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Largest German population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934418,407−22%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,248298,305−21%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,507235,950−29%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,916163,726−26%

05Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460131,012−25%

06San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,091118,389−35%

07Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,391102,530−28%

08Alameda County, CACA1,636,63095,638−16%

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07093,147−22%

10Ventura County, CACA830,85170,514−29%

11Fresno County, CACA1,035,45665,685−17%

12Placer County, CACA442,08160,323−10%

13Sonoma County, CACA486,44459,978−20%

14San Francisco County, CACA826,07959,361−9%

15Kern County, CACA927,06851,740−33%

16San Joaquin County, CACA823,81550,957−27%

17San Mateo County, CACA743,56844,630−31%

18San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36741,942−8%

19Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06538,461−23%

20Stanislaus County, CACA557,71937,040−30%

21Marin County, CACA253,69434,303−9%

22El Dorado County, CACA192,32332,626−15%

23Solano County, CACA455,37630,574−28%

24Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85229,839−21%

25Butte County, CACA209,21128,763−34%

26Shasta County, CACA181,64825,384−29%

27Monterey County, CACA433,72924,589−23%

28Tulare County, CACA485,14622,783−14%

29Yolo County, CACA224,41021,422−14%

30Humboldt County, CACA131,64717,968−14%

31Nevada County, CACA101,91114,710−26%

32Napa County, CACA132,94913,151−28%

33Merced County, CACA297,26012,604−20%

34Mendocino County, CACA88,12210,890−25%

35Tuolumne County, CACA53,16010,716−7%

36Madera County, CACA167,9279,933−21%

37Lake County, CACA67,7729,820−23%

38Yuba County, CACA88,6918,200−17%

39Sutter County, CACA98,7877,797−37%

40Kings County, CACA154,3277,656−32%

41Amador County, CACA41,8767,428−2%

42Calaveras County, CACA46,6057,027−32%

43Tehama County, CACA64,6656,568−32%

44Siskiyou County, CACA42,0135,721−34%

45San Benito County, CACA70,0824,799−3%

46Del Norte County, CACA26,4103,923−21%

47Plumas County, CACA18,5833,446−8%

48Imperial County, CACA181,4113,125−52%

49Lassen County, CACA28,1173,050−45%

50Glenn County, CACA28,1412,785−22%

51Mariposa County, CACA16,9182,641−34%

52Inyo County, CACA18,1582,615−14%

53Trinity County, CACA15,7201,807−48%

54Colusa County, CACA21,8361,621−42%

55Mono County, CACA12,5051,585−16%

56Modoc County, CACA8,4261,572−36%

57Sierra County, CACA3,098358−54%

58Alpine County, CACA1,043180+0%

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