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Largest German population, California counties · 2010

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2010 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 24,905.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS –

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934537,046–

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,248377,268–

03Orange County, CACA3,149,507330,510–

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,916220,852–

05San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,091182,043–

06Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460173,980–

07Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,391141,959–

08Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,070119,356–

09Alameda County, CACA1,636,630114,059–

10Ventura County, CACA830,85199,355–

11Fresno County, CACA1,035,45679,514–

12Kern County, CACA927,06877,395–

13Sonoma County, CACA486,44475,044–

14San Joaquin County, CACA823,81569,509–

15Placer County, CACA442,08166,816–

16San Francisco County, CACA826,07965,133–

17San Mateo County, CACA743,56864,292–

18Stanislaus County, CACA557,71953,078–

19Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06550,213–

20San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36745,786–

21Butte County, CACA209,21143,688–

22Solano County, CACA455,37642,466–

23El Dorado County, CACA192,32338,333–

24Marin County, CACA253,69437,776–

25Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85237,764–

26Shasta County, CACA181,64835,911–

27Monterey County, CACA433,72931,768–

28Tulare County, CACA485,14626,403–

29Yolo County, CACA224,41024,905–

30Humboldt County, CACA131,64720,855–

31Nevada County, CACA101,91119,897–

32Napa County, CACA132,94918,264–

33Merced County, CACA297,26015,795–

34Mendocino County, CACA88,12214,452–

35Lake County, CACA67,77212,694–

36Madera County, CACA167,92712,609–

37Sutter County, CACA98,78712,455–

38Tuolumne County, CACA53,16011,533–

39Kings County, CACA154,32711,221–

40Calaveras County, CACA46,60510,349–

41Yuba County, CACA88,6919,880–

42Tehama County, CACA64,6659,632–

43Siskiyou County, CACA42,0138,725–

44Amador County, CACA41,8767,596–

45Imperial County, CACA181,4116,486–

46Lassen County, CACA28,1175,583–

47Del Norte County, CACA26,4104,996–

48San Benito County, CACA70,0824,953–

49Mariposa County, CACA16,9184,024–

50Plumas County, CACA18,5833,760–

51Glenn County, CACA28,1413,567–

52Trinity County, CACA15,7203,470–

53Inyo County, CACA18,1583,058–

54Colusa County, CACA21,8362,795–

55Modoc County, CACA8,4262,453–

56Mono County, CACA12,5051,898–

57Sierra County, CACA3,098781–

58Alpine County, CACA1,043180–

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