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Largest Central American population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Central American origin, 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 57 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 57 is 1,773.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPCENTRAL AMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934798,470+13%

02San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09176,673+37%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50764,428+32%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,91657,055+44%

05Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07052,582+53%

06Alameda County, CACA1,636,63048,704+42%

07San Mateo County, CACA743,56845,929+31%

08San Francisco County, CACA826,07936,360+14%

09San Diego County, CACA3,282,24834,160+63%

10Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39131,925+25%

11Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46020,823+29%

12Kern County, CACA927,06818,217+17%

13Fresno County, CACA1,035,45616,976+78%

14Ventura County, CACA830,85114,870+34%

15Marin County, CACA253,69414,250+35%

16San Joaquin County, CACA823,81510,691+35%

17Solano County, CACA455,37610,556+46%

18Monterey County, CACA433,7299,358+51%

19Stanislaus County, CACA557,7197,655+34%

20Sonoma County, CACA486,4447,480+42%

21Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0656,242+57%

22Tulare County, CACA485,1464,158+75%

23Placer County, CACA442,0813,705+105%

24Merced County, CACA297,2603,609+22%

25Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8523,033+61%

26Yolo County, CACA224,4102,762+8%

27Napa County, CACA132,9492,527+20%

28Imperial County, CACA181,4111,867+116%

29Kings County, CACA154,3271,773+139%

30Madera County, CACA167,9271,737+42%

31San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3671,661+35%

32El Dorado County, CACA192,3231,369+48%

33Shasta County, CACA181,648953+9%

34Butte County, CACA209,211941−24%

35Humboldt County, CACA131,647724+64%

36San Benito County, CACA70,082708+90%

37Sutter County, CACA98,787680+10%

38Tuolumne County, CACA53,160530+338%

39Glenn County, CACA28,141402+200%

40Yuba County, CACA88,691266−8%

41Lake County, CACA67,772254−44%

42Mendocino County, CACA88,122247−59%

43Colusa County, CACA21,836237−47%

44Siskiyou County, CACA42,013215+35%

45Amador County, CACA41,876179−44%

46Nevada County, CACA101,911125−35%

47Lassen County, CACA28,117121−60%

48Mono County, CACA12,505107−79%

49Plumas County, CACA18,58391–

50Tehama County, CACA64,66589−77%

51Calaveras County, CACA46,60588+159%

52Del Norte County, CACA26,41061+39%

53Mariposa County, CACA16,91848−16%

54Sierra County, CACA3,09844–

55Modoc County, CACA8,42633−28%

56Trinity County, CACA15,72028−53%

57Inyo County, CACA18,15822−83%

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