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Highest housing vacancy, California counties · 2010

California counties ranked by the share of housing units that are vacant (2010 ACS). This list covers the 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPHOUSING VACANCY RATEVS –

01Alpine County, CACA1,04377.1%–

02Mono County, CACA12,50561.7%–

03Sierra County, CACA3,09836.4%–

04Plumas County, CACA18,58334.4%–

05Calaveras County, CACA46,60531.9%–

06Trinity County, CACA15,72031.6%–

07Lake County, CACA67,77228.7%–

08Tuolumne County, CACA53,16028.5%–

09Mariposa County, CACA16,91823.3%–

10Modoc County, CACA8,42622.5%–

11El Dorado County, CACA192,32321.2%–

12Nevada County, CACA101,91120.4%–

13Lassen County, CACA28,11719.3%–

14Amador County, CACA41,87617.4%–

15Siskiyou County, CACA42,01315.6%–

16Inyo County, CACA18,15815.4%–

17Riverside County, CACA2,544,91614.8%–

18Mendocino County, CACA88,12214.0%–

19Imperial County, CACA181,41113.8%–

20San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09113.8%–

21Madera County, CACA167,92713.6%–

22Placer County, CACA442,08113.4%–

23Yuba County, CACA88,69113.2%–

24Tehama County, CACA64,66512.1%–

25San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36711.9%–

26Merced County, CACA297,26011.4%–

27Del Norte County, CACA26,41010.9%–

28Humboldt County, CACA131,64710.9%–

29Kern County, CACA927,06810.8%–

30Colusa County, CACA21,83610.3%–

31Butte County, CACA209,21110.2%–

32Shasta County, CACA181,64810.0%–

33Monterey County, CACA433,72910.0%–

34San Francisco County, CACA826,0799.8%–

35Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8529.8%–

36Glenn County, CACA28,1419.6%–

37Napa County, CACA132,9499.4%–

38Sonoma County, CACA486,4449.2%–

39Tulare County, CACA485,1468.6%–

40Fresno County, CACA1,035,4568.5%–

41Solano County, CACA455,3768.3%–

42San Diego County, CACA3,282,2488.1%–

43Alameda County, CACA1,636,6307.9%–

44San Joaquin County, CACA823,8157.9%–

45Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4607.9%–

46Stanislaus County, CACA557,7197.7%–

47Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0707.2%–

48Marin County, CACA253,6947.1%–

49Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0656.9%–

50Sutter County, CACA98,7876.7%–

51Yolo County, CACA224,4106.2%–

52Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,9346.1%–

53San Benito County, CACA70,0825.9%–

54Kings County, CACA154,3275.8%–

55Orange County, CACA3,149,5075.5%–

56Ventura County, CACA830,8515.4%–

57San Mateo County, CACA743,5685.3%–

58Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3914.7%–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS