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Largest German population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2023 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2000

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934418,407–

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,248298,305–

03Orange County, CACA3,149,507235,950–

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,916163,726–

05Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460131,012–

06San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,091118,389–

07Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,391102,530–

08Alameda County, CACA1,636,63095,638–

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07093,147–

10Ventura County, CACA830,85170,514–

11Fresno County, CACA1,035,45665,685–

12Placer County, CACA442,08160,323–

13Sonoma County, CACA486,44459,978–

14San Francisco County, CACA826,07959,361–

15Kern County, CACA927,06851,740–

16San Joaquin County, CACA823,81550,957–

17San Mateo County, CACA743,56844,630–

18San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36741,942–

19Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06538,461–

20Stanislaus County, CACA557,71937,040–

21Marin County, CACA253,69434,303–

22El Dorado County, CACA192,32332,626–

23Solano County, CACA455,37630,574–

24Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85229,839–

25Butte County, CACA209,21128,763–

26Shasta County, CACA181,64825,384–

27Monterey County, CACA433,72924,589–

28Tulare County, CACA485,14622,783–

29Yolo County, CACA224,41021,422–

30Humboldt County, CACA131,64717,968–

31Nevada County, CACA101,91114,710–

32Napa County, CACA132,94913,151–

33Merced County, CACA297,26012,604–

34Mendocino County, CACA88,12210,890–

35Tuolumne County, CACA53,16010,716–

36Madera County, CACA167,9279,933–

37Lake County, CACA67,7729,820–

38Yuba County, CACA88,6918,200–

39Sutter County, CACA98,7877,797–

40Kings County, CACA154,3277,656–

41Amador County, CACA41,8767,428–

42Calaveras County, CACA46,6057,027–

43Tehama County, CACA64,6656,568–

44Siskiyou County, CACA42,0135,721–

45San Benito County, CACA70,0824,799–

46Del Norte County, CACA26,4103,923–

47Plumas County, CACA18,5833,446–

48Imperial County, CACA181,4113,125–

49Lassen County, CACA28,1173,050–

50Glenn County, CACA28,1412,785–

51Mariposa County, CACA16,9182,641–

52Inyo County, CACA18,1582,615–

53Trinity County, CACA15,7201,807–

54Colusa County, CACA21,8361,621–

55Mono County, CACA12,5051,585–

56Modoc County, CACA8,4261,572–

57Sierra County, CACA3,098358–

58Alpine County, CACA1,043180–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES