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Largest English population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are English ancestry, 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 21,388. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lake County, CA, up 5 places to #36.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934372,634−4%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,248262,5760%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,507231,8290%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,916152,2810%

05Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460126,301+8%

06Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39194,530−10%

07San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09194,159−21%

08▲1Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07093,319+4%

09▼1Alameda County, CACA1,636,63091,412+7%

10Ventura County, CACA830,85170,585−2%

11▲1Placer County, CACA442,08160,381+16%

12▼1Sonoma County, CACA486,44458,636+5%

13San Francisco County, CACA826,07953,471+18%

14Kern County, CACA927,06850,850−2%

15Fresno County, CACA1,035,45648,146+1%

16San Mateo County, CACA743,56844,674−7%

17▲1San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36740,667+18%

18▼1San Joaquin County, CACA823,81540,594+11%

19Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06536,654−3%

20Marin County, CACA253,69435,782+8%

21Stanislaus County, CACA557,71933,268−1%

22Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85231,232+3%

23▲1Solano County, CACA455,37628,368−4%

24▼1El Dorado County, CACA192,32327,268+3%

25▲1Butte County, CACA209,21125,627−13%

26▲1Shasta County, CACA181,64824,921+5%

27▼2Monterey County, CACA433,72924,888−5%

28Tulare County, CACA485,14622,642+16%

29Yolo County, CACA224,41021,388+8%

30▲1Humboldt County, CACA131,64717,188+7%

31▼1Nevada County, CACA101,91116,947−9%

32Napa County, CACA132,94913,796+9%

33Mendocino County, CACA88,12210,466−11%

34Tuolumne County, CACA53,1609,541+8%

35Merced County, CACA297,2609,506−7%

36▲5Lake County, CACA67,7729,277−2%

37▼1Madera County, CACA167,9279,171−7%

38Calaveras County, CACA46,6058,568+23%

39Tehama County, CACA64,6658,309+13%

40▼3Sutter County, CACA98,7878,069+10%

41▲3Siskiyou County, CACA42,0136,625−4%

42▼2Kings County, CACA154,3276,476−13%

43Yuba County, CACA88,6916,384+9%

44▼2Amador County, CACA41,8766,369+9%

45San Benito County, CACA70,0824,750+26%

46▲4Imperial County, CACA181,4113,765+10%

47▼1Del Norte County, CACA26,4103,427+3%

48▲1Plumas County, CACA18,5833,177+3%

49▼1Lassen County, CACA28,1172,570−17%

50▼3Mariposa County, CACA16,9182,524−13%

51▲1Glenn County, CACA28,1412,075+17%

52▼1Inyo County, CACA18,1581,990−12%

53▲3Modoc County, CACA8,4261,596−15%

54▼1Trinity County, CACA15,7201,520−42%

55▼1Colusa County, CACA21,8361,415+5%

56▼1Mono County, CACA12,5051,396−17%

57Sierra County, CACA3,098272−41%

58Alpine County, CACA1,043119−10%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES