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Largest Iranian population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Iranian 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 49 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRANIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93485,595−7%

02Orange County, CACA3,149,50732,238+5%

03Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39118,565+18%

04San Diego County, CACA3,282,24816,745+27%

05Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0707,933+10%

06Alameda County, CACA1,636,6306,484+7%

07San Mateo County, CACA743,5685,233+10%

08Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4604,943+19%

09Riverside County, CACA2,544,9164,007+12%

10San Francisco County, CACA826,0793,609+59%

11Ventura County, CACA830,8512,985−24%

12San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0912,459−32%

13Stanislaus County, CACA557,7192,108+58%

14Placer County, CACA442,0811,820+5%

15Marin County, CACA253,6941,690−25%

16Fresno County, CACA1,035,4561,505+8%

17Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0651,267+26%

18San Joaquin County, CACA823,815963−1%

19Yolo County, CACA224,410939+20%

20Santa Cruz County, CACA258,852900+83%

21Sonoma County, CACA486,444895−21%

22San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,367542+86%

23Kern County, CACA927,068481−34%

24El Dorado County, CACA192,323474−27%

25Solano County, CACA455,376470−44%

26Monterey County, CACA433,729344+15%

27Merced County, CACA297,260275−10%

28Shasta County, CACA181,648226+20%

29Napa County, CACA132,949211+105%

30Humboldt County, CACA131,647188+74%

31Sutter County, CACA98,787137+125%

32Imperial County, CACA181,411108–

33Yuba County, CACA88,69192–

34Butte County, CACA209,21191−59%

35Tulare County, CACA485,14672−62%

36San Benito County, CACA70,08268−30%

37Tuolumne County, CACA53,16058+76%

38Mendocino County, CACA88,12256−33%

39Kings County, CACA154,32753+20%

40Lake County, CACA67,77253+0%

41Madera County, CACA167,92742−9%

42Nevada County, CACA101,91122−69%

43Mono County, CACA12,50517−15%

44Siskiyou County, CACA42,01315−86%

45Del Norte County, CACA26,41014−85%

46Amador County, CACA41,87613−86%

47Lassen County, CACA28,11710−86%

48Inyo County, CACA18,1586–

49Trinity County, CACA15,7204−96%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS