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Largest Iranian population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Iranian 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 47 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR201020202024
Largest Iranian population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRANIAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93486,430−6%
02Orange County, CACA3,149,50739,737+30%
03Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39120,620+31%
04San Diego County, CACA3,282,24817,138+30%
05Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0708,957+24%
06Alameda County, CACA1,636,6307,886+30%
07Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4605,794+40%
08San Mateo County, CACA743,5685,061+7%
09Ventura County, CACA830,8515,003+27%
10Riverside County, CACA2,544,9164,533+27%
11San Francisco County, CACA826,0793,905+73%
12San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0912,764−24%
13Marin County, CACA253,6942,247−0%
14Placer County, CACA442,0811,822+5%
15Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0651,497+49%
16San Joaquin County, CACA823,8151,383+43%
17Fresno County, CACA1,035,4561,056−24%
18Stanislaus County, CACA557,7191,027−23%
19Sonoma County, CACA486,444872−23%
20Santa Cruz County, CACA258,852864+75%
21Yolo County, CACA224,410803+2%
22El Dorado County, CACA192,323615−5%
23Monterey County, CACA433,729593+98%
24Solano County, CACA455,376492−41%
25San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,367478+64%
26Kern County, CACA927,068417−42%
27Tulare County, CACA485,146374+98%
28Merced County, CACA297,260293−5%
29Napa County, CACA132,949236+129%
30Shasta County, CACA181,648228+21%
31Butte County, CACA209,211166−26%
32Madera County, CACA167,927137+198%
33Humboldt County, CACA131,647103−5%
34Nevada County, CACA101,91167−7%
35Lake County, CACA67,77259+11%
36Lassen County, CACA28,11759−16%
37Yuba County, CACA88,69149
38Kings County, CACA154,32746+5%
39Sutter County, CACA98,78741−33%
40Mendocino County, CACA88,12234−60%
41Del Norte County, CACA26,41014−85%
42Imperial County, CACA181,41113
43Siskiyou County, CACA42,01313−88%
44Mariposa County, CACA16,91812+0%
45Tuolumne County, CACA53,16010−70%
46Calaveras County, CACA46,6056
47Plumas County, CACA18,5835
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES