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Largest Salvadoran population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Salvadoran origin, 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 872. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Tehama County, CA, up 15 places to #36.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSALVADORAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934449,572+22%

02San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09142,323+64%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50735,144+47%

04▲1Riverside County, CACA2,544,91633,069+90%

05▼1Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07030,002+58%

06▲1Alameda County, CACA1,636,63023,845+49%

07▼1San Mateo County, CACA743,56822,557+24%

08San Francisco County, CACA826,07915,940+3%

09Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39115,860+20%

10▲1Kern County, CACA927,06814,137+53%

11▼1Fresno County, CACA1,035,45612,837+113%

12Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46011,538+72%

13San Diego County, CACA3,282,24810,718+87%

14Ventura County, CACA830,8518,525+99%

15▲1Solano County, CACA455,3768,083+116%

16▲1San Joaquin County, CACA823,8157,624+99%

17▼2Monterey County, CACA433,7296,929+63%

18Sonoma County, CACA486,4444,971+87%

19Stanislaus County, CACA557,7194,416+44%

20▲1Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0653,794+144%

21▼1Marin County, CACA253,6943,159−7%

22Tulare County, CACA485,1463,075+124%

23▲1Placer County, CACA442,0812,423+193%

24▼1Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8522,353+131%

25▲1Yolo County, CACA224,4101,753+42%

26▼1Merced County, CACA297,2601,726+10%

27▲2El Dorado County, CACA192,3231,139+101%

28▲2Napa County, CACA132,949891−21%

29▼1Imperial County, CACA181,411872+61%

30▲3San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,367830+35%

31▼4Madera County, CACA167,927739+15%

32▼1Butte County, CACA209,211513−16%

33▲10San Benito County, CACA70,082503+287%

34▼2Kings County, CACA154,327500+46%

35▲1Shasta County, CACA181,648319+14%

36▲15Tehama County, CACA64,665319+91%

37▼2Tuolumne County, CACA53,160273+355%

38▼4Humboldt County, CACA131,647212+94%

39▲10Mendocino County, CACA88,122196−20%

40▲1Yuba County, CACA88,691182+37%

41▼3Lake County, CACA67,772178−54%

42▲4Nevada County, CACA101,911173+276%

43▼4Siskiyou County, CACA42,013172+40%

44▼4Sutter County, CACA98,787169−27%

45▼3Plumas County, CACA18,583109–

46▲6Calaveras County, CACA46,605100+376%

47Amador County, CACA41,87677+10%

48▲5Modoc County, CACA8,42675+63%

49▼1Lassen County, CACA28,11755−40%

50Del Norte County, CACA26,41045+350%

51▼7Mono County, CACA12,50543−74%

52▲3Mariposa County, CACA16,91842–

53▲3Trinity County, CACA15,72042−21%

54Inyo County, CACA18,15828−69%

55Alpine County, CACA1,04312–

56▼11Colusa County, CACA21,8369−97%

57▼20Glenn County, CACA28,1419−88%

58Sierra County, CACA3,0987–

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