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Largest Swedish population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish 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 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 58 is 2,248. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lake County, CA, up 8 places to #37.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93447,891−31%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24836,039−22%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50730,640−29%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,91616,699−38%

05▲1Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46014,548−31%

06▼1Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39113,255−34%

07▲1Alameda County, CACA1,636,63011,882−32%

08▲1Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07010,910−35%

09▼2San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0919,836−49%

10Ventura County, CACA830,8518,871−32%

11San Francisco County, CACA826,0798,146−9%

12Sonoma County, CACA486,4448,126−22%

13▲1Placer County, CACA442,0816,501−30%

14▼1Fresno County, CACA1,035,4566,378−31%

15▲1San Mateo County, CACA743,5685,990−38%

16▼1Stanislaus County, CACA557,7195,775−27%

17▲1Marin County, CACA253,6945,559−21%

18▼1Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0655,185−29%

19▲5El Dorado County, CACA192,3234,766−16%

20▲2San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3674,601−29%

21▼2Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8524,235−35%

22▼1San Joaquin County, CACA823,8154,069−44%

23▼3Kern County, CACA927,0683,984−53%

24▲2Shasta County, CACA181,6483,538−35%

25Solano County, CACA455,3763,376−24%

26▼3Butte County, CACA209,2112,902−43%

27Monterey County, CACA433,7292,423−42%

28Humboldt County, CACA131,6472,280−37%

29Yolo County, CACA224,4102,248−31%

30▲1Nevada County, CACA101,9111,905−48%

31▼1Tulare County, CACA485,1461,829−36%

32▲1Napa County, CACA132,9491,730−34%

33▼1Mendocino County, CACA88,1221,553−22%

34▲3Madera County, CACA167,9271,369+2%

35▲5Tuolumne County, CACA53,1601,171−41%

36▼2Merced County, CACA297,2601,142−43%

37▲8Lake County, CACA67,772949−49%

38▼3Calaveras County, CACA46,605936−34%

39▲8San Benito County, CACA70,082932+86%

40▼4Sutter County, CACA98,787922+9%

41▲1Siskiyou County, CACA42,013738−41%

42▼1Kings County, CACA154,327688−36%

43▲3Amador County, CACA41,876611−62%

44▼6Mono County, CACA12,505607+40%

45▼1Glenn County, CACA28,141600+53%

46▼3Tehama County, CACA64,665425−67%

47▼8Yuba County, CACA88,691401−52%

48▲2Inyo County, CACA18,158384+25%

49Plumas County, CACA18,583376+5%

50▲4Del Norte County, CACA26,410365−51%

51▼3Mariposa County, CACA16,918333−3%

52▲1Lassen County, CACA28,117267−61%

53▼1Imperial County, CACA181,411215−61%

54▲1Trinity County, CACA15,720201−56%

55▼4Colusa County, CACA21,83690−72%

56Modoc County, CACA8,42658−73%

57Sierra County, CACA3,09835−89%

58Alpine County, CACA1,04322−42%

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