List of largest California cities by land area

This is a list of the 25 largest incorporated cities in the State of California ranked by land area.

If ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities would appear disproportionately larger. For instance, San Francisco's of land area would make it 30th on this list. Sorted by total area, San Francisco would be third, as water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of .

Note: These are the actual incorporated areas of the listed cities, as opposed to metropolitan areas, urban areas, or counties, and will therefore differ from other available listings.

Rank

City

Land area

Water area

Total area

Population (2010)

1

Los Angeles

3,792,621

2

San Diego

1,301,617

3

California City

14,120

4

San Jose

958,789

5

Bakersfield

347,483

6

Fresno

510,365

7

Palmdale

152,750

8

Sacramento

466,488

9

Lancaster

156,633

10

Palm Springs

44,552

11

Riverside

303,871

12

Fremont

214,089

13

Apple Valley

69,135

14

Victorville

115,903

15

Hesperia

90,173

16

Irvine

212,375

17

Stockton

291,707

18

Redding

89,861

19

San Bernardino

209,924

20

Twentynine Palms

25,048

21

Adelanto

31,765

22

Oakland

390,724

23

Thousand Oaks

126,833

24

Santa Clarita

177,641

25

Moreno Valley

186,365

See also

  • List of cities and towns in California
  • List of largest California cities by population

References

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