California population data<\/a> released May 1.<\/p>\nSanta Clara (pop. 138,011) saw its count grow by 2.9% in the year ending Jan. 1, 2026, and Burlingame (32,438) by 2.8%, the report said. They are No. 4 and No. 5 on the growth list, preceded by two cities just east of the Bay Area \u2014 Mountain House and Lathrop, both up 5.6% \u2014 and Wildomar, in Riverside County.<\/p>\n
It was Mountain House\u2019s first full year as a city, having incorporated in July 2024.<\/p>\n
Other Bay Area cities that recorded a population change of more than 1% during 2025 are:<\/p>\n
Calistoga, +2.3%
\nMountain View, +1.8%
\nMenlo Park, +1.4%
\nSunnyvale, +1.2%
\nAtherton, +1.1%
\nEast Palo Alto, +1.1%
\nSuisun City, +1.1%
\nNovato, -1.1%
\nYountville, -1.9%<\/p>\n
San Jose remained the state\u2019s third most populous city, dropping 0.3% to 980,434 residents. San Francisco (No. 4) gained 0.1%, to 845,658, and Oakland (No. 8) held steady at 429,591.<\/p>\n
Overall, the state population declined 0.14 percent, or 54,000 residents, to 39,593,000. Prior to 2025, it saw three consecutive years of increases.<\/p>\n
The finance department\u2019s analysts cited federal immigration policy as a major reason for the decline. The report estimated that without the changes that restricted legal international immigration, the state would have added 66,000 residents last year.<\/p>\n
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