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California
Five towns with top-notch health care, loads of culture, lots of green space and low taxes were selected as the Best Places to Retire this year. How do other places rate? See key data for the 700+ U.S. cities from the Best Places to Live database. All have populations exceeding 50,000.
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| City |
Population |
| Alameda |
71,757 |
| Alhambra |
89,110 |
| Aliso Viejo |
52,909 |
| Anaheim |
345,757 |
| Antioch |
99,496 |
| Apple Valley |
62,584 |
| Arcadia |
56,565 |
| Arden-Arcade |
103,770 |
| Bakersfield |
274,413 |
| Baldwin Park |
79,736 |
| Bellflower |
76,626 |
| Berkeley |
103,720 |
| Buena Park |
80,693 |
| Burbank |
105,605 |
| Camarillo |
61,406 |
| Carlsbad |
87,542 |
| Carmichael |
54,205 |
| Carson |
95,781 |
| Castro Valley |
57,196 |
| Cathedral City |
54,231 |
| Cerritos |
53,951 |
| Chico |
64,425 |
| Chino |
74,564 |
| Chino Hills |
80,527 |
| Chula Vista |
199,154 |
| Citrus Heights |
93,472 |
| Clovis |
78,523 |
| Colton |
54,602 |
| Compton |
98,208 |
| Concord |
130,914 |
| Corona |
166,346 |
| Costa Mesa |
111,355 |
| Covina |
49,356 |
| Cupertino |
50,489 |
| Daly City |
100,839 |
| Davis |
68,360 |
| Diamond Bar |
59,474 |
| Downey |
111,848 |
| East Los Angeles |
130,477 |
| El Cajon |
98,446 |
| El Monte |
123,058 |
| Elk Grove |
69,928 |
| Encinitas |
60,888 |
| Escondido |
140,971 |
| Fairfield |
104,258 |
| Florence-Graham |
63,691 |
| Folsom |
65,600 |
| Fontana |
146,840 |
| Fountain Valley |
58,149 |
| Fremont |
207,198 |
| Fresno |
464,859 |
| Fullerton |
131,113 |
| Garden Grove |
170,614 |
| Gardena |
61,681 |
| Glendale |
203,943 |
| Glendora |
51,608 |
| Goleta |
55,352 |
| Hacienda Heights |
55,126 |
| Hawthorne |
88,028 |
| Hayward |
141,248 |
| Hemet |
70,979 |
| Hesperia |
72,765 |
| Highland |
50,397 |
| Huntington Beach |
196,188 |
| Huntington Park |
65,144 |
| Indio |
62,449 |
| Inglewood |
118,108 |
| Irvine |
155,824 |
| La Habra |
60,354 |
| La Mesa |
56,022 |
| Laguna Niguel |
66,724 |
| Lake Forest |
62,601 |
| Lakewood |
82,306 |
| Lancaster |
128,088 |
| Livermore |
78,400 |
| Lodi |
67,241 |
| Long Beach |
484,289 |
| Los Angeles |
3,904,507 |
| Lynwood |
72,883 |
| Madera |
49,239 |
| Manteca |
58,209 |
| Merced |
72,481 |
| Milpitas |
60,877 |
| Mission Viejo |
102,530 |
| Modesto |
216,489 |
| Montebello |
65,824 |
| Monterey Park |
63,481 |
| Moreno Valley |
171,117 |
| Mountain View |
70,524 |
| Murrieta |
63,444 |
| Napa |
79,589 |
| National City |
55,171 |
| Newport Beach |
76,674 |
| Norwalk |
108,230 |
| Oakland |
404,225 |
| Oceanside |
171,575 |
| Ontario |
181,583 |
| Orange |
135,817 |
| Oxnard |
184,901 |
| Palm Desert |
50,933 |
| Palm Springs |
50,363 |
| Palmdale |
130,643 |
| Palo Alto |
57,223 |
| Paramount |
58,251 |
| Pasadena |
141,633 |
| Petaluma |
56,893 |
| Pico Rivera |
66,604 |
| Pittsburg |
62,724 |
| Pleasanton |
66,797 |
| Pomona |
157,786 |
| Poway |
51,465 |
| Rancho Cordova |
60,780 |
| Rancho Cucamonga |
149,200 |
| Rancho Santa Margarita |
53,810 |
| Redding |
90,045 |
| Redlands |
70,605 |
| Redondo Beach |
66,211 |
| Redwood City |
72,895 |
| Rialto |
103,417 |
| Richmond |
106,006 |
| Riverside |
305,255 |
| Rosemead |
56,256 |
| Roseville |
106,213 |
| Rowland Heights |
50,519 |
| Sacramento |
456,398 |
| Salinas |
160,122 |
| San Bernardino |
204,797 |
| San Buenaventura (Ventura) |
107,817 |
| San Clemente |
53,228 |
| San Diego |
1,255,500 |
| San Francisco |
734,587 |
| San Jose |
889,309 |
| San Leandro |
80,817 |
| San Marcos |
62,420 |
| San Mateo |
90,854 |
| San Rafael |
55,722 |
| San Ramon |
49,811 |
| Santa Ana |
351,036 |
| Santa Barbara |
91,621 |
| Santa Clara |
101,582 |
| Santa Clarita |
172,500 |
| Santa Cruz |
53,484 |
| Santa Maria |
78,049 |
| Santa Monica |
90,208 |
| Santa Rosa |
149,415 |
| Santee |
55,062 |
| Simi Valley |
118,700 |
| South Gate |
101,200 |
| South San Francisco |
59,597 |
| South Whittier |
57,981 |
| Stockton |
291,919 |
| Sunnyvale |
132,884 |
| Temecula |
82,696 |
| Thousand Oaks |
124,819 |
| Torrance |
144,596 |
| Tracy |
70,418 |
| Turlock |
65,070 |
| Tustin |
74,157 |
| Union City |
67,918 |
| Upland |
75,676 |
| Vacaville |
95,240 |
| Vallejo |
123,160 |
| Victorville |
74,972 |
| Visalia |
99,575 |
| Vista |
94,520 |
| Walnut Creek |
68,828 |
| West Covina |
110,376 |
| Westminster |
94,172 |
| Whittier |
87,232 |
| Woodland |
54,235 |
| Yorba Linda |
62,470 |
| Yuba City |
41,049 |
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