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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. The median across all 58 is 1,845. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Tehama County, CA, up 15 places to #35.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Central American population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPCENTRAL AMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934863,479+22%
02San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09188,921+59%
03▲1Riverside County, CACA2,544,91677,501+96%
04▼1Orange County, CACA3,149,50772,880+50%
05▲1Alameda County, CACA1,636,63060,578+76%
06▼1Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07058,351+70%
07San Mateo County, CACA743,56846,282+32%
08▲1San Diego County, CACA3,282,24839,448+89%
09▼1San 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%
18▲2Sonoma County, CACA486,4449,654+83%
19▼1Monterey County, CACA433,7299,596+55%
20▼1Stanislaus County, CACA557,7198,703+52%
21Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0657,828+96%
22Tulare County, CACA485,1466,604+178%
23Placer County, CACA442,0814,910+172%
24▲1Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8523,722+97%
25▼1Merced County, CACA297,2603,249+10%
26Yolo County, CACA224,4102,854+12%
27Napa County, CACA132,9492,594+23%
28▲3San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3672,023+64%
29▲3El Dorado County, CACA192,3231,845+99%
30Madera County, CACA167,9271,839+50%
31▼3Imperial County, CACA181,4111,647+90%
32▼3Kings County, CACA154,3271,487+101%
33▲1Butte County, CACA209,2111,210−2%
34▼1Shasta County, CACA181,648964+10%
35▲15Tehama County, CACA64,665917+134%
36San Benito County, CACA70,082905+143%
37Sutter County, CACA98,787890+44%
38▼3Humboldt County, CACA131,647740+67%
39▲1Yuba County, CACA88,691568+97%
40▲6Nevada County, CACA101,911550+188%
41▲1Mendocino County, CACA88,122510−16%
42▼1Lake County, CACA67,772459+1%
43▼5Tuolumne County, CACA53,160409+238%
44▲7Calaveras County, CACA46,605366+976%
45▼2Colusa County, CACA21,836301−33%
46▼2Siskiyou County, CACA42,013262+65%
47▲6Mariposa County, CACA16,918243+326%
48▼1Lassen County, CACA28,117198−34%
49▲7Trinity County, CACA15,720158+163%
50▼11Glenn County, CACA28,141144+7%
51▼6Amador County, CACA41,876129−59%
52▼4Mono County, CACA12,505126−76%
53▼4Plumas County, CACA18,583109–
54▲3Inyo County, CACA18,15891−31%
55Modoc County, CACA8,42675+63%
56▼4Del Norte County, CACA26,41062+41%
57Alpine County, CACA1,04314–
58▼4Sierra County, CACA3,0987–
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES