The 2 quickest rising cities within the Bay Space in 2024 have been each in San Mateo County. Belmont grew by 3.9%, with town of simply over 25,000 rising by over 1,000 residents final yr, in keeping with new estimates from the California Division of Finance. Burlingame, simply up the Peninsula, noticed the subsequent largest enhance, rising by 2.6% to 31,500 residents.
Throughout the bay, Berkeley is the biggest East Bay metropolis to point out vital development, with almost 1,700 extra residents, a rise of 1.3%. The remainder of the cities with development over 1% have been Oakley, in Contra Costa County, Dublin and Newark in Alameda County, and Gilroy in Santa Clara County.
San Jose, the area’s most populous metropolis, fell out of the ranks of million-resident cities a couple of years in the past, and noticed a small drop once more final yr of 0.08%, with an estimated 979,415 residents on Jan. 1 2025. San Francisco, the subsequent largest metropolis, additionally noticed a drop, however extra dramatic. Town misplaced 0.39% of its residents, going from 845,000 to 842,000 residents.
Whereas the area general noticed a slight 0.04% enhance in inhabitants, about 2,500 extra residents, nearly all of the area’s 69 cities noticed a drop in inhabitants from Jan. 1 2024 to Jan. 1 2025. In accordance with the up to date estimates, the state and area’s development slowed from the yr earlier than.
Across the area, 40 cities noticed a drop in inhabitants. Probably the most dramatic decline was in Moraga, which misplaced almost 2% of its inhabitants final yr and has an estimated 16,600 residents this yr.
Initially Revealed: Could 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM PDT
