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Largest German population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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 19,977.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934423,528−21%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,248298,372−21%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,507250,841−24%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,916174,326−21%

05San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,091139,003−24%

06Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460134,491−23%

07Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,391113,333−20%

08Alameda County, CACA1,636,630101,273−11%

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07099,645−17%

10Ventura County, CACA830,85176,023−23%

11Fresno County, CACA1,035,45667,872−15%

12Sonoma County, CACA486,44462,333−17%

13San Francisco County, CACA826,07961,886−5%

14San Joaquin County, CACA823,81557,610−17%

15Kern County, CACA927,06857,055−26%

16Placer County, CACA442,08153,263−20%

17San Mateo County, CACA743,56853,230−17%

18San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36742,031−8%

19Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06539,634−21%

20Stanislaus County, CACA557,71939,008−27%

21Marin County, CACA253,69434,874−8%

22Solano County, CACA455,37631,728−25%

23Butte County, CACA209,21130,514−30%

24El Dorado County, CACA192,32330,411−21%

25Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85228,688−24%

26Shasta County, CACA181,64826,282−27%

27Monterey County, CACA433,72923,886−25%

28Yolo County, CACA224,41022,810−8%

29Tulare County, CACA485,14619,977−24%

30Humboldt County, CACA131,64718,842−10%

31Nevada County, CACA101,91114,563−27%

32Merced County, CACA297,26014,043−11%

33Napa County, CACA132,94913,973−23%

34Madera County, CACA167,92711,105−12%

35Mendocino County, CACA88,12210,161−30%

36Sutter County, CACA98,7879,666−22%

37Tuolumne County, CACA53,1609,587−17%

38Yuba County, CACA88,6918,805−11%

39Tehama County, CACA64,6658,671−10%

40Calaveras County, CACA46,6058,505−18%

41Kings County, CACA154,3277,383−34%

42Lake County, CACA67,7727,214−43%

43Amador County, CACA41,8766,898−9%

44Siskiyou County, CACA42,0136,663−24%

45San Benito County, CACA70,0824,685−5%

46Del Norte County, CACA26,4103,902−22%

47Plumas County, CACA18,5833,7680%

48Imperial County, CACA181,4113,757−42%

49Lassen County, CACA28,1173,619−35%

50Glenn County, CACA28,1413,409−4%

51Mariposa County, CACA16,9182,880−28%

52Colusa County, CACA21,8362,510−10%

53Inyo County, CACA18,1582,504−18%

54Mono County, CACA12,5051,583−17%

55Modoc County, CACA8,4261,574−36%

56Trinity County, CACA15,7201,300−63%

57Sierra County, CACA3,098560−28%

58Alpine County, CACA1,043104−42%

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