2017 California City/County Population Estimates (Los Angeles, San Diego: live in, moving, estimated)

[sacreole]

The State of California Department of Finance (DOF) has released its 2017 population estimates for incorporated cities and counties in the state. It provides the methodology and a comparison between the 2017 and 2016 estimates. There was a 0.9 percent increase in the state's population between 2017 and 2016. As of January 1, 2017, California's population was estimated to be 39,523,613. See the link below to access the DOF's demographic page:

E-1 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State ? January*1, 2016 and 2016

[mstnghu2]

Yay, more people!!

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Originally Posted by sacreole

The State of California Department of Finance (DOF) has released its 2017 population estimates for incorporated cities and counties in the state. It provides the methodology and a comparison between the 2017 and 2016 estimates. There was a 0.9 percent increase in the state's population between 2017 and 2016. As of January 1, 2017, California's population was estimated to be 39,523,613. See the link below to access the DOF's demographic page:

E-1 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State ? January*1, 2016 and 2016

I proffer a prediction. 50M will never be reached.

[mstnghu2]

Originally Posted by BayAreaHillbilly

I proffer a prediction. 50M will never be reached.

I hope your prediction comes true.

[RosieSD]

Great data, sacreole. Thanks for posting this.

You can slice the data any number of ways, but looking at the raw numbers is probably best, because a small town can have a large percentage increase with fewer people than a large city.

Here are the 20 fastest growing cities in the state in terms of RAW NUMBERS of people moving there -- the first number is the number of people who moved to that city in the last year. The second number is the current population of the city.

Los Angeles: 42,470 new residents; 4,041,707 total population

San Diego: 15,530 new residents; 1,406,318 total population

Irvine: 9905 new residents; 267086 total population

San Jose: 9754 new residents; 1,046,790 total population

Sacramento: 6249 new residents; 493,025 total population

Santa Clarita: 6249 new residents; 216,350 total population

Fresno: 5054 new residents; 525,832 total population

Bakersfield: 4302 new residents; 383,513 total population

Stockton: 4090 new residents; 320,554 total population

Ontario: 4069 new residents; 174,283 total population

Corona: 3828 new residents; 167,759 total population

Fontana 3607 new residents; 212,786 total population

Chula Vista 3006 new residents; 267,917 total population

Elk Grove, 2941 new residents; 171,059 total population

Oakland, 2883 new residents; 426,074 total population

Anaheim: 2703 new residents; 215,080 total population


Since the above is only the top 20, we probably need to be careful about drawing too many conclusions, but it is interesting to see so many "inland" cities on the list for the top 20 for raw number increases. Of course, this doesn't meant that that many people actually MOVED there -- part of the increase is likely attributable to birth/death rates.

[Happy in L.A.]

1 in 10 Californians live in the city of LA. I wonder what percentage of Californians live south of Santa Barbara to the Mexican border.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by Happy in L.A.

1 in 10 Californians live in the city of LA. I wonder what percentage of Californians live south of Santa Barbara to the Mexican border.

About 2/3

[CA4Now]

Los Angeles gained 42,470 people between 2016 and 2017:
Los Angeles hits a milestone: 4 million people and counting - LA Times

[jjpop]

Wow, Crescent City had a big percentage loss. Would that have anything to do with Pelican Bay State Prison?

[sacreole]

As it turns out, Sacramento is the fastest growing major city in California based on the 2017 DOF population estimates. "Of the 10 largest cities in California, Sacramento grew by the largest percentage with a 1.4 percent increase, according to the report released Monday by the California Department of Finance."

Sacramento is fastest growing big city in California | The Sacramento Bee