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Largest Irish population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Irish 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 16,818.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934361,825−15%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,248247,004−13%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,507201,599−19%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,916137,036−15%

05San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,091111,748−19%

06Sacramento County, CACA1,618,460109,066−19%

07Alameda County, CACA1,636,63092,844−4%

08Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07091,119−9%

09Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39189,513−14%

10San Francisco County, CACA826,07967,092+4%

11Ventura County, CACA830,85164,898−14%

12Sonoma County, CACA486,44461,682−5%

13San Mateo County, CACA743,56854,618−10%

14Fresno County, CACA1,035,45647,118−11%

15Kern County, CACA927,06843,099−32%

16Placer County, CACA442,08142,357−20%

17San Joaquin County, CACA823,81541,872−9%

18San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36734,215+4%

19Stanislaus County, CACA557,71933,732−26%

20Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06533,224−14%

21Marin County, CACA253,69432,432−13%

22Solano County, CACA455,37629,167−14%

23Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85228,267−6%

24Butte County, CACA209,21123,012−26%

25El Dorado County, CACA192,32320,788−21%

26Shasta County, CACA181,64820,205−26%

27Monterey County, CACA433,72919,668−29%

28Tulare County, CACA485,14617,423−16%

29Yolo County, CACA224,41016,818−9%

30Humboldt County, CACA131,64715,238−15%

31Nevada County, CACA101,91111,826−34%

32Napa County, CACA132,94911,586−19%

33Merced County, CACA297,26010,987−15%

34Madera County, CACA167,9279,688−6%

35Sutter County, CACA98,7879,319+3%

36Mendocino County, CACA88,1229,110−22%

37Tuolumne County, CACA53,1608,368−7%

38Calaveras County, CACA46,6057,346−6%

39Yuba County, CACA88,6917,202−11%

40Tehama County, CACA64,6657,058−24%

41Lake County, CACA67,7726,597−43%

42Kings County, CACA154,3275,975−40%

43Amador County, CACA41,8765,345−25%

44Siskiyou County, CACA42,0135,147−23%

45San Benito County, CACA70,0824,291−7%

46Imperial County, CACA181,4113,189−29%

47Mariposa County, CACA16,9182,938−27%

48Lassen County, CACA28,1172,751−45%

49Del Norte County, CACA26,4102,560−41%

50Mono County, CACA12,5051,871+4%

51Plumas County, CACA18,5831,830−42%

52Glenn County, CACA28,1411,746−32%

53Colusa County, CACA21,8361,700+6%

54Inyo County, CACA18,1581,626−38%

55Trinity County, CACA15,7201,398−56%

56Modoc County, CACA8,4261,132−34%

57Sierra County, CACA3,098332−22%

58Alpine County, CACA1,043117−32%

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