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Largest Norwegian population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian 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 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 58 is 2,425. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: San Luis Obispo County, CA, up 6 places to #16.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93445,311−25%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24837,669−13%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50727,199−26%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,91619,766−22%

05Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46017,816−13%

06▲2Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07012,293−20%

07▲2Alameda County, CACA1,636,63011,649−16%

08▼1Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39111,597−38%

09▼3San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09111,561−34%

10▲1Ventura County, CACA830,8519,345−21%

11▼1Sonoma County, CACA486,4448,439−6%

12Placer County, CACA442,0817,468−24%

13San Francisco County, CACA826,0796,424−15%

14▲2Fresno County, CACA1,035,4566,353+5%

15▼1San Mateo County, CACA743,5685,525−23%

16▲6San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3675,059−15%

17▲2San Joaquin County, CACA823,8154,788−28%

18▼3Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0654,638−29%

19▲2El Dorado County, CACA192,3234,597−8%

20▼3Kern County, CACA927,0684,432−41%

21▼1Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8523,982−14%

22▲3Butte County, CACA209,2113,771−25%

23Marin County, CACA253,6943,757−22%

24Solano County, CACA455,3763,685−31%

25▲1Shasta County, CACA181,6483,641−15%

26▼8Stanislaus County, CACA557,7193,557−39%

27▲1Yolo County, CACA224,4102,639−3%

28▲1Nevada County, CACA101,9112,500−5%

29▼2Humboldt County, CACA131,6472,425−28%

30Monterey County, CACA433,7292,415−33%

31▲1Tulare County, CACA485,1462,209+9%

32▼1Napa County, CACA132,9491,938−21%

33▲2Tuolumne County, CACA53,1601,470−9%

34▲3Merced County, CACA297,2601,289−36%

35▼2Mendocino County, CACA88,1221,111−21%

36▲6Madera County, CACA167,927904−32%

37▲1Sutter County, CACA98,787856−36%

38▲3Calaveras County, CACA46,605776−44%

39▲1Lake County, CACA67,772712−46%

40▼4Tehama County, CACA64,665635−46%

41▼7Yuba County, CACA88,691617−22%

42▲2San Benito County, CACA70,082595+33%

43Kings County, CACA154,327572−29%

44▼5Siskiyou County, CACA42,013571−46%

45Del Norte County, CACA26,410436−33%

46Amador County, CACA41,876385−60%

47▲3Imperial County, CACA181,411385+11%

48▲4Inyo County, CACA18,158344+3%

49▲4Lassen County, CACA28,117304−51%

50▲1Mariposa County, CACA16,918248+29%

51▼3Plumas County, CACA18,583208−34%

52▼3Glenn County, CACA28,141200−11%

53▲1Trinity County, CACA15,720199−55%

54▼7Mono County, CACA12,505123−66%

55▲1Colusa County, CACA21,836115−35%

56▼1Modoc County, CACA8,42645−73%

57Sierra County, CACA3,09840−63%

58Alpine County, CACA1,04321–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES