 9,500
Carlsbad 90,500
Carmichael 54,600
Carpinteria 14,000
Carson 96,100
Casa de Oro-Mount Helix 19,100
Castro Valley 56,600
Cerritos 53,900
Charter Oak 10,000
Chino 75,500
Chino Hills 83,100
Chula Vista 201,700
Citrus 11,100
Citrus Heights 94,200
Cloverdale 7,000
Clovis 80,000
Concord 131,000
Corona 172,700
Corte Madera 9,100
Costa Mesa 112,600
Coto de Caza 15,500
Covina 49,400
Crestline 12,000
Culver City 41,700
Cupertino 50,200
Cypress 49,200
Daly City 101,300
Dana Point 37,400
Danville 45,100
Davis 70,700
Del Aire 9,400
Diamond Bar 59,700
Discovery Bay 10,400
Dixon 17,200
Downey 112,000
Duarte 22,600
Dublin 30,700
East Foothills 7,800
East La Mirada 9,800
East Los Angeles 130,700
East Palo Alto 29,000
East San Gabriel 15,400
El Cerrito 24,500
El Monte 123,300
El Segundo 16,900
El Sobrante 13,200
Elk Grove 71,400
Emeryville 7,800
Encinitas 61,500
Escondido 140,300
Fair Oaks 32,000
Fairfield 103,200
Fairview 9,300
Fallbrook 30,200
Fillmore 15,100
Folsom 68,900
Fontana 151,800
Foothill Ranch 13,600
Foster City 28,600
Fountain Valley 58,300
Fremont 205,600
Fresno 471,900
Fullerton 132,200
Galt 23,200
Garden Grove 171,900
Gilroy 40,100
Glendale 204,400
Glendora 51,600
Gold River 9,500
Golden Hills 9,400
Goleta 55,400
Hacienda Heights 55,300
Half Moon Bay 11,500
Hayward 139,600
Healdsburg 11,000
Hercules 20,800
Hermosa Beach 19,800
Hillsborough 10,500
Hollister 37,600
Home Gardens 11,800
Huntington Beach 197,900
Imperial 8,700
Inglewood 118,400
Interlaken 7,000
Ione 7,700
Irvine 156,300
La Canada Flintridge 21,100
La Crescenta-Montrose 19,400
La Habra 60,900
La Mesa 55,600
La Presa 33,900
La Quinta 35,600
La Riviera 11,100
La Verne 33,900
Lafayette 25,400
Laguna 44,000
Laguna Beach 24,800
Laguna Hills 32,500
Laguna Niguel 67,300
Laguna West-Lakeside 15,000
Lake Arrowhead 10,500
Lake Elsinore 35,800
Lake Forest 63,400
Lakeside 21,000
Lakewood 82,300
Lancaster 128,000
Larkfield-Wikiup 7,700
Larkspur 12,100
Lathrop 12,600
Lemon Grove 25,300
Lincoln 15,400
Live Oak 16,000
Livermore 76,600
Lodi 68,500
Loma Linda 22,000
Lomita 20,800
Long Beach 484,900
Los Alamitos 12,100
Los Altos 27,000
Los Altos Hills 7,700
Los Angeles 3,918,200
Los Banos 35,900
Los Gatos 27,600
Madera Acres 9,800
Malibu 13,700
Manhattan Beach 36,000
Manteca 59,600
Marina 26,100
Marina del Rey 8,900
Martinez 38,000
Menlo Park 30,200
Mentone 9,300
Mill Valley 13,700
Millbrae 20,100
Milpitas 61,100
Mira Loma 21,200
Mira Monte 7,600
Mission Viejo 103,200
Modesto 216,900
Monrovia 38,600
Montecito 10,300
Monterey 30,100
Moraga 17,200
Moreno Valley 180,400
Morgan Hill 35,200
Mountain View 70,800
Murrieta 67,400
Napa 81,100
Newark 43,200
Newport Beach 78,100
Nipomo 13,500
Norco 29,200
North Auburn 15,500
North Fair Oaks 15,200
Norwalk 108,400
Novato 48,400
Oakland 400,500
Oakley 28,400
Oceanside 170,200
Ojai 8,300
Ontario 186,900
Orange 136,900
Orangevale 29,300
Orcutt 29,700
Orinda 18,900
Oxnard 187,500
Pacific Grove 15,500
Pacifica 37,700
Palm Desert 52,900
Palmdale 130,900
Palo Alto 58,100
Palos Verdes Estates 13,900
Pasadena 142,400
Patterson 19,000
Pedley 14,100
Petaluma 56,900
Piedmont 10,700
Pinole 21,000
Pismo Beach 8,700
Pittsburg 62,600
Placentia 49,700
Placerville 11,000
Pleasant Hill 35,100
Pleasanton 66,100
