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Largest Swedish population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish 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 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93455,433−20%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24839,915−14%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50734,563−20%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,91619,154−29%

05Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39115,855−21%

06Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46015,032−29%

07San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09114,951−23%

08Alameda County, CACA1,636,63014,162−19%

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07013,789−18%

10Ventura County, CACA830,8519,452−27%

11San Francisco County, CACA826,0798,807−1%

12Sonoma County, CACA486,4448,639−18%

13Fresno County, CACA1,035,4567,663−17%

14Placer County, CACA442,0817,277−22%

15Stanislaus County, CACA557,7197,081−11%

16San Mateo County, CACA743,5687,003−28%

17Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0656,519−11%

18Marin County, CACA253,6945,725−19%

19Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8525,442−16%

20Kern County, CACA927,0685,432−37%

21San Joaquin County, CACA823,8154,862−33%

22San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3674,797−26%

23Butte County, CACA209,2113,838−24%

24El Dorado County, CACA192,3233,834−33%

25Solano County, CACA455,3763,435−23%

26Shasta County, CACA181,6483,397−37%

27Monterey County, CACA433,7292,914−30%

28Humboldt County, CACA131,6472,775−24%

29Yolo County, CACA224,4102,719−17%

30Tulare County, CACA485,1462,264−21%

31Nevada County, CACA101,9112,005−45%

32Mendocino County, CACA88,1221,829−8%

33Napa County, CACA132,9491,606−39%

34Merced County, CACA297,2601,266−37%

35Calaveras County, CACA46,6051,249−11%

36Sutter County, CACA98,7871,208+42%

37Madera County, CACA167,9271,130−15%

38Mono County, CACA12,505901+108%

39Yuba County, CACA88,691880+6%

40Tuolumne County, CACA53,160860−56%

41Kings County, CACA154,327821−23%

42Siskiyou County, CACA42,013810−35%

43Tehama County, CACA64,665783−40%

44Glenn County, CACA28,141759+94%

45Lake County, CACA67,772684−64%

46Amador County, CACA41,876595−63%

47San Benito County, CACA70,082584+17%

48Mariposa County, CACA16,918531+54%

49Plumas County, CACA18,583520+46%

50Inyo County, CACA18,158446+45%

51Colusa County, CACA21,836434+36%

52Imperial County, CACA181,411349−37%

53Lassen County, CACA28,117345−50%

54Del Norte County, CACA26,410303−59%

55Trinity County, CACA15,720248−46%

56Modoc County, CACA8,42635−84%

57Sierra County, CACA3,0989−97%

58Alpine County, CACA1,0437−82%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS