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Every county, city and town in California on one zoomable map, with interstates, US highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and counties above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a county to see its seat, population and largest towns.

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Printable maps of California

Free to print for class and home: California with its cities and towns, a county map with every county and county seat, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.

California map with cities

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California county map

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Blank map of California

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About California

California has 58 counties, 462 cities, 21 towns and 1,123 Census-designated communities, and about 39,355,309 people (2025 estimate) on 403,673 km² (155,859 sq mi) of land. The capital is Sacramento; the largest city is Los Angeles, with 3,869,089 people. It borders Arizona, Nevada and Oregon, and the Mexican state of Baja California.

Los Angeles County is the most populous county (9,694,934 people) and Alpine County the least (1,043); San Bernardino County is the largest by land area (51,976 km²) and San Francisco County the smallest (121 km²).

Largest cities in California

The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 1,606 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.

#CityCountyPopulation
1Los AngelesLos Angeles County3,869,089
2San DiegoSan Diego County1,406,106
3San JoseSanta Clara County989,814
4San FranciscoSan Francisco County826,079
5FresnoFresno County555,549
6SacramentoSacramento County536,449
7Long BeachLos Angeles County450,469
8OaklandAlameda County440,838
9BakersfieldKern County422,165
10AnaheimOrange County341,008
11StocktonSan Joaquin County324,597
12RiversideRiverside County323,057
13IrvineOrange County318,764
14Santa AnaOrange County315,586
15Chula VistaSan Diego County275,533
16Santa ClaritaLos Angeles County228,430
17FremontAlameda County226,442
18San BernardinoSan Bernardino County222,044
19FontanaSan Bernardino County221,223
20ModestoStanislaus County219,652
21Moreno ValleyRiverside County214,263
22OxnardVentura County199,651
23Huntington BeachOrange County191,451
24GlendaleLos Angeles County187,160
25OntarioSan Bernardino County187,013

Populations are US Census Bureau estimates for July 2025, within city or town limits.

Counties of California

All 58 counties with their county seats. Select one to show it on the map.

Counties of California. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
Oakland1,636,6301,910
Markleeville1,0431,912
Jackson41,8761,540
Oroville209,2114,238
San Andreas46,6052,642
Colusa21,8362,980
Martinez1,170,0701,857
Crescent City26,4102,606
Placerville192,3234,423
Fresno1,035,45615,432
Willows28,1413,403
Eureka131,6479,241
El Centro181,41110,815
Independence18,15826,411
Bakersfield927,06821,069
Hanford154,3273,603
Lakeport67,7723,251
Susanville28,11711,762
Los Angeles9,694,93410,516
Madera167,9275,535
San Rafael253,6941,347
Mariposa16,9183,752
Ukiah88,1229,083
Merced297,2605,019
Alturas8,42610,226
Bridgeport12,5057,897
Salinas433,7298,500
Napa132,9491,948
Nevada City101,9112,481
Santa Ana3,149,5072,053
Auburn442,0813,644
Quincy18,5836,612
Riverside2,544,91618,672
Sacramento1,618,4602,500
Hollister70,0823,597
San Bernardino2,224,09151,976
San Diego3,282,24810,905
San Francisco826,079121
Stockton823,8153,606
San Luis Obispo282,3678,549
Redwood City743,5681,162
Santa Barbara442,0657,081
San Jose1,914,3913,344
Santa Cruz258,8521,153
Redding181,6489,779
Downieville3,0982,469
Yreka42,01316,262
Fairfield455,3762,128
Santa Rosa486,4444,080
Modesto557,7193,875
Yuba City98,7871,561
Red Bluff64,6657,638
Weaverville15,7208,234
Visalia485,14612,494
Sonora53,1605,752
Ventura830,8514,768
Woodland224,4102,624
Marysville88,6911,637

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Sources

  • Counties, state borders, city and town locations and highways: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, Gazetteer files and TIGER/Line roads (2023).
  • Populations: US Census Bureau Population Estimates, Vintage 2025; Census-designated communities: 2020 Census.
  • County seats and founding years: National Association of Counties (NACo) County Explorer.