RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 58 SHOWN OF 58

Most remote workers, California counties · 2020

California counties with the most workers 16 and over who worked from home, as of the 2020 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of workers, not the remote-work share. This list covers the 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 58 is 6,995.

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01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934384,448–

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,248157,058–

03Orange County, CACA3,149,507139,948–

04Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39194,694–

05Alameda County, CACA1,636,63087,775–

06Riverside County, CACA2,544,91664,948–

07Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46062,914–

08San Francisco County, CACA826,07960,016–

09San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09156,681–

10Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07054,352–

11San Mateo County, CACA743,56838,506–

12Ventura County, CACA830,85133,354–

13Placer County, CACA442,08123,416–

14Sonoma County, CACA486,44422,512–

15Fresno County, CACA1,035,45622,366–

16Marin County, CACA253,69421,423–

17Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06516,684–

18San Joaquin County, CACA823,81515,910–

19Kern County, CACA927,06815,362–

20Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85214,464–

21Solano County, CACA455,37613,226–

22Stanislaus County, CACA557,71912,570–

23San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36711,745–

24Monterey County, CACA433,72911,418–

25El Dorado County, CACA192,3239,787–

26Yolo County, CACA224,4109,309–

27Tulare County, CACA485,1467,655–

28Nevada County, CACA101,9117,102–

29Butte County, CACA209,2116,995–

30Napa County, CACA132,9495,021–

31Humboldt County, CACA131,6474,994–

32Shasta County, CACA181,6484,499–

33Merced County, CACA297,2603,934–

34Imperial County, CACA181,4113,424–

35Lake County, CACA67,7723,421–

36Mendocino County, CACA88,1223,332–

37Kings County, CACA154,3272,912–

38Madera County, CACA167,9272,789–

39Sutter County, CACA98,7872,499–

40Calaveras County, CACA46,6051,826–

41Yuba County, CACA88,6911,651–

42San Benito County, CACA70,0821,575–

43Siskiyou County, CACA42,0131,506–

44Tuolumne County, CACA53,1601,362–

45Amador County, CACA41,8761,341–

46Tehama County, CACA64,6651,316–

47Glenn County, CACA28,141708–

48Trinity County, CACA15,720643–

49Mono County, CACA12,505622–

50Mariposa County, CACA16,918568–

51Del Norte County, CACA26,410548–

52Lassen County, CACA28,117499–

53Modoc County, CACA8,426476–

54Plumas County, CACA18,583469–

55Colusa County, CACA21,836438–

56Inyo County, CACA18,158382–

57Sierra County, CACA3,098168–

58Alpine County, CACA1,043136–

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