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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. The median across all 58 is 21,422. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lake County, CA, up 5 places to #37.

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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%

05▲1Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460131,012−25%

06▼1San 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%

12▲4Placer County, CACA442,08160,323−10%

13▼1Sonoma County, CACA486,44459,978−20%

14▼1San Francisco County, CACA826,07959,361−9%

15Kern County, CACA927,06851,740−33%

16▼2San 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%

22▲2El Dorado County, CACA192,32332,626−15%

23▼1Solano County, CACA455,37630,574−28%

24▲1Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85229,839−21%

25▼2Butte County, CACA209,21128,763−34%

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

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

28▲1Tulare County, CACA485,14622,783−14%

29▼1Yolo County, CACA224,41021,422−14%

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

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

32▲1Napa County, CACA132,94913,151−28%

33▼1Merced County, CACA297,26012,604−20%

34▲1Mendocino County, CACA88,12210,890−25%

35▲2Tuolumne County, CACA53,16010,716−7%

36▼2Madera County, CACA167,9279,933−21%

37▲5Lake County, CACA67,7729,820−23%

38Yuba County, CACA88,6918,200−17%

39▼3Sutter County, CACA98,7877,797−37%

40▲1Kings County, CACA154,3277,656−32%

41▲2Amador County, CACA41,8767,428−2%

42▼2Calaveras County, CACA46,6057,027−32%

43▼4Tehama 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%

52▲1Inyo County, CACA18,1582,615−14%

53▲3Trinity County, CACA15,7201,807−48%

54▼2Colusa County, CACA21,8361,621−42%

55▼1Mono County, CACA12,5051,585−16%

56▼1Modoc County, CACA8,4261,572−36%

57Sierra County, CACA3,098358−54%

58Alpine County, CACA1,0431800%

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