Further information: List of regions of California and List of places in California
Mount Whitney (l), the highest point in the Contiguous U.S., is less than 90 miles (140 km) away from Badwater Basin in Death Valley (r), the lowest point in North America
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Demographics
Main article: Demographics of California
The population density of California
Population
Los Angeles is the second most populous city in the U.S. after New York
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1850 | 92,597 | — | |
| 1860 | 379,994 | 310.4% | |
| 1870 | 560,247 | 47.4% | |
| 1880 | 864,694 | 54.3% | |
| 1890 | 1,213,398 | 40.3% | |
| 1900 | 1,485,053 | 22.4% | |
| 1910 | 2,377,549 | 60.1% | |
| 1920 | 3,426,861 | 44.1% | |
| 1930 | 5,677,251 | 65.7% | |
| 1940 | 6,907,387 | 21.7% | |
| 1950 | 10,586,223 | 53.3% | |
| 1960 | 15,717,204 | 48.5% | |
| 1970 | 19,953,134 | 27.0% | |
| 1980 | 23,667,902 | 18.6% | |
| 1990 | 29,760,021 | 25.7% | |
| 2000 | 33,871,648 | 13.8% | |
| 2010 | 37,253,956 | 10.0% | |
| Est. 2016 | 39,250,017 | 5.4% | |
| Sources: 1790–1990, 2000, 2010, 2016[89][90][91] Chart does not include Indigenous population figures. Studies indicate that the Native American population in California in 1850 was close to 150,000 before declining to 15,000 by 1900.[4][51][92] |
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California is the 2nd-most populous subnational entity in the Western Hemisphere and the Americas, with a population second to that of the state of São Paulo in Brazil.[96] California's population is greater than that of all but 34 countries of the world.[97][98] The Greater Los Angeles Area is the 2nd-largest metropolitan area in the United States, after the New York metropolitan area, while Los Angeles, with nearly half the population of New York, is the 2nd-largest city in the United States. Also, Los Angeles County has held the title of most populous United States county for decades, and it alone is more populous than 42 United States states.[99][100] Including Los Angeles, four of the top 15 most populous cities in the U.S. are in California: Los Angeles (2nd), San Diego (8th), San Jose (10th), and San Francisco (13th). The center of population of California is located in the town of Buttonwillow, Kern County.[note 1]
Population centers
See also: List of cities and towns in California and List of largest California cities by population
The state has 482 incorporated
cities and towns; of which 460 are cities and 22 are towns. Under
California law, the terms "city" and "town" are explicitly
interchangeable; the name of an incorporated municipality in the state
can either be "City of (Name)" or "Town of (Name)".[102]Sacramento became California's first incorporated city on February 27, 1850.[103] San Jose, San Diego and Benicia tied for California's second incorporated city, each receiving incorporation on March 27, 1850.[104][105][106] Jurupa Valley became the state's most recent and 482nd incorporated municipality on July 1, 2011.[107][108]
The majority of these cities and towns are within one of five metropolitan areas: the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Riverside-San Bernardino Area, the San Diego metropolitan area and the Sacramento metropolitan area.
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| Rank | Name | County | Pop. | ||||||
 Los Angeles  San Diego |
1 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 3,971,883 |  San Jose  San Francisco |
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| 2 | San Diego | San Diego | 1,394,928 | ||||||
| 3 | San Jose | Santa Clara | 1,026,908 | ||||||
| 4 | San Francisco | San Francisco | 864,816 | ||||||
| 5 | Fresno | Fresno | 520,052 | ||||||
| 6 | Sacramento | Sacramento | 490,712 | ||||||
| 7 | Long Beach | Los Angeles | 474,140 | ||||||
| 8 | Oakland | Alameda | 419,267 | ||||||
| 9 | Bakersfield | Kern | 373,640 | ||||||
| 10 | Anaheim | Orange | 350,742 | ||||||
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