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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. The median across all 44 is 140. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Santa Cruz County, CA, up 11 places to #18.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
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%
06▲5Ventura County, CACA830,8511,287+167%
07▲2Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0701,153−6%
08▼2Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3911,007+84%
09▲3San Francisco County, CACA826,079956+58%
10Alameda County, CACA1,636,630887+49%
11▼4Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460765+40%
12▲1San Mateo County, CACA743,568413+104%
13▲4Fresno County, CACA1,035,456388+516%
14Kern County, CACA927,068309−7%
15Marin County, CACA253,694228−16%
16▼8Merced County, CACA297,260209+1508%
17▼1Placer County, CACA442,081193+65%
18▲11Santa Cruz County, CACA258,852182+32%
19Sonoma County, CACA486,444181+44%
20Humboldt County, CACA131,647171+643%
21▲2Colusa County, CACA21,836144–
22▲6El Dorado County, CACA192,323140+900%
23San Benito County, CACA70,082123+141%
24▲9Shasta County, CACA181,648122+184%
25▼3San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,367116+61%
26Mariposa County, CACA16,918109–
27▼6Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06596−46%
28▼10San Joaquin County, CACA823,81592−72%
29▲7Monterey County, CACA433,72990−7%
30▼5Yolo County, CACA224,41073+711%
31Mendocino County, CACA88,12272+132%
32▼6Tulare County, CACA485,14670+367%
33▲6Butte County, CACA209,21155–
34▼2Madera County, CACA167,92755+511%
35▲3Tehama County, CACA64,66543+975%
36▼6Calaveras County, CACA46,60534–
37Yuba County, CACA88,69127–
38▼3Napa County, CACA132,94921−85%
39Lassen County, CACA28,11719+217%
40▼16Solano County, CACA455,37614−77%
41▼14Stanislaus County, CACA557,7196−60%
42Kings County, CACA154,3275−88%
43▼9Mono County, CACA12,5055–
44▼7Siskiyou County, CACA42,0133–
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES