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Largest German population, California counties · 2020

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, CACA9,694,934423,528–

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,248298,372–

03Orange County, CACA3,149,507250,841–

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,916174,326–

05San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,091139,003–

06Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460134,491–

07Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,391113,333–

08Alameda County, CACA1,636,630101,273–

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07099,645–

10Ventura County, CACA830,85176,023–

11Fresno County, CACA1,035,45667,872–

12Sonoma County, CACA486,44462,333–

13San Francisco County, CACA826,07961,886–

14San Joaquin County, CACA823,81557,610–

15Kern County, CACA927,06857,055–

16Placer County, CACA442,08153,263–

17San Mateo County, CACA743,56853,230–

18San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36742,031–

19Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06539,634–

20Stanislaus County, CACA557,71939,008–

21Marin County, CACA253,69434,874–

22Solano County, CACA455,37631,728–

23Butte County, CACA209,21130,514–

24El Dorado County, CACA192,32330,411–

25Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85228,688–

26Shasta County, CACA181,64826,282–

27Monterey County, CACA433,72923,886–

28Yolo County, CACA224,41022,810–

29Tulare County, CACA485,14619,977–

30Humboldt County, CACA131,64718,842–

31Nevada County, CACA101,91114,563–

32Merced County, CACA297,26014,043–

33Napa County, CACA132,94913,973–

34Madera County, CACA167,92711,105–

35Mendocino County, CACA88,12210,161–

36Sutter County, CACA98,7879,666–

37Tuolumne County, CACA53,1609,587–

38Yuba County, CACA88,6918,805–

39Tehama County, CACA64,6658,671–

40Calaveras County, CACA46,6058,505–

41Kings County, CACA154,3277,383–

42Lake County, CACA67,7727,214–

43Amador County, CACA41,8766,898–

44Siskiyou County, CACA42,0136,663–

45San Benito County, CACA70,0824,685–

46Del Norte County, CACA26,4103,902–

47Plumas County, CACA18,5833,768–

48Imperial County, CACA181,4113,757–

49Lassen County, CACA28,1173,619–

50Glenn County, CACA28,1413,409–

51Mariposa County, CACA16,9182,880–

52Colusa County, CACA21,8362,510–

53Inyo County, CACA18,1582,504–

54Mono County, CACA12,5051,583–

55Modoc County, CACA8,4261,574–

56Trinity County, CACA15,7201,300–

57Sierra County, CACA3,098560–

58Alpine County, CACA1,043104–

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