RANKING · 2024 ACS · 58 SHOWN OF 58

Largest veteran population, California counties

California counties home to the most civilian veterans 18 and over, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of veterans, not the veteran share. This list covers the 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 58 is 7,464.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPVETERAN POPULATIONVS 2020

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934209,570−17%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,248183,791−13%

03Riverside County, CACA2,544,916109,216−9%

04Orange County, CACA3,149,50787,155−17%

05San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09176,558−14%

06Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46067,205−11%

07▲1Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39139,968−16%

08▼1Alameda County, CACA1,636,63039,894−17%

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07037,905−16%

10Ventura County, CACA830,85133,062−13%

11Fresno County, CACA1,035,45632,718−10%

12Kern County, CACA927,06831,813−10%

13Solano County, CACA455,37628,370−9%

14San Joaquin County, CACA823,81525,319−12%

15Placer County, CACA442,08123,924−6%

16Sonoma County, CACA486,44418,880−25%

17▲1San Francisco County, CACA826,07918,046−18%

18▼1San Mateo County, CACA743,56817,374−25%

19Stanislaus County, CACA557,71916,935−16%

20Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06515,770−20%

21San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36714,563−15%

22Monterey County, CACA433,72913,371−19%

23Tulare County, CACA485,14613,196−7%

24▲1Shasta County, CACA181,64812,002−12%

25▲1El Dorado County, CACA192,32311,480−15%

26▼2Butte County, CACA209,21111,249−21%

27Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8528,035−23%

28Marin County, CACA253,6947,912−16%

29Merced County, CACA297,2607,464−14%

30Kings County, CACA154,3277,079−18%

31▲1Nevada County, CACA101,9116,858−15%

32▲1Yolo County, CACA224,4106,631−10%

33▼2Humboldt County, CACA131,6476,535−23%

34Napa County, CACA132,9495,614−14%

35Madera County, CACA167,9275,461−13%

36Yuba County, CACA88,6915,002−14%

37▲1Sutter County, CACA98,7874,746−12%

38▼1Imperial County, CACA181,4114,439−23%

39▲2Lake County, CACA67,7724,400−11%

40▼1Tuolumne County, CACA53,1604,345−19%

41▼1Mendocino County, CACA88,1224,203−20%

42▲3Amador County, CACA41,8763,481−2%

43▲1Tehama County, CACA64,6653,435−12%

44▼2Calaveras County, CACA46,6053,286−19%

45▼2Siskiyou County, CACA42,0133,248−19%

46San Benito County, CACA70,0821,975−20%

47▲2Lassen County, CACA28,1171,833+4%

48▼1Del Norte County, CACA26,4101,670−7%

49▼1Plumas County, CACA18,5831,589−11%

50Mariposa County, CACA16,9181,197−21%

51▲2Trinity County, CACA15,7201,189+17%

52▼1Inyo County, CACA18,1581,172−16%

53▼1Glenn County, CACA28,1411,072−22%

54Modoc County, CACA8,426810−2%

55Colusa County, CACA21,836722−10%

56Mono County, CACA12,505544−15%

57Sierra County, CACA3,098132−37%

58Alpine County, CACA1,04340−47%

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