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Largest Central American population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Central American origin, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPCENTRAL AMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934863,479+22%

02San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09188,921+59%

03Riverside County, CACA2,544,91677,501+96%

04Orange County, CACA3,149,50772,880+50%

05Alameda County, CACA1,636,63060,578+76%

06Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07058,351+70%

07San Mateo County, CACA743,56846,282+32%

08San Diego County, CACA3,282,24839,448+89%

09San Francisco County, CACA826,07935,592+12%

10Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39135,173+38%

11Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46026,883+67%

12Kern County, CACA927,06825,325+62%

13Fresno County, CACA1,035,45619,565+106%

14Ventura County, CACA830,85118,086+63%

15Marin County, CACA253,69417,573+66%

16San Joaquin County, CACA823,81517,041+115%

17Solano County, CACA455,37615,417+114%

18Sonoma County, CACA486,4449,654+83%

19Monterey County, CACA433,7299,596+55%

20Stanislaus County, CACA557,7198,703+52%

21Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0657,828+96%

22Tulare County, CACA485,1466,604+178%

23Placer County, CACA442,0814,910+172%

24Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8523,722+97%

25Merced County, CACA297,2603,249+10%

26Yolo County, CACA224,4102,854+12%

27Napa County, CACA132,9492,594+23%

28San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3672,023+64%

29El Dorado County, CACA192,3231,845+99%

30Madera County, CACA167,9271,839+50%

31Imperial County, CACA181,4111,647+90%

32Kings County, CACA154,3271,487+101%

33Butte County, CACA209,2111,210−2%

34Shasta County, CACA181,648964+10%

35Tehama County, CACA64,665917+134%

36San Benito County, CACA70,082905+143%

37Sutter County, CACA98,787890+44%

38Humboldt County, CACA131,647740+67%

39Yuba County, CACA88,691568+97%

40Nevada County, CACA101,911550+188%

41Mendocino County, CACA88,122510−16%

42Lake County, CACA67,772459+1%

43Tuolumne County, CACA53,160409+238%

44Calaveras County, CACA46,605366+976%

45Colusa County, CACA21,836301−33%

46Siskiyou County, CACA42,013262+65%

47Mariposa County, CACA16,918243+326%

48Lassen County, CACA28,117198−34%

49Trinity County, CACA15,720158+163%

50Glenn County, CACA28,141144+7%

51Amador County, CACA41,876129−59%

52Mono County, CACA12,505126−76%

53Plumas County, CACA18,583109–

54Inyo County, CACA18,15891−31%

55Modoc County, CACA8,42675+63%

56Del Norte County, CACA26,41062+41%

57Alpine County, CACA1,04314–

58Sierra County, CACA3,0987–

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES