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Largest Chinese population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Chinese, 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 56 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 56 is 1,357.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPCHINESE POPULATIONVS –

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934445,822–

02Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,391200,358–

03San Francisco County, CACA826,079181,963–

04Alameda County, CACA1,636,630172,853–

05Orange County, CACA3,149,507102,688–

06San Mateo County, CACA743,56889,204–

07San Diego County, CACA3,282,24862,883–

08Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07050,500–

09Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46045,679–

10San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09141,828–

11Riverside County, CACA2,544,91624,150–

12Yolo County, CACA224,41011,443–

13Ventura County, CACA830,85110,285–

14San Joaquin County, CACA823,8159,749–

15Fresno County, CACA1,035,4567,774–

16Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0656,828–

17Solano County, CACA455,3766,680–

18Marin County, CACA253,6945,107–

19Placer County, CACA442,0815,031–

20Sonoma County, CACA486,4444,179–

21Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8524,003–

22Kern County, CACA927,0683,874–

23Stanislaus County, CACA557,7193,182–

24Monterey County, CACA433,7292,942–

25San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3672,381–

26El Dorado County, CACA192,3231,481–

27Tulare County, CACA485,1461,366–

28Merced County, CACA297,2601,357–

29Butte County, CACA209,211936–

30Humboldt County, CACA131,647846–

31Shasta County, CACA181,648838–

32Napa County, CACA132,949735–

33Imperial County, CACA181,411654–

34Madera County, CACA167,927574–

35Mendocino County, CACA88,122541–

36Sutter County, CACA98,787423–

37Kings County, CACA154,327414–

38Yuba County, CACA88,691367–

39Nevada County, CACA101,911300–

40Lake County, CACA67,772203–

41Calaveras County, CACA46,605201–

42Tehama County, CACA64,665182–

43Plumas County, CACA18,583170–

44Lassen County, CACA28,117124–

45San Benito County, CACA70,08299–

46Amador County, CACA41,87683–

47Siskiyou County, CACA42,01373–

48Inyo County, CACA18,15868–

49Tuolumne County, CACA53,16061–

50Mariposa County, CACA16,91858–

51Trinity County, CACA15,72040–

52Del Norte County, CACA26,41031–

53Colusa County, CACA21,83630–

54Modoc County, CACA8,42628–

55Glenn County, CACA28,14114–

56Mono County, CACA12,5055–

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