
Metropolitan Areas in California (definition of metropolitan) with links to the local Cooperative Extension office:
Notes:
MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area
(#) = Rural-Urban Continuum Code
Greater than 1 million population (6)
MSA: Los Angeles – Long Beach – Anaheim
Principal Cities: Anaheim, Arcadia, Burbank, Carson, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Gardena, Glendale, Irvine, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monterey Park, Newport Beach, Orange, Pasadena, Santa Ana, Santa Monica, Torrance, Tustin
MSA Counties: Los Angeles County, Orange
MSA: Riverside – San Bernardino – Ontario
Principal Cities: Chino, Corona, Ontario, Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino, Temecula, Victorville
MSA Counties: Riverside, San Bernardino
MSA: Sacramento – Roseville – Arden – Arcade
Arden-Arcade
Principal Cities: Folsom, Rancho Cordov, Roseville, Sacramento
MSA Counties: El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo
MSA: San Diego – Carlsbad
Principal Cities: Carlsbad, San Diego
MSA Counties: San Diego
MSA: San Francisco – Oakland – Hayward
Principal Cities: Berkeley, Hayward, Oakland, Pleasanton, Redwood City, San Francisco, San Leandro, San Rafael, San Ramon, South San Francisco, Walnut Creek
MSA Counties: Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa
MSA: San Jose – Sunnyvale – Santa Clara
Principal Cities: Cupertino, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale
MSA Counties: San Benito, Santa Clara
250,000 to 1 million population (13)
MSA: Bakersfield
Principal Cities: Bakersfield
MSA Counties: Kern
MSA: Fresno
Principal Cities: Fresno
MSA Counties: Fresno
MSA: Merced
Principal Cities: Merced
MSA Counties: Merced
MSA: Modesto
Principal Cities: Modesto
MSA Counties: Stanislaus
MSA: Oxnard – Thousand Oaks – Ventura
Principal Cities: Camarillo, Oxnard, San Buenaventura (Ventura), Thousand Oaks
MSA Counties: Ventura
MSA: Salinas
Principal Cities: Salinas
MSA Counties: Monterey
MSA: San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo
Grande
Principal Cities: Arroyo Grande, El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), San Luis Obispo
MSA Counties: San Luis Obispo
MSA: Santa Cruz – Watsonville
Principal Cities: Santa Cruz, Watsonville
MSA Counties: Santa Cruz
MSA: Santa Maria – Santa Barbara
Principal Cities: Santa Barbara, Santa Maria
MSA Counties: Santa Barbara
MSA: Santa Rosa
Principal Cities: Santa Rosa
MSA Counties: Sonoma
MSA: Stockton – Lodi
Principal Cities: Lodi, Stockton
MSA Counties: San Joaquin
MSA: Vallejo – Fairfield
Principal Cities: Fairfield, Vallejo
MSA Counties: Solano
MSA: Visalia – Porterville
Principal Cities: Porterville, Visalia
MSA Counties: Tulare
Fewer than 250,000 population (7)
MSA: Chico
Principal Cities: Chico
MSA Counties: Butte
MSA: El Centro
Principal Cities: El Centro
MSA Counties: Imperial
MSA: Hanford Corcoran
Principal Cities: Corcoran, Hanford
MSA Counties: Kings
MSA: Madera
Principal Cities: Madera
MSA Counties: Madera
MSA: Napa
Principal Cities: Napa
MSA Counties: Napa
MSA: Redding
Principal Cities: Redding
MSA Counties: Shasta
MSA: Yuba City

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