Pomona 158,200
Port Hueneme 23,100
Poway 51,200
Prunedale 16,700
Quartz Hill 10,500
Ramona 16,400
Rancho Cucamonga 155,700
Rancho Mirage 17,500
Rancho Palos Verdes 43,500
Rancho San Diego 20,900
Rancho Santa Margarita 52,900
Redlands 72,800
Redondo Beach 66,400
Redwood City 73,200
Rialto 106,500
Richmond 106,200
Ridgecrest 27,700
Rio Linda 11,700
Rio del Mar 9,000
Ripon 12,900
Riverbank 18,100
Riverside 319,600
Rocklin 50,700
Rodeo 9,200
Rohnert Park 43,100
Rolling Hills Estates 8,400
Rosamond 17,300
Rosedale 10,900
Rosemont 24,600
Roseville 110,200
Rossmoor 10,500
Rowland Heights 50,700
Sacramento 462,200
Salida 15,800
Salinas 160,200
San Anselmo 12,500
San Bernardino 210,800
San Bruno 39,200
San Buenaventura (Ventura) 108,100
San Carlos 26,600
San Clemente 53,800
San Diego 1,287,300
San Diego Country Estates 10,000
San Dimas 37,600
San Francisco 728,000
San Jose 895,500
San Juan Capistrano 37,900
San Leandro 79,900
San Lorenzo 21,400
San Luis Obispo 45,000
San Marcos 62,100
San Marino 13,400
San Mateo 91,600
San Rafael 57,200
San Ramon 49,800
Santa Ana 354,600
Santa Barbara 91,300
Santa Clara 103,500
Santa Clarita 173,000
Santa Cruz 53,600
Santa Fe Springs 18,100
Santa Monica 89,800
Santa Paula 30,300
Santa Rosa 149,600
Santee 54,500
Saratoga 29,600
Scotts Valley 12,000
Seal Beach 24,800
Sebastopol 7,800
Sierra Madre 11,000
Signal Hill 10,500
Simi Valley 122,600
Solana Beach 13,500
Sonoma 9,400
South Gate 101,600
South Pasadena 25,300
South San Francisco 59,200
South San Gabriel 8,000
South San Jose Hills 21,300
South Whittier 58,100
South Yuba City 14,600
Spring Valley 29,700
Stanford 13,700
Stockton 299,000
Suisun City 27,400
Sunnyvale 133,000
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley 10,900
Temecula 86,100
Temple City 35,500
Thousand Oaks 124,600
Tiburon 8,900
Torrance 144,800
Tracy 72,800
Truckee 17,100
Tustin 74,500
Tustin Foothills 25,300
Union City 67,300
Upland 77,800
Vacaville 94,700
Valinda 22,600
Vallejo 122,400
Valley Center 8,000
View Park-Windsor Hills 11,300
Vincent 15,800
Vineyard 16,600
Visalia 102,600
Vista 94,500
Walnut 31,900
Walnut Creek 68,400
West Carson 22,400
West Covina 110,500
West Puente Valley 23,600
West Whittier-Los Nietos 26,300
Westlake Village 8,900
Westminster 95,200
Whittier 87,500
Wildomar 18,200
Windsor 25,000
Winter Gardens 20,400
Woodcrest 10,600
Woodland 56,800
Yorba Linda 63,500
Yucaipa 48,100
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Top-earning towns
  Median household income
Hillsborough $263,456
Scarsdale $219,317
Los Altos Hills $199,370
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Hottest
  Avg. high temp
in July (°F)
Rancho Mirage, CA 108.2°F
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
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Priciest homes
  Median price
Montecito $3,157,233
Hillsborough $2,606,764
Paradise Valley $2,075,930
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Most singles
  % single residents
State College 76.5%
Durham 74.5%
Amherst Center 73.7%
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Youngest
  Median age
Storrs 20.65
Durham 21.19
Oxford 21.56
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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.