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Largest English population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are English ancestry, 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 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 58 is 16,100.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934326,943−16%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,248216,008−18%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,507204,306−12%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,916137,103−10%

05Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460105,939−9%

06Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39188,573−15%

07San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09182,330−31%

08Alameda County, CACA1,636,63081,157−5%

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07080,799−10%

10Ventura County, CACA830,85159,157−18%

11Sonoma County, CACA486,44450,355−9%

12Placer County, CACA442,08148,026−8%

13San Francisco County, CACA826,07945,3260%

14Kern County, CACA927,06843,423−16%

15Fresno County, CACA1,035,45643,380−9%

16San Mateo County, CACA743,56842,439−12%

17San Joaquin County, CACA823,81536,753+1%

18San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36733,990−2%

19Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06533,631−11%

20Marin County, CACA253,69432,553−2%

21Stanislaus County, CACA557,71932,034−5%

22Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85225,993−14%

23El Dorado County, CACA192,32322,929−14%

24Solano County, CACA455,37622,866−22%

25Monterey County, CACA433,72922,380−14%

26Butte County, CACA209,21121,762−26%

27Shasta County, CACA181,64818,638−21%

28Tulare County, CACA485,14617,090−13%

29Yolo County, CACA224,41016,100−19%

30Nevada County, CACA101,91114,670−22%

31Humboldt County, CACA131,64714,135−12%

32Napa County, CACA132,94912,306−3%

33Mendocino County, CACA88,1228,760−25%

34Tuolumne County, CACA53,1608,140−8%

35Merced County, CACA297,2607,809−23%

36Madera County, CACA167,9277,539−23%

37Sutter County, CACA98,7877,426+1%

38Calaveras County, CACA46,6056,687−4%

39Tehama County, CACA64,6656,489−12%

40Kings County, CACA154,3276,068−19%

41Lake County, CACA67,7726,035−36%

42Amador County, CACA41,8765,977+2%

43Yuba County, CACA88,6915,743−2%

44Siskiyou County, CACA42,0135,421−21%

45San Benito County, CACA70,0824,152+10%

46Del Norte County, CACA26,4102,664−20%

47Mariposa County, CACA16,9182,550−13%

48Lassen County, CACA28,1172,485−20%

49Plumas County, CACA18,5832,437−21%

50Imperial County, CACA181,4112,203−36%

51Inyo County, CACA18,1581,827−20%

52Glenn County, CACA28,1411,821+2%

53Trinity County, CACA15,7201,238−53%

54Colusa County, CACA21,8361,114−18%

55Mono County, CACA12,5051,105−34%

56Modoc County, CACA8,426860−54%

57Sierra County, CACA3,098379−17%

58Alpine County, CACA1,043107−19%

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