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Largest South American population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are South American 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 55 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSOUTH AMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934134,666+10%

02Orange County, CACA3,149,50737,934+28%

03San Diego County, CACA3,282,24827,312+66%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,91622,330+60%

05San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09121,340+26%

06Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39119,173+43%

07Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07015,523+50%

08Alameda County, CACA1,636,63014,231+40%

09San Mateo County, CACA743,56811,991+38%

10San Francisco County, CACA826,07911,093+41%

11Ventura County, CACA830,8518,418+33%

12Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4607,777+49%

13Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0654,015+90%

14Marin County, CACA253,6943,545+45%

15Solano County, CACA455,3763,190+99%

16Placer County, CACA442,0813,012+358%

17San Joaquin County, CACA823,8152,970+3%

18Sonoma County, CACA486,4442,954+84%

19Kern County, CACA927,0682,918+10%

20Fresno County, CACA1,035,4562,699+2%

21Monterey County, CACA433,7292,676+56%

22Yolo County, CACA224,4102,329+90%

23Stanislaus County, CACA557,7191,765+25%

24Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8521,637+20%

25San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3671,186+17%

26Tulare County, CACA485,1461,062+89%

27El Dorado County, CACA192,323843−0%

28Tuolumne County, CACA53,160763+819%

29Napa County, CACA132,949751+3%

30Merced County, CACA297,260750+9%

31Imperial County, CACA181,411743+190%

32Humboldt County, CACA131,647626+252%

33Shasta County, CACA181,648508+68%

34San Benito County, CACA70,082396+34%

35Mendocino County, CACA88,122386+615%

36Butte County, CACA209,211363−36%

37Kings County, CACA154,327343+56%

38Madera County, CACA167,927271+58%

39Nevada County, CACA101,911229+252%

40Yuba County, CACA88,691220+210%

41Lake County, CACA67,772144+10%

42Siskiyou County, CACA42,013138+263%

43Amador County, CACA41,876105+133%

44Sutter County, CACA98,787103−40%

45Calaveras County, CACA46,60564+482%

46Del Norte County, CACA26,41063+186%

47Alpine County, CACA1,04362–

48Inyo County, CACA18,15849+32%

49Plumas County, CACA18,58339+129%

50Tehama County, CACA64,66534–

51Mariposa County, CACA16,91827−50%

52Modoc County, CACA8,42616–

53Glenn County, CACA28,14114−89%

54Colusa County, CACA21,8369−74%

55Mono County, CACA12,5051–

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