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  State City Population
  CA Agoura Hills 27,634
  CA Alamo 16,299
  CA Aliso Viejo 53,319
  CA Alpine 18,615
  CA Altadena 37,410
  CA Anaheim 360,708
  CA Antioch 96,655
  CA Aptos (finalist) 23,586
  CA Arroyo Grande 26,059
  CA Atascadero 30,001
  CA Auburn 50,003
  CA Bakersfield 436,083
  CA Bell 108,650
  CA Belmont 24,570
  CA Benicia (finalist) 28,135
  CA Berkeley 109,727
  CA Beverly Hills 43,919
  CA Bonita 17,840
  CA Brea 36,694
  CA Brentwood 32,193
  CA Burbank 108,487
  CA Burlingame 38,846
  CA Calabasas 25,625
  CA Camarillo 73,074
  CA Campbell 43,738
  CA Canyon Country 65,361
  CA Carlsbad 86,200
  CA Carmel 16,195
  CA Castaic 23,173
  CA Castro Valley 55,218
  CA Cerritos 53,719
  CA Chatsworth 36,311
  CA Chico 101,463
  CA Chino Hills (finalist) 77,481
  CA Chula Vista 187,687
  CA Claremont 36,380
  CA Clovis 89,285
  CA Compton 133,788
  CA Concord 130,672
  CA Corona 193,202
  CA Coronado (finalist) 19,766
  CA Costa Mesa 112,015
  CA Cupertino 54,906
  CA Cypress 49,101
  CA Daly City 107,785
  CA Dana Point 28,814
  CA Danville 56,357
  CA Del Mar 17,602
  CA Diamond Bar 49,822
  CA Downey 111,274
  CA Dublin 31,001
  CA El Cajon 165,182
  CA El Cerrito 24,166
  CA El Dorado Hills 23,743
  CA El Segundo 16,710
  CA El Sobrante 26,525
  CA Elk Grove 100,550
  CA Emeryville 25,480
  CA Encinitas 50,352
  CA Encino 41,675
  CA Escondido 165,568
  CA Fair Oaks 45,894
  CA Fallbrook 44,874
  CA Folsom 62,964
  CA Fontana 187,084
  CA Fountain Valley 57,085
  CA Fremont 208,053
  CA Fresno 539,892
  CA Fullerton 129,032
  CA Garden Grove 172,325
  CA Gilroy 50,176
  CA Glendale 183,309
  CA Goleta 49,680
  CA Granada Hills 50,164
  CA Granite Bay 24,463
  CA Grass Valley 44,007
  CA Half Moon Bay 18,176
  CA Hayward 172,246
  CA Hemet 109,898
  CA Hercules 20,651
  CA Hermosa Beach 19,606
  CA Huntington Beach 196,308
  CA Inglewood 144,770
  CA Irvine 146,712
  CA La Canada Flintridge 21,229
  CA La Crescenta 31,131
  CA La Jolla 44,147
  CA La Palma 16,152
  CA La Puente 119,653
  CA La Verne 36,641
  CA Lafayette 28,740
  CA Laguna Beach 26,154
  CA Laguna Niguel 67,070
  CA Lake Forest 62,343
  CA Lancaster 151,550
  CA Lincoln (finalist) 19,208
  CA Livermore 79,257
  CA Long Beach 489,195
  CA Los Alamitos 22,250
  CA Los Altos 38,970
  CA Los Angeles 2,467,829
  CA Los Gatos 45,522
  CA Malibu 19,371
  CA Manhattan Beach 35,804
  CA Marina Del Rey 19,946
  CA Martinez 49,168
  CA Menlo Park 38,093
  CA Mill Valley (winner) 29,207
  CA Milpitas 62,411
  CA Mission Viejo 100,473
  CA Modesto 274,271
  CA Moorpark 35,755
  CA Moraga 16,994
  CA Moreno Valley 169,486
  CA Morgan Hill 41,822
  CA Mountain View 71,858
  CA Nevada City 18,432
  CA Newark 43,442
  CA Newbury Park (finalist) 39,234
  CA Newport Beach 63,963
  CA Norco 27,206
  CA North Hollywood 164,137
  CA Northridge 90,866
  CA Norwalk 107,797
  CA Novato 54,039
  CA Oak Park 15,231
  CA Oakland 394,122
  CA Oceanside 192,898
  CA Ontario 177,336
  CA Orange 141,956
  CA Orinda 19,067
  CA Oxnard 196,393
  CA Pacific Palisades 23,548
  CA Pacifica 37,961
  CA Pacoima 101,862
  CA Palmdale 144,579
  CA Palo Alto 86,522
  CA Palos Verdes Peninsula 25,897
  CA Pasadena 156,550
  CA Petaluma (finalist) 71,445
  CA Pinole 20,683
  CA Placentia 51,344
  CA Placerville 37,150
  CA Pleasant Hill 34,981
  CA Pleasanton 68,117
  CA Pomona 157,802
  CA Poway 51,182
  CA Ramona 35,321
  CA Rancho Cucamonga 144,799
  CA Rancho Mirage 15,571
  CA Rancho Palos Verdes 42,926
  CA Rancho Santa Margarita 49,741
  CA Redding 111,711
  CA Redondo Beach 74,891
  CA Redwood City 102,673
  CA Rialto 102,961
  CA Ripon 15,415
  CA Riverside 406,450
  CA Rocklin 47,022
  CA Roseville 102,774
  CA Sacramento 760,230
  CA Salida 16,836
  CA Salinas 193,676
  CA San Anselmo 16,279
  CA San Bernardino 236,447
  CA San Carlos 27,630
  CA San Clemente 65,736
  CA San Diego 1,201,664
  CA San Dimas 36,203
  CA San Francisco 743,566
  CA San Jose 926,799
  CA San Juan Capistrano 37,241
  CA San Mateo 123,651
  CA San Rafael 68,154
  CA San Ramon 50,037
  CA Santa Ana 374,907
  CA Santa Barbara (finalist) 134,840
  CA Santa Clara 99,160
  CA Santa Clarita 44,760
  CA Santa Cruz 91,151
  CA Santa Maria 114,129
  CA Santa Monica 91,995
  CA Santa Rosa 192,618
  CA Saratoga (finalist) 30,597
  CA Scotts Valley 15,071
  CA Sebastopol 30,919
  CA Sherman Oaks 52,907
  CA Shingle Springs 29,260
  CA Simi Valley 122,913
  CA South Gate 100,988
  CA South Pasadena 25,158
  CA Stockton 353,412
  CA Studio City 27,788
  CA Sunnyvale 132,702
  CA Tarzana 29,617
  CA Temecula 97,542
  CA Thousand Oaks 80,140
  CA Torrance 173,680
  CA Trabuco Canyon 34,791
  CA Tracy 84,337
  CA Union City 68,068
  CA Upland 78,342
  CA Vacaville 101,162
  CA Valencia 50,750
  CA Vallejo 125,547
  CA Valley Center 17,628
  CA Valley Village 29,186
  CA Van Nuys 172,666
  CA Venice 32,933
  CA Ventura 112,904
  CA Visalia 121,907
  CA Vista 111,743
  CA Walnut 48,398
  CA Walnut Creek 86,943
  CA West Covina 112,489
  CA West Hills 25,311
  CA West Hollywood 21,582
  CA Westlake Village 20,528
  CA Whittier 192,515
  CA Windsor 26,670
  CA Woodland Hills 62,979
  CA Yorba Linda (finalist) 64,369

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