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Largest Scottish population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scottish 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 3,881. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lake County, CA, up 5 places to #37.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93473,140−18%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24851,677−14%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50741,790−17%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,91627,986−8%

05Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46022,168−22%

06Alameda County, CACA1,636,63018,756−9%

07▲2Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07017,621−17%

08▼1Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39117,378−29%

09▼1San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09116,838−29%

10Ventura County, CACA830,85113,605−15%

11Sonoma County, CACA486,44412,923−10%

12San Francisco County, CACA826,07911,462−13%

13▲2Placer County, CACA442,08111,088+5%

14Kern County, CACA927,0689,579−22%

15▼2San Mateo County, CACA743,5689,309−23%

16Fresno County, CACA1,035,4569,080−8%

17▲2San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3677,949−8%

18▼1Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0657,533−6%

19▲1San Joaquin County, CACA823,8157,088−1%

20▼2Marin County, CACA253,6946,263−29%

21Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8526,209−29%

22▲4Stanislaus County, CACA557,7196,032−21%

23▼1Butte County, CACA209,2115,695−8%

24El Dorado County, CACA192,3235,545−14%

25▼2Solano County, CACA455,3765,464−30%

26▼1Monterey County, CACA433,7295,160−12%

27▲2Shasta County, CACA181,6484,764+12%

28▼1Humboldt County, CACA131,6474,5710%

29▼1Yolo County, CACA224,4103,881−17%

30Tulare County, CACA485,1463,124−7%

31▲1Mendocino County, CACA88,1222,667+3%

32▼1Nevada County, CACA101,9112,557−34%

33Napa County, CACA132,9492,433−26%

34▲1Tuolumne County, CACA53,1601,914−3%

35▲3Merced County, CACA297,2601,839−2%

36▼2Madera County, CACA167,9271,761−24%

37▲5Lake County, CACA67,7721,639−13%

38▲5Tehama County, CACA64,6651,4340%

39▼3Calaveras County, CACA46,6051,429−15%

40Yuba County, CACA88,6911,415+7%

41▼4Sutter County, CACA98,7871,353−18%

42▼1Siskiyou County, CACA42,0131,311−19%

43▲1Amador County, CACA41,8761,1230%

44▼5Kings County, CACA154,3271,023−16%

45▲2Del Norte County, CACA26,410819+10%

46▲3San Benito County, CACA70,082718−28%

47▲5Lassen County, CACA28,117477−57%

48▲3Mono County, CACA12,505457+21%

49▼1Inyo County, CACA18,158452−11%

50▼4Imperial County, CACA181,411445−39%

51▲2Mariposa County, CACA16,918422−20%

52▼2Plumas County, CACA18,583413−60%

53▼8Glenn County, CACA28,141408−39%

54Colusa County, CACA21,836281−26%

55▲1Modoc County, CACA8,426223−54%

56▼1Trinity County, CACA15,720177−77%

57Sierra County, CACA3,09862−76%

58Alpine County, CACA1,04319−41%

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