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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.

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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%

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

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

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

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

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

12Solano County, CACA455,3767,241−26%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25Kings County, CACA154,3271,043−4%

26Tulare County, CACA485,146812+34%

27Madera County, CACA167,927738+262%

28Merced County, CACA297,260723+95%

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

30Napa County, CACA132,949593+84%

31Butte County, CACA209,211576+48%

32Santa Cruz County, CACA258,852524+24%

33Yuba County, CACA88,691396+84%

34Sutter County, CACA98,787346+134%

35Nevada County, CACA101,911324+326%

36Shasta County, CACA181,648314+34%

37Mendocino County, CACA88,122309+452%

38El Dorado County, CACA192,323286−24%

39Siskiyou County, CACA42,013213+218%

40Amador County, CACA41,876181+269%

41Humboldt County, CACA131,647169−75%

42Tuolumne County, CACA53,160122+3%

43Lake County, CACA67,772115−70%

44Calaveras County, CACA46,605104+447%

45San Benito County, CACA70,08297+9%

46Plumas County, CACA18,58393+830%

47Tehama County, CACA64,66592−44%

48Del Norte County, CACA26,41069−71%

49Colusa County, CACA21,83664+967%

50Mariposa County, CACA16,91835+59%

51Lassen County, CACA28,11713−94%

52Modoc County, CACA8,42612+140%

53Glenn County, CACA28,1418−79%

54Inyo County, CACA18,1581−99%

55Trinity County, CACA15,7201−96%

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