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.
RankCityLand areaCum areaTotal areaPopulation Population Density
1Los Angeles3,792,621
2San Diego1,301,617
3California City14,120
4San Jose958,789
5Bakersfield347,483
6Fresno510,365
7Palmdale152,750
8Sacramento466,488
9Lancaster156,633
10Palm Springs44,552
11Riverside303,871
12Fremont214,089
13Apple Valley69,135-
14Victorville115,903-
15Hesperia90,173-
16Irvine212,375-
17Stockton291,707-
18Redding89,861-
19San Bernardino209,924-
20Twentynine Palms25,048-
21Adelanto31,765-
22Oakland390,724-
23Thousand Oaks126,833-
24Santa Clarita177,641-
25Moreno Valley186,365-