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Largest Subsaharan African population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Subsaharan African 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 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, CACA9,694,93490,237−16%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24827,633+3%

03Alameda County, CACA1,636,63025,661+38%

04Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46015,895+32%

05San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09115,756+8%

06Riverside County, CACA2,544,91614,986+42%

07Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39113,382+48%

08Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07011,567−24%

09Orange County, CACA3,149,50711,028+45%

10Solano County, CACA455,37611,019+12%

11San Joaquin County, CACA823,81510,365+298%

12San Francisco County, CACA826,0795,216+17%

13Fresno County, CACA1,035,4564,399+39%

14Kern County, CACA927,0683,466+30%

15Imperial County, CACA181,4113,065+600%

16Sonoma County, CACA486,4442,865+56%

17San Mateo County, CACA743,5682,747+30%

18Stanislaus County, CACA557,7192,561+121%

19Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0652,034+117%

20Marin County, CACA253,6941,966+89%

21Yolo County, CACA224,4101,682+24%

22Ventura County, CACA830,8511,642−2%

23Monterey County, CACA433,7291,517−6%

24Placer County, CACA442,0811,421+130%

25San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3671,274+127%

26Santa Cruz County, CACA258,852885+109%

27Kings County, CACA154,327843−22%

28Tulare County, CACA485,146779+29%

29Merced County, CACA297,260778+110%

30Butte County, CACA209,211716+85%

31Napa County, CACA132,949606+88%

32Sutter County, CACA98,787493+233%

33El Dorado County, CACA192,323378+0%

34Yuba County, CACA88,691351+63%

35Shasta County, CACA181,648304+30%

36San Benito County, CACA70,082283+218%

37Humboldt County, CACA131,647253−62%

38Madera County, CACA167,927224+10%

39Tehama County, CACA64,665211+29%

40Tuolumne County, CACA53,160197+66%

41Lassen County, CACA28,117171−27%

42Mendocino County, CACA88,122152+171%

43Del Norte County, CACA26,410144−40%

44Plumas County, CACA18,583127+1170%

45Lake County, CACA67,77294−75%

46Nevada County, CACA101,91181+7%

47Amador County, CACA41,87659+20%

48Inyo County, CACA18,15859−34%

49Colusa County, CACA21,83646+667%

50Siskiyou County, CACA42,01346−31%

51Mono County, CACA12,50527–

52Sierra County, CACA3,09810–

53Calaveras County, CACA46,60510−47%

54Glenn County, CACA28,1415−87%

55Modoc County, CACA8,4264−20%

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