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Largest Portuguese population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Portuguese 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 56 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 56 is 3,165. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Tuolumne County, CA, up 5 places to #36.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPORTUGUESE POPULATIONVS 2010

01▲2Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93422,508−2%

02▲2Stanislaus County, CACA557,71922,208−12%

03▼2Alameda County, CACA1,636,63021,524−35%

04▲1Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39120,098−29%

05▼3Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46018,742−27%

06San Diego County, CACA3,282,24818,138−15%

07▲1San Joaquin County, CACA823,81516,349−13%

08▼1Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07015,421−31%

09Merced County, CACA297,26013,9870%

10▲2Orange County, CACA3,149,50710,873−4%

11▼1Fresno County, CACA1,035,45610,536−10%

12▼1Tulare County, CACA485,14610,211+6%

13Riverside County, CACA2,544,9167,590−10%

14▲1Placer County, CACA442,0816,940+2%

15▼1Sonoma County, CACA486,4446,296−30%

16▲3San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3675,983−3%

17San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0915,919−29%

18▼2San Mateo County, CACA743,5685,538−5%

19▲1Solano County, CACA455,3765,516−4%

20▼2Kings County, CACA154,3275,159−19%

21▲3Monterey County, CACA433,7294,470−14%

22▲1El Dorado County, CACA192,3234,189+14%

23▼1San Francisco County, CACA826,0794,107−8%

24▼3Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8523,773−36%

25▲1Butte County, CACA209,2113,657−28%

26▲1Ventura County, CACA830,8513,631−5%

27▲2Kern County, CACA927,0683,327−17%

28▼3Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0653,165−30%

29▼1Humboldt County, CACA131,6472,995−9%

30Marin County, CACA253,6942,427−25%

31Shasta County, CACA181,6482,259−8%

32▲1Madera County, CACA167,9272,042−25%

33▼1Yolo County, CACA224,4102,040−25%

34▲1Mendocino County, CACA88,1221,568−12%

35▼1Napa County, CACA132,9491,494−35%

36▲5Tuolumne County, CACA53,1601,349−18%

37▲1Nevada County, CACA101,9111,341−34%

38▼1San Benito County, CACA70,0821,185−32%

39▲1Siskiyou County, CACA42,0131,169−5%

40▲4Lake County, CACA67,7721,053−43%

41▼2Calaveras County, CACA46,6051,026−16%

42▼6Yuba County, CACA88,691942−29%

43▲2Glenn County, CACA28,141941−8%

44▼2Sutter County, CACA98,787904−47%

45▼2Amador County, CACA41,876833−12%

46▲4Plumas County, CACA18,583598+116%

47▼1Tehama County, CACA64,665577−58%

48▼1Del Norte County, CACA26,410475+242%

49Lassen County, CACA28,117451−24%

50▲1Mariposa County, CACA16,918368+22%

51▼3Colusa County, CACA21,836316−31%

52Imperial County, CACA181,411300+69%

53Trinity County, CACA15,720209+18%

54▲3Inyo County, CACA18,158114−13%

55▼1Mono County, CACA12,50589+29%

56▼1Modoc County, CACA8,42668−56%

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