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Largest Salvadoran population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Salvadoran origin, 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 56 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 56 is 1,055.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSALVADORAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934421,537+14%

02San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09135,438+37%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50730,536+28%

04Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07030,376+60%

05Riverside County, CACA2,544,91625,514+47%

06San Mateo County, CACA743,56823,517+29%

07Alameda County, CACA1,636,63022,727+42%

08San Francisco County, CACA826,07916,891+9%

09Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39115,438+17%

10Fresno County, CACA1,035,45611,969+98%

11Kern County, CACA927,06811,038+20%

12Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46010,044+49%

13San Diego County, CACA3,282,2489,361+63%

14Ventura County, CACA830,8517,632+79%

15Monterey County, CACA433,7297,106+67%

16Solano County, CACA455,3765,843+56%

17San Joaquin County, CACA823,8155,439+42%

18Sonoma County, CACA486,4443,917+47%

19Stanislaus County, CACA557,7193,762+23%

20Marin County, CACA253,6943,484+2%

21Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0652,369+52%

22Tulare County, CACA485,1462,244+63%

23Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8521,661+63%

24Placer County, CACA442,0811,442+75%

25Merced County, CACA297,2601,290−18%

26Yolo County, CACA224,4101,224−1%

27Madera County, CACA167,9271,221+89%

28Imperial County, CACA181,4111,055+95%

29El Dorado County, CACA192,3231,037+83%

30Napa County, CACA132,9491,035−8%

31Butte County, CACA209,211578−5%

32Kings County, CACA154,327538+57%

33San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,367378−39%

34Humboldt County, CACA131,647331+204%

35Tuolumne County, CACA53,160302+403%

36Shasta County, CACA181,648218−22%

37Glenn County, CACA28,141165+117%

38Lake County, CACA67,772145−62%

39Siskiyou County, CACA42,013129+5%

40Sutter County, CACA98,78797−58%

41Yuba County, CACA88,69194−29%

42Plumas County, CACA18,58391–

43San Benito County, CACA70,08288−32%

44Mono County, CACA12,50574−55%

45Colusa County, CACA21,83669−76%

46Nevada County, CACA101,91162+35%

47Amador County, CACA41,87661−13%

48Lassen County, CACA28,11756−39%

49Mendocino County, CACA88,12250−80%

50Del Norte County, CACA26,41046+360%

51Tehama County, CACA64,66536−78%

52Calaveras County, CACA46,60531+48%

53Modoc County, CACA8,42626−43%

54Inyo County, CACA18,15820−78%

55Mariposa County, CACA16,9187–

56Trinity County, CACA15,7202−96%

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