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Largest Norwegian population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian 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 2,890.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93448,805−19%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24839,894−8%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50731,921−13%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,91621,089−17%

05Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46019,299−6%

06San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09115,419−13%

07Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39114,846−21%

08Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07014,439−6%

09Alameda County, CACA1,636,63014,132+1%

10Sonoma County, CACA486,44410,140+14%

11Ventura County, CACA830,85110,048−15%

12Placer County, CACA442,0817,888−20%

13San Francisco County, CACA826,0797,484−1%

14San Mateo County, CACA743,5686,619−8%

15Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0656,186−6%

16Fresno County, CACA1,035,4565,598−7%

17Kern County, CACA927,0685,510−26%

18Stanislaus County, CACA557,7195,277−10%

19San Joaquin County, CACA823,8155,246−21%

20Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8525,201+12%

21El Dorado County, CACA192,3235,043+1%

22San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3674,790−20%

23Marin County, CACA253,6944,746−1%

24Solano County, CACA455,3764,555−14%

25Butte County, CACA209,2114,514−10%

26Shasta County, CACA181,6484,083−5%

27Humboldt County, CACA131,6473,706+10%

28Yolo County, CACA224,4103,162+16%

29Nevada County, CACA101,9112,890+10%

30Monterey County, CACA433,7292,883−20%

31Napa County, CACA132,9492,377−3%

32Tulare County, CACA485,1461,866−8%

33Mendocino County, CACA88,1221,854+32%

34Yuba County, CACA88,6911,191+50%

35Tuolumne County, CACA53,1601,170−28%

36Tehama County, CACA64,6651,128−4%

37Merced County, CACA297,2601,073−47%

38Sutter County, CACA98,787856−36%

39Siskiyou County, CACA42,013820−23%

40Lake County, CACA67,772776−41%

41Calaveras County, CACA46,605742−46%

42Madera County, CACA167,927727−45%

43Kings County, CACA154,327689−15%

44San Benito County, CACA70,082629+40%

45Del Norte County, CACA26,410552−15%

46Amador County, CACA41,876511−47%

47Mono County, CACA12,505425+19%

48Plumas County, CACA18,583371+18%

49Glenn County, CACA28,141288+29%

50Imperial County, CACA181,411269−23%

51Mariposa County, CACA16,918264+38%

52Inyo County, CACA18,158250−25%

53Lassen County, CACA28,117237−62%

54Trinity County, CACA15,720205−54%

55Modoc County, CACA8,426105−38%

56Colusa County, CACA21,83669−61%

57Sierra County, CACA3,09837−65%

58Alpine County, CACA1,04325–

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