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Largest Bulgarian population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Bulgarian 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 36 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

Largest Bulgarian population by state

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBULGARIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,9343,544−5%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,2481,822+67%

03Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3911,157+11%

04Orange County, CACA3,149,507965+24%

05Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460889+70%

06Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,070724+16%

07Alameda County, CACA1,636,630574+85%

08San Francisco County, CACA826,079557+19%

09Riverside County, CACA2,544,916556+41%

10San Mateo County, CACA743,568451+132%

11Solano County, CACA455,376423+360%

12Placer County, CACA442,081320+139%

13El Dorado County, CACA192,323236+17%

14Marin County, CACA253,694218−9%

15Santa Barbara County, CACA442,065217+165%

16Sonoma County, CACA486,444214+48%

17San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,367189+1250%

18Ventura County, CACA830,851120−28%

19Yolo County, CACA224,410101+321%

20Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85294−10%

21Monterey County, CACA433,72993+133%

22San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09192−51%

23Fresno County, CACA1,035,45672–

24Napa County, CACA132,94941+310%

25Kern County, CACA927,06837−26%

26Lake County, CACA67,77231−14%

27Shasta County, CACA181,64830+131%

28Tulare County, CACA485,14628+56%

29San Joaquin County, CACA823,81526−74%

30Madera County, CACA167,92724−4%

31Nevada County, CACA101,91121+200%

32Butte County, CACA209,21112−94%

33Humboldt County, CACA131,6478−33%

34Yuba County, CACA88,6918–

35Sutter County, CACA98,7872−33%

36Siskiyou County, CACA42,0131−98%

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