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Largest Subsaharan African population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Subsaharan African 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 55 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 55 is 723. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Madera County, CA, up 11 places to #27.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSUBSAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93488,449−18%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24830,641+14%

03Alameda County, CACA1,636,63024,741+33%

04Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46019,128+59%

05San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09117,226+18%

06Riverside County, CACA2,544,91616,575+57%

07▲1Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07013,465−12%

08▼1Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39113,326+48%

09Orange County, CACA3,149,50712,183+61%

10▲1San Joaquin County, CACA823,8159,614+269%

11▲1San Francisco County, CACA826,0797,659+71%

12▼2Solano County, CACA455,3767,241−26%

13Fresno County, CACA1,035,4564,612+45%

14Kern County, CACA927,0684,110+54%

15▲7Ventura County, CACA830,8513,497+109%

16▲2Stanislaus County, CACA557,7192,234+93%

17▼1Sonoma County, CACA486,4442,104+14%

18▲5Monterey County, CACA433,7292,087+30%

19▼2San Mateo County, CACA743,5681,875−11%

20Marin County, CACA253,6941,482+43%

21Yolo County, CACA224,4101,443+6%

22▼3Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0651,388+48%

23▲1Placer County, CACA442,0811,337+116%

24▼9Imperial County, CACA181,4111,180+169%

25▲2Kings County, CACA154,3271,043−4%

26▲2Tulare County, CACA485,146812+34%

27▲11Madera County, CACA167,927738+262%

28▲1Merced County, CACA297,260723+95%

29▼4San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,367633+13%

30▲1Napa County, CACA132,949593+84%

31▼1Butte County, CACA209,211576+48%

32▼6Santa Cruz County, CACA258,852524+24%

33▲1Yuba County, CACA88,691396+84%

34▼2Sutter County, CACA98,787346+134%

35▲11Nevada County, CACA101,911324+326%

36▼1Shasta County, CACA181,648314+34%

37▲5Mendocino County, CACA88,122309+452%

38▼5El Dorado County, CACA192,323286−24%

39▲11Siskiyou County, CACA42,013213+218%

40▲7Amador County, CACA41,876181+269%

41▼4Humboldt County, CACA131,647169−75%

42▼2Tuolumne County, CACA53,160122+3%

43▲2Lake County, CACA67,772115−70%

44▲8Calaveras County, CACA46,605104+447%

45▼9San Benito County, CACA70,08297+9%

46▼2Plumas County, CACA18,58393+830%

47▼8Tehama County, CACA64,66592−44%

48▼5Del Norte County, CACA26,41069−71%

49Colusa County, CACA21,83664+967%

50Mariposa County, CACA16,91835+59%

51▼10Lassen County, CACA28,11713−94%

52▲3Modoc County, CACA8,42612+140%

53▲1Glenn County, CACA28,1418−79%

54▼6Inyo County, CACA18,1581−99%

55Trinity County, CACA15,7201−96%

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