Editing Northern California (section)

== Cities and towns with more than 50,000 inhabitants ==
<gallery mode="packed" caption="Largest cities ([[city proper]]) in northern California">
File:San Jose California Skyline.jpg|1 – [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]
File:SF From Marin Highlands3.jpg|2 – [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]
File:Fresno skyline.jpg|3 – [[Fresno, California|Fresno]]
File:Tower Bridge Sacramento edit.jpg|4 – [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
File:Oakland California skyline.jpg|5 – [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]
File:Commercial & Savings Bank - Stockton, CA.jpg|6 – [[Stockton, California|Stockton]]
File:Mission-Peak-2006.jpg|7 – [[Fremont, California|Fremont]]
File:Modesto Arch.JPG|8 – [[Modesto, California|Modesto]]
File:SR vineyard.jpg|9 – [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]]
File:Laguna Springs Dr and Laguna Blvd.jpg|10 – [[Elk Grove, California|Elk Grove]]
File:Main Street, Salinas.jpg|11 – [[Salinas, California|Salinas]]
File:Hayward City Hall number 3 front.jpg|12 – [[Hayward, California|Hayward]]
File:Murphystreetsunnyvale.jpg|13 – [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]]
File:Roseville - City Civic Center.jpg|14 – [[Roseville, California|Roseville]]
File:Visalia Transit 2011.jpg|15 – [[Visalia, California|Visalia]]
File:Santaclaraconventioncenter.jpg|16 – [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]]
File:DK From Parking Lot.jpg|17 – [[Vallejo, California|Vallejo]]
File:Todos Santos Plaza (Concord, California) Dec 2009.jpg|18 – [[Concord, California|Concord]]
File:Berkeley-downtown-Bay-bridge-SF-in-back-from-Lab.jpg|19 – [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]]
File:Pollasky Ave. Clovis.JPG|20 – [[Clovis, California|Clovis]]
File:Aerial view of Fairfield, California.jpg|21 – [[Fairfield, California|Fairfield]]
File:Point Richmond, Richmond, California.jpg|22 – [[Richmond, California|Richmond]]
File:Shannon-Williamson Ranch (Antioch, CA).JPG|23 – [[Antioch, California|Antioch]]
File:MCB-san-mateo-aerial.jpg|24 – [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]]
File:Daly City.jpg|25 – [[Daly City, California|Daly City]]
File:Aerial view of Vacaville, California.jpg|26 – [[Vacaville, California|Vacaville]]
File:Bidwell Park Chico.jpg|27 – [[Chico, California|Chico]]
File:Sundialbridge2.jpg|28 – [[Redding, California|Redding]]
File:11th and Central Tracy California 14-May-2006.jpg|29 – [[Tracy, California|Tracy]]
File:San Leandro Marina 07830.JPG|30 – [[San Leandro, California|San Leandro]]
File:Downtown Livermore California.jpg|31 - [[Livermore, California|Livermore]]
File:Citrus Heights - Police.jpg|32 – [[Citrus Heights, California|Citrus Heights]]
File:Merced Theatre.JPG|33 – [[Merced, California|Merced]]
File:SanRamonPanorama.jpg|34 – [[San Ramon, California|San Ramon]]
File:Redwoodcitypanorama.jpg|35 – [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]]
File:MantecaCA.jpg|36 – [[Manteca, California|Manteca]]
File:Mountainviewcentennialplaza.jpg|37 – [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]]
File:Lake Folsom.JPG|38 – [[Folsom, California|Folsom]]
File:Footbridge to Great Mall Main station, March 2018 (cropped).JPG|39 – [[Milpitas, California|Milpitas]]
File:MCB-pleasanton-ca.jpg|40 – [[Pleasanton, California|Pleasanton]]
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:100%;"
! scope="col" width="150" | City
! scope="col" width="110" | Population (2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045219 |website=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 3, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Alameda, California|Alameda]]
| 78,280
|-
! scope="row" | [[Antioch, California|Antioch]]
| 115,291
|-
! scope="row" | [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]]
| 124,321
|-
! scope="row" | [[Brentwood, California|Brentwood]]
| 64,292
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chico, California|Chico]]
| 101,475
|-
! scope="row" | [[Citrus Heights, California|Citrus Heights]]
| 87,583
|-
! scope="row" | [[Clovis, California|Clovis]]
| 120,124
|-
! scope="row" | [[Concord, California|Concord]]
| 125,410
|-
! scope="row" | [[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]]
| 60,381
|-
! scope="row" | [[Daly City, California|Daly City]]
| 104,901
|-
! scope="row" | [[Davis, California|Davis]]
| 66,850
|-
! scope="row" | [[Dublin, California|Dublin]]
| 72,589
|-
! scope="row" | [[Elk Grove, California|Elk Grove]]
