Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 2.23M people in California with English ancestry (5.64% of California population). Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Granite Bay CDP had the highest percentage of its population with English ancestry (22.45%), followed by Scotts Valley city (19.18%), and Magalia CDP (18.47%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having English ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in California.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
Granite Bay CDP
Scotts Valley city
Magalia CDP
Morro Bay city
Arroyo Grande city
Clayton city
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP
Healdsburg city
San Anselmo town
San Clemente city
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Granite Bay CDP 22.45
2 Scotts Valley city 19.18
3 Magalia CDP 18.47
3 Morro Bay city 18.47
4 Arroyo Grande city 17.38
5 Clayton city 17.27
6 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 17.21
7 Healdsburg city 16.60
8 San Anselmo town 16.34
9 San Clemente city 16.22
10 Grass Valley city 16.16
11 Soquel CDP 15.83
12 Mill Valley city 15.27
13 Corte Madera town 15.26
14 Rossmoor CDP 15.15
15 Atascadero city 15.10
16 Pacific Grove city 14.93
17 Rancho Mirage city 14.83
18 Seal Beach city 14.78
19 Dana Point city 14.66
19 Laguna Woods city 14.66
20 Los Osos CDP 14.61
21 Coto de Caza CDP 14.57
22 Encinitas city 14.42
23 Auburn city 14.29
24 Truckee town 14.18
25 Fair Oaks CDP 14.12
26 Orinda city 14.05
27 Malibu city 13.87
27 Manhattan Beach city 13.87
28 Piedmont city 13.86
29 Newport Beach city 13.73
30 Laguna Beach city 13.65
31 San Diego Country Estates CDP 13.63
32 Sonoma city 13.50
33 Benicia city 13.40
34 Coronado city 13.36
35 Pleasant Hill city 13.20
36 Alamo CDP 13.10
37 San Luis Obispo city 13.07
38 Rocklin city 13.03
39 Sierra Madre city 13.02
40 Diamond Springs CDP 12.96
41 Orangevale CDP 12.95
42 Lafayette city 12.87
43 Lincoln city 12.73
44 Yucca Valley town 12.71
45 Walnut Creek city 12.55
46 West Hollywood city 12.18
47 Placerville city 12.17
48 La Quinta city 12.11
49 Shasta Lake city 12.01
50 Cameron Park CDP 11.92
51 El Dorado Hills CDP 11.84
52 Half Moon Bay city 11.78
53 Orcutt CDP 11.76
54 Larkspur city 11.73
55 Martinez city 11.66
55 Petaluma city 11.66
56 Palm Desert city 11.63
57 Danville town 11.51
58 Carmichael CDP 11.50
58 Monterey city 11.50
59 Canyon Lake city 11.45
60 Roseville city 11.37
61 Alpine CDP 11.34
62 McKinleyville CDP 11.33
63 Camarillo city 11.32
63 Novato city 11.32
64 Palm Springs city 11.29
65 Solana Beach city 11.27
66 Yorba Linda city 11.25
67 Carlsbad city 11.20
68 Calimesa city 11.18
68 Moraga town 11.18
69 Citrus Heights city 11.17
70 Live Oak CDP 11.13
71 Ladera Ranch CDP 11.10
72 Livermore city 11.07
73 Ripon city 10.96
74 Santee city 10.93
75 Mission Viejo city 10.92
76 Folsom city 10.83
76 San Carlos city 10.83
77 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 10.80
78 Huntington Beach city 10.76
79 Redding city 10.72
80 San Juan Capistrano city 10.64
81 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 10.63
82 Los Gatos town 10.60
83 Davis city 10.59
84 Hermosa Beach city 10.52
85 Los Altos city 10.51
86 North Auburn CDP 10.49
87 Grover Beach city 10.36
88 Laguna Niguel city 10.34
88 Thousand Oaks city 10.34
89 Chico city 10.33
90 North Tustin CDP 10.31
91 Hillsborough town 10.26
92 Agoura Hills city 10.21
92 Rancho San Diego CDP 10.21
93 El Segundo city 10.17
93 Poway city 10.17
93 Redondo Beach city 10.17
94 Santa Barbara city 10.14
95 Oakdale city 10.13
96 Eureka city 10.11
97 Menlo Park city 10.07
97 Rohnert Park city 10.07
98 South Lake Tahoe city 10.02
99 Laguna Hills city 10.01
100 La Verne city 9.97
101 Claremont city 9.95
102 Rancho Santa Margarita city 9.92
103 Palos Verdes Estates city 9.91
104 Woodcrest CDP 9.87
105 La Mesa city 9.79
106 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 9.73
106 Murrieta city 9.73
107 Blackhawk CDP 9.71
108 Aliso Viejo city 9.69
109 Goleta city 9.67
110 Santa Rosa city 9.62
111 Yucaipa city 9.61
112 Clearlake city 9.55
113 Lake Forest city 9.45
114 Tehachapi city 9.43
115 Discovery Bay CDP 9.42
116 Santa Cruz city 9.40
117 Red Bluff city 9.39
118 San Rafael city 9.37
118 Winter Gardens CDP 9.37
119 Norco city 9.36
120 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 9.30
121 Napa city 9.28
122 La Riviera CDP 9.26
123 Valle Vista CDP 9.20
124 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 9.17
124 Palo Alto city 9.17
125 Big Bear City CDP 9.03
126 Simi Valley city 9.02
127 Capitola city 8.98
128 Berkeley city 8.95
129 Santa Monica city 8.94
130 Fortuna city 8.93
131 Arcata city 8.91
132 Clovis city 8.85
133 Windsor town 8.83
134 Costa Mesa city 8.79
134 Oroville city 8.79
134 Wildomar city 8.79
135 Golden Hills CDP 8.73
136 Pacifica city 8.69
137 Woodland city 8.61
138 Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) 8.58
139 Castaic CDP 8.56
140 Arden-Arcade CDP 8.51
141 La Cañada Flintridge city 8.49
141 Lodi city 8.49
142 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) 8.48
143 Morgan Hill city 8.47
144 Concord city 8.44
145 Banning city 8.38
146 Altadena CDP 8.37
147 Albany city 8.36
148 Alameda city 8.32
149 Moorpark city 8.26
150 Menifee city 8.21
151 Rosedale CDP 8.20
152 Ridgecrest city 8.18
153 Temecula city 8.16
154 Oakley city 8.11
155 Oildale CDP 8.09
156 Carpinteria city 8.07
157 Quartz Hill CDP 7.97
158 Linda CDP 7.96
159 Bonita CDP 7.92
160 Oak Park CDP 7.78
161 Valley Center CDP 7.73
162 Brentwood city 7.71
163 Glendora city 7.61
164 El Cerrito city 7.60
164 Yuba City city 7.60
165 San Marcos city 7.59
166 Pleasanton city 7.57
167 Ukiah city 7.53
168 Ramona CDP 7.51
169 Culver City city 7.45
170 Rancho Palos Verdes city 7.44
171 Burlingame city 7.42
172 Santa Clarita city 7.35
173 Prunedale CDP 7.32
174 Oceanside city 7.31
175 East Hemet CDP 7.23
176 Calabasas city 7.21
177 Anderson city 7.20
178 Beaumont city 7.18
179 Antelope CDP 7.05
180 San Dimas city 6.99