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Largest Costa Rican population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Costa Rican 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 44 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

Largest Costa Rican population by state

RANKPLACESTATEPOPCOSTA RICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93410,509+10%

02Orange County, CACA3,149,5072,684+32%

03Riverside County, CACA2,544,9162,463+87%

04San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0912,376+51%

05San Diego County, CACA3,282,2481,978+65%

06Ventura County, CACA830,8511,287+167%

07Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0701,153−6%

08Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3911,007+84%

09San Francisco County, CACA826,079956+58%

10Alameda County, CACA1,636,630887+49%

11Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460765+40%

12San Mateo County, CACA743,568413+104%

13Fresno County, CACA1,035,456388+516%

14Kern County, CACA927,068309−7%

15Marin County, CACA253,694228−16%

16Merced County, CACA297,260209+1508%

17Placer County, CACA442,081193+65%

18Santa Cruz County, CACA258,852182+32%

19Sonoma County, CACA486,444181+44%

20Humboldt County, CACA131,647171+643%

21Colusa County, CACA21,836144–

22El Dorado County, CACA192,323140+900%

23San Benito County, CACA70,082123+141%

24Shasta County, CACA181,648122+184%

25San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,367116+61%

26Mariposa County, CACA16,918109–

27Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06596−46%

28San Joaquin County, CACA823,81592−72%

29Monterey County, CACA433,72990−7%

30Yolo County, CACA224,41073+711%

31Mendocino County, CACA88,12272+132%

32Tulare County, CACA485,14670+367%

33Butte County, CACA209,21155–

34Madera County, CACA167,92755+511%

35Tehama County, CACA64,66543+975%

36Calaveras County, CACA46,60534–

37Yuba County, CACA88,69127–

38Napa County, CACA132,94921−85%

39Lassen County, CACA28,11719+217%

40Solano County, CACA455,37614−77%

41Stanislaus County, CACA557,7196−60%

42Kings County, CACA154,3275−88%

43Mono County, CACA12,5055–

44Siskiyou County, CACA42,0133–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES