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Largest Laotian population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Laotian, 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 48 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 48 is 157.

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Largest Laotian population by state

RANKPLACESTATEPOPLAOTIAN POPULATIONVS –

01Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46010,138–

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,2487,462–

03Fresno County, CACA1,035,4566,045–

04Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0704,202–

05Alameda County, CACA1,636,6303,271–

06Orange County, CACA3,149,5073,242–

07Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,9343,223–

08San Joaquin County, CACA823,8152,366–

09Riverside County, CACA2,544,9162,138–

10Merced County, CACA297,2602,006–

11Tulare County, CACA485,1461,742–

12Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3911,321–

13Sonoma County, CACA486,4441,307–

14Stanislaus County, CACA557,7191,146–

15Solano County, CACA455,3761,060–

16San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,091976–

17Shasta County, CACA181,648845–

18San Francisco County, CACA826,079672–

19Kern County, CACA927,068570–

20Butte County, CACA209,211408–

21Yuba County, CACA88,691387–

22Yolo County, CACA224,410375–

23Ventura County, CACA830,851229–

24Madera County, CACA167,927157–

25Placer County, CACA442,081156–

26Santa Barbara County, CACA442,065154–

27Humboldt County, CACA131,647150–

28Tehama County, CACA64,665119–

29Glenn County, CACA28,141118–

30San Mateo County, CACA743,56888–

31Marin County, CACA253,69484–

32Calaveras County, CACA46,60578–

33San Benito County, CACA70,08264–

34Mariposa County, CACA16,91862–

35Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85260–

36Mendocino County, CACA88,12255–

37Siskiyou County, CACA42,01342–

38Sutter County, CACA98,78734–

39San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36730–

40Kings County, CACA154,32722–

41Lake County, CACA67,77216–

42Del Norte County, CACA26,41014–

43El Dorado County, CACA192,32314–

44Lassen County, CACA28,1178–

45Tuolumne County, CACA53,1608–

46Monterey County, CACA433,7296–

47Trinity County, CACA15,7206–

48Imperial County, CACA181,4112–

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