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Largest Brazilian population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Brazilian ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 44 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 44 is 189.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBRAZILIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93412,406+55%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,2485,854+70%

03Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0703,564+57%

04Orange County, CACA3,149,5073,203+28%

05Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3912,860+117%

06Alameda County, CACA1,636,6302,710+96%

07San Mateo County, CACA743,5682,416+29%

08San Francisco County, CACA826,0792,142+37%

09Marin County, CACA253,6941,309+81%

10Riverside County, CACA2,544,9161,087−9%

11Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4601,060+132%

12San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,091788−3%

13Ventura County, CACA830,851713+46%

14Santa Barbara County, CACA442,065573+145%

15Santa Cruz County, CACA258,852502+32%

16Solano County, CACA455,376417+69%

17Sonoma County, CACA486,444330+76%

18San Joaquin County, CACA823,815309−19%

19Shasta County, CACA181,648297+575%

20Yolo County, CACA224,410269+156%

21Monterey County, CACA433,729228−45%

22Kern County, CACA927,068189−8%

23Madera County, CACA167,927168–

24Stanislaus County, CACA557,719157−23%

25San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,367126−13%

26Tulare County, CACA485,146107+13%

27Placer County, CACA442,081100−61%

28Napa County, CACA132,94991+127%

29Nevada County, CACA101,91181+376%

30Fresno County, CACA1,035,45680−84%

31Merced County, CACA297,26072−40%

32El Dorado County, CACA192,32370+1%

33Sierra County, CACA3,09866–

34Tuolumne County, CACA53,16050+525%

35Amador County, CACA41,87645–

36Kings County, CACA154,32738+12%

37Mariposa County, CACA16,91831–

38Butte County, CACA209,21126−71%

39Imperial County, CACA181,41126–

40Sutter County, CACA98,78725−75%

41San Benito County, CACA70,08219–

42Humboldt County, CACA131,6477−88%

43Colusa County, CACA21,8363–

44Siskiyou County, CACA42,0133−86%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS