Ranking of California Counties By White Alone Population in 2012
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all California counties, Los Angeles County had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (7.11M), followed by San Diego County (2.44M), and Orange County (2.29M).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all California counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of California Counties By White Alone Population in 2012
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| Rank | County | White Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles County | 7105521 |
| 2 | San Diego County | 2436763 |
| 3 | Orange County | 2290942 |
| 4 | Riverside County | 1827782 |
| 5 | San Bernardino County | 1609437 |
| 6 | Santa Clara County | 1054384 |
| 7 | Sacramento County | 941685 |
| 8 | Alameda County | 809695 |
| 9 | Contra Costa County | 735038 |
| 10 | Fresno County | 732156 |
| 11 | Ventura County | 709950 |
| 12 | Kern County | 708806 |
| 13 | San Joaquin County | 478768 |
| 14 | San Mateo County | 470855 |
| 15 | San Francisco County | 450976 |
| 16 | Stanislaus County | 439635 |
| 17 | Sonoma County | 430062 |
| 18 | Tulare County | 398140 |
| 19 | Santa Barbara County | 370755 |
| 20 | Monterey County | 350248 |
| 21 | Placer County | 312563 |
| 22 | Solano County | 254488 |
| 23 | San Luis Obispo County | 244790 |
| 24 | Santa Cruz County | 234600 |
| 25 | Marin County | 221074 |
| 26 | Merced County | 214019 |
| 27 | Butte County | 192508 |
| 28 | El Dorado County | 163364 |
| 29 | Shasta County | 158227 |
| 30 | Imperial County | 158164 |
| 31 | Yolo County | 155625 |
| 32 | Madera County | 131058 |
| 33 | Kings County | 122995 |
| 34 | Napa County | 118490 |
| 35 | Humboldt County | 113588 |
| 36 | Nevada County | 92280 |
| 37 | Mendocino County | 75988 |
| 38 | Sutter County | 70572 |
| 39 | Yuba County | 58044 |
| 40 | Tehama County | 57710 |
| 41 | Lake County | 56429 |
| 42 | San Benito County | 50360 |
| 43 | Tuolumne County | 49430 |
| 44 | Calaveras County | 41366 |
| 45 | Siskiyou County | 38632 |
| 46 | Amador County | 33755 |
| 47 | Lassen County | 27370 |
| 48 | Glenn County | 25094 |
| 49 | Del Norte County | 22280 |
| 50 | Colusa County | 19518 |
| 51 | Plumas County | 17748 |
| 52 | Mariposa County | 16216 |
| 53 | Inyo County | 14996 |
| 54 | Mono County | 13188 |
| 55 | Trinity County | 11979 |
| 56 | Modoc County | 8356 |
| 57 | Sierra County | 2921 |
| 58 | Alpine County | 807 |