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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 299.83K people in California with Subsaharan African ancestry (0.76% of California population). Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, View Park-Windsor Hills CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Subsaharan African ancestry (5.91%), followed by Suisun City city (5.44%), and Hawthorne city (4.60%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Subsaharan African 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 Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
View Park-Windsor Hills CDP
Suisun City city
Hawthorne city
Fairfield city
Soledad city
Inglewood city
Blythe city
Lemon Grove city
Castro Valley CDP
Oakland city
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 View Park-Windsor Hills CDP 5.91
2 Suisun City city 5.44
3 Hawthorne city 4.60
4 Fairfield city 3.90
5 Soledad city 3.81
6 Inglewood city 3.80
7 Blythe city 3.55
8 Lemon Grove city 3.34
9 Castro Valley CDP 3.26
10 Oakland city 3.06
11 Mountain House CDP 3.03
12 Vacaville city 2.98
13 Hercules city 2.90
14 Carson city 2.84
14 Lathrop city 2.84
15 Stockton city 2.51
16 Spring Valley CDP (San Diego County) 2.35
17 Gardena city 2.34
18 French Valley CDP 2.33
19 Emeryville city 2.29
20 Ashland CDP 2.20
21 Temescal Valley CDP 2.18
22 Camp Pendleton South CDP 2.14
23 Coronado city 2.04
24 Alameda city 1.96
25 San Leandro city 1.90
26 Altadena CDP 1.85
26 Lawndale city 1.85
26 Moreno Valley city 1.85
27 Twentynine Palms city 1.81
28 Rosemont CDP 1.78
29 Pittsburg city 1.76
30 Granite Bay CDP 1.74
31 Pleasant Hill city 1.73
32 Richmond city 1.69
33 Culver City city 1.62
33 Westmont CDP 1.62
34 La Mesa city 1.60
35 Vallejo city 1.54
36 Elk Grove city 1.52
37 Brentwood city 1.50
37 Rancho Cordova city 1.50
38 El Centro city 1.49
39 Pinole city 1.48
40 Eastvale city 1.43
41 Clayton city 1.41
42 La Presa CDP 1.40
42 Mountain View city 1.40
43 Santa Monica city 1.39
44 Arden-Arcade CDP 1.37
44 Rancho Cucamonga city 1.37
45 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 1.35
46 Patterson city 1.30
47 Cherryland CDP 1.29
47 Quartz Hill CDP 1.29
48 Claremont city 1.28
48 Novato city 1.28
49 Berkeley city 1.27
49 Compton city 1.27
49 El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) 1.27
50 Duarte city 1.22
50 Sacramento city 1.22
51 Yucca Valley town 1.21
52 Antioch city 1.20
52 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 1.20
53 Lancaster city 1.19
53 Loma Linda city 1.19
53 Lomita city 1.19
53 Victorville city 1.19
54 Fairview CDP 1.18
55 Foster City city 1.17
55 Olivehurst CDP 1.17
55 San Diego city 1.17
56 Artesia city 1.16
57 Bellflower city 1.15
57 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) 1.15
57 Newark city 1.15
58 Agoura Hills city 1.14
58 El Cerrito city 1.14
58 Foothill Farms CDP 1.14
58 Grover Beach city 1.14
59 North Fair Oaks CDP 1.12
60 Chino Hills city 1.11
61 Los Angeles city 1.10
61 Upland city 1.10
62 Ladera Ranch CDP 1.09
62 San Bernardino city 1.09
63 Davis city 1.08
63 Hayward city 1.08
63 Signal Hill city 1.08
64 Highland city 1.07
65 Santa Clara city 1.04
66 Dana Point city 1.03
67 Seaside city 1.02
67 Stanford CDP 1.02
68 Imperial city 1.00
68 National City city 1.00
69 Mill Valley city 0.98
69 Rosedale CDP 0.98
70 Long Beach city 0.97
70 Tracy city 0.97
71 Rialto city 0.95
72 La Riviera CDP 0.94
73 Ceres city 0.93
73 Dublin city 0.93
74 Florin CDP 0.90
74 Isla Vista CDP 0.90
74 Pasadena city 0.90
74 Yuba City city 0.90
75 Antelope CDP 0.88
75 Lakewood city 0.88
75 West Sacramento city 0.88
76 Lynwood city 0.87
76 Palm Springs city 0.87
76 Riverside city 0.87
77 San Jose city 0.86
77 Union City city 0.86
78 Albany city 0.84
78 Montclair city 0.84
79 Carmichael CDP 0.83
79 Discovery Bay CDP 0.83
80 Oakley city 0.82
81 Bakersfield city 0.81
81 Beaumont city 0.81
81 Cerritos city 0.81
81 Marina city 0.81
81 Parkway CDP 0.81
82 Aliso Viejo city 0.79
82 Clovis city 0.79
82 Redlands city 0.79
82 San Ramon city 0.79
82 Santa Fe Springs city 0.79
83 Valinda CDP 0.78
84 Cupertino city 0.76
84 East Palo Alto city 0.76
85 Bay Point CDP 0.74
85 East Bakersfield CDP 0.74
85 Grand Terrace city 0.74
85 Hanford city 0.74
86 San Pablo city 0.73
86 Santa Rosa city 0.73
87 Bostonia CDP 0.71
87 Ontario city 0.71
87 San Luis Obispo city 0.71
88 University of California-Santa Barbara CDP 0.70
89 Concord city 0.69
89 El Cajon city 0.69
89 Fontana city 0.69
89 Glendora city 0.69
90 Fresno city 0.68
90 Willowbrook CDP 0.68
91 Murrieta city 0.67
91 Oceanside city 0.67
91 Palmdale city 0.67
91 Pomona city 0.67
91 San Francisco city 0.67
91 Vista city 0.67
91 Yucaipa city 0.67
92 Palm Desert city 0.66
92 Santa Cruz city 0.66
92 Tehachapi city 0.66
93 Campbell city 0.65
93 Corcoran city 0.65
94 Anaheim city 0.63
94 Calabasas city 0.63
94 Goleta city 0.63
94 Santa Clarita city 0.63
95 El Segundo city 0.62
95 Moraga town 0.62
96 Rancho Santa Margarita city 0.61
97 Chula Vista city 0.60
97 Larkspur city 0.60
97 Morgan Hill city 0.60
97 Newport Beach city 0.60
97 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 0.60
98 American Canyon city 0.59
98 Carpinteria city 0.59
98 North Tustin CDP 0.59
99 Livermore city 0.58
99 Redondo Beach city 0.58
100 North Highlands CDP 0.57
101 Beverly Hills city 0.56
101 Carlsbad city 0.56
101 Chino city 0.56
101 Garden Acres CDP 0.56
101 Los Alamitos city 0.56
101 Menifee city 0.56
101 Modesto city 0.56
102 Chowchilla city 0.55
102 Clearlake city 0.55
102 Hesperia city 0.55
102 Petaluma city 0.55
103 Calimesa city 0.54
103 Lemoore city 0.54
104 Lake Elsinore city 0.53
104 Rancho Palos Verdes city 0.53
104 Sunnyvale city 0.53
105 Dixon city 0.52
105 Temple City city 0.52
106 Colton city 0.51