Stockton is around the same size as Irvine.

Irvine (map shows its 24 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 170 sq km, while Stockton is approximately 164 sq km, making Stockton 96.47% the size of Irvine.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Irvine vs. Stockton uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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