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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.

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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%

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

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

09San 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%

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

14Kern County, CACA927,0689,579−22%

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

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

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

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

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

20Marin County, CACA253,6946,263−29%

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

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

23Butte County, CACA209,2115,695−8%

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

25Solano County, CACA455,3765,464−30%

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

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

28Humboldt County, CACA131,6474,571−0%

29Yolo County, CACA224,4103,881−17%

30Tulare County, CACA485,1463,124−7%

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

32Nevada County, CACA101,9112,557−34%

33Napa County, CACA132,9492,433−26%

34Tuolumne County, CACA53,1601,914−3%

35Merced County, CACA297,2601,839−2%

36Madera County, CACA167,9271,761−24%

37Lake County, CACA67,7721,639−13%

38Tehama County, CACA64,6651,434+0%

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

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

41Sutter County, CACA98,7871,353−18%

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

43Amador County, CACA41,8761,123−0%

44Kings County, CACA154,3271,023−16%

45Del Norte County, CACA26,410819+10%

46San Benito County, CACA70,082718−28%

47Lassen County, CACA28,117477−57%

48Mono County, CACA12,505457+21%

49Inyo County, CACA18,158452−11%

50Imperial County, CACA181,411445−39%

51Mariposa County, CACA16,918422−20%

52Plumas County, CACA18,583413−60%

53Glenn County, CACA28,141408−39%

54Colusa County, CACA21,836281−26%

55Modoc County, CACA8,426223−54%

56Trinity County, CACA15,720177−77%

57Sierra County, CACA3,09862−76%

58Alpine County, CACA1,04319−41%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES