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Largest Scottish population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scottish ancestry, 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 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93473,659−18%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24848,786−19%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50740,545−20%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,91627,828−8%

05Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46020,322−29%

06Alameda County, CACA1,636,63020,294−1%

07Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39119,011−22%

08San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09118,634−21%

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07017,459−17%

10Ventura County, CACA830,85113,239−17%

11Sonoma County, CACA486,44412,480−13%

12San Francisco County, CACA826,07911,322−14%

13San Mateo County, CACA743,5689,558−21%

14Kern County, CACA927,0689,143−26%

15Placer County, CACA442,0818,926−16%

16Fresno County, CACA1,035,4568,400−15%

17Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0658,035+0%

18Marin County, CACA253,6947,913−10%

19San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3677,701−11%

20San Joaquin County, CACA823,8157,495+4%

21Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8526,894−21%

22Butte County, CACA209,2115,789−7%

23Solano County, CACA455,3765,453−30%

24El Dorado County, CACA192,3235,372−17%

25Monterey County, CACA433,7294,834−17%

26Stanislaus County, CACA557,7194,781−37%

27Humboldt County, CACA131,6473,889−15%

28Yolo County, CACA224,4103,860−18%

29Shasta County, CACA181,6483,693−14%

30Tulare County, CACA485,1463,355+0%

31Nevada County, CACA101,9113,147−19%

32Mendocino County, CACA88,1222,738+6%

33Napa County, CACA132,9492,462−25%

34Madera County, CACA167,9272,042−11%

35Tuolumne County, CACA53,1601,854−7%

36Calaveras County, CACA46,6051,794+7%

37Sutter County, CACA98,7871,695+3%

38Merced County, CACA297,2601,553−18%

39Kings County, CACA154,3271,332+10%

40Yuba County, CACA88,6911,252−5%

41Siskiyou County, CACA42,0131,230−24%

42Lake County, CACA67,7721,084−43%

43Tehama County, CACA64,6651,039−27%

44Amador County, CACA41,8761,030−8%

45Glenn County, CACA28,141758+13%

46Imperial County, CACA181,411703−4%

47Del Norte County, CACA26,410702−6%

48Inyo County, CACA18,158690+36%

49San Benito County, CACA70,082670−33%

50Plumas County, CACA18,583651−37%

51Mono County, CACA12,505534+41%

52Lassen County, CACA28,117485−56%

53Mariposa County, CACA16,918410−22%

54Colusa County, CACA21,836297−21%

55Trinity County, CACA15,720292−62%

56Modoc County, CACA8,426251−49%

57Sierra County, CACA3,09875−71%

58Alpine County, CACA1,04325−22%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS