Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County with a population of 177,158 in January 2007 and the 24th largest city in the State of California. In Los Angeles County, only Los Angeles with a population of 4.0 million, Long Beach with less than 493,000, and Glendale with slightly over 207,000 were larger than Santa Clarita. Consequently, Santa Clarita plays an important role in the County based on its size.

Over the past ten years, Santa Clarita’s population size has continued to steadily increase. During this time period, the population growth was the result of new housing construction in the City as well as annexations of surrounding areas into the city limits. While other comparison cities including Burbank, Glendale, Lancaster, Palmdale, and Pasadena appear to have slowed down, Santa Clarita’s population continues on an upward trend.

In fact, Santa Clarita’s population grew by 17.9% from 2000 to 2007 and was twice the growth experience in all of Los Angeles County. Only the communities of Lancaster and Palmdale in the Antelope Valley grew more than Santa Clarita.

By the year 2010, the population of the City of Santa Clarita is forecasted to exceed 181,000. Growth is forecasted to continue over the coming decades to 226,000 by the year 2030.

Source: City of Santa Clarita