| 176,124
|-
! scope="row" | [[Fairfield, California|Fairfield]]
| 119,881
|-
! scope="row" | [[Folsom, California|Folsom]]
| 80,454
|-
! scope="row" | [[Fresno, California|Fresno]]
| 542,107
|-
! scope="row" | [[Fremont, California|Fremont]]
| 230,504
|-
! scope="row" | [[Gilroy, California|Gilroy]]
| 59,520
|-
! scope="row" | [[Hanford, California|Hanford]]
| 57,990
|-
! scope="row" | [[Hayward, California|Hayward]]
| 162,954
|-
! scope="row" | [[Livermore, California|Livermore]]
| 87,955
|-
! scope="row" | [[Lodi, California|Lodi]]
| 66,348
|-
! scope="row" | [[Madera, California|Madera]]
| 66,224
|-
! scope="row" | [[Manteca, California|Manteca]]
| 83,498
|-
! scope="row" | [[Merced, California|Merced]]
| 86,333
|-
! scope="row" | [[Milpitas, California|Milpitas]]
| 80,273
|-
! scope="row" | [[Modesto, California|Modesto]]
| 218,464
|-
! scope="row" | [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]]
| 82,376
|-
! scope="row" | [[Napa, California|Napa]]
| 79,246
|-
! scope="row" | [[Novato, California|Novato]]
| 53,225
|-
! scope="row" | [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]
| 440,646
|-
! scope="row" | [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]]
| 68,572
|-
! scope="row" | [[Petaluma, California|Petaluma]]
| 59,776
|-
! scope="row" | [[Pittsburg, California|Pittsburg]]
| 76,416
|-
! scope="row" | [[Pleasanton, California|Pleasanton]]
| 79,871
|-
! scope="row" | [[Porterville, California|Porterville]]
| 62,623
|-
! scope="row" | [[Rancho Cordova, California|Rancho Cordova]]
| 79,332
|-
! scope="row" | [[Redding, California|Redding]]
| 93,611
|-
! scope="row" | [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]]
| 84,292
|-
! scope="row" | [[Richmond, California|Richmond]]
| 116,448
|-
! scope="row" | [[Rocklin, California|Rocklin]]
| 71,601
|-
! scope="row" | [[Roseville, California|Roseville]]
| 147,773
|-
! scope="row" | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
| 524,943
|-
! scope="row" | [[Salinas, California|Salinas]]
| 163,542
|-
! scope="row" | [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]
| 873,965
|-
! scope="row" | [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]
| 1,013,240
|-
! scope="row" | [[San Leandro, California|San Leandro]]
| 91,008
|-
! scope="row" | [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]]
| 105,661
|-
! scope="row" | [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]]
| 61,271
|-
! scope="row" | [[San Ramon, California|San Ramon]]
| 84,605
|-
! scope="row" | [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]]
| 127,647
|-
! scope="row" | [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]]
| 62,956
|-
! scope="row" | [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]]
| 178,127
|-
! scope="row" | [[South San Francisco, California|South San Francisco]]
| 66,105
|-
! scope="row" | [[Stockton, California|Stockton]]
| 320,804
|-
! scope="row" | [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]]
| 155,805
|-
! scope="row" | [[Tracy, California|Tracy]]
| 93,000
|-
! scope="row" | [[Tulare, California|Tulare]]
| 68,875
|-
! scope="row" | [[Turlock, California|Turlock]]
| 72,740
|-
! scope="row" | [[Union City, California|Union City]]
| 70,143
|-
! scope="row" | [[Vacaville, California|Vacaville]]
| 102,386
|-
! scope="row" | [[Vallejo, California|Vallejo]]
| 126,090
|-
! scope="row" | [[Visalia, California|Visalia]]
| 141,384
|-
! scope="row" | [[Walnut Creek, California|Walnut Creek]]
| 70,127
|-
! scope="row" | [[Watsonville, California|Watsonville]]
| 52,590
|-
! scope="row" | [[West Sacramento, California|West Sacramento]]
| 53,915
|-
! scope="row" | [[Woodland, California|Woodland]]
| 61,032
|-
! scope="row" | [[Yuba City, California|Yuba City]]
| 70,117
|}

=== Metropolitan areas ===
Northern California is home to three of the state's four [[combined statistical areas|extended metropolitan areas]], which are home to over three-fourths of the region's population as of the [[2010 United States Census]]:<ref>Excerpted from [[2010 United States Census]]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Metropolitan region
! Population
|-
|[[San Francisco Bay Area]]
|align=right|7,468,390
|-
|[[Greater Sacramento]]
|align=right|2,461,780
|-
|[[Metropolitan Fresno]]
|align=right|1,081,315
|}

=== Major business districts ===
The following are major central business districts:
* [[Financial District, San Francisco|San Francisco Financial District]]
* [[Downtown Oakland]]
* [[Downtown Sacramento]]
* [[Downtown San Jose]]