Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Asian Alone in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all California counties, Santa Clara County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Asian Alone (37.02%), followed by San Francisco County (35.33%), and Alameda County (30.56%).

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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Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2016
Santa Clara
San Francisco
Alameda
San Mateo
Orange
Contra Costa
Sutter
San Joaquin
Sacramento
Solano
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Santa Clara County 37.02
2 San Francisco County 35.33
3 Alameda County 30.56
4 San Mateo County 29
5 Orange County 20.7
6 Contra Costa County 17.21
7 Sutter County 16.94
8 San Joaquin County 16.58
9 Sacramento County 16.39
10 Solano County 15.76
11 Los Angeles County 15.23
12 Yolo County 14.78
13 San Diego County 12.27
14 Fresno County 11.01
15 Napa County 8.46
16 Merced County 7.99
17 Ventura County 7.64
18 San Bernardino County 7.56
19 Placer County 7.41
20 Yuba County 7.16
21 Riverside County 6.94
22 Monterey County 6.77
23 Marin County 6.24
24 Stanislaus County 5.93
25 Santa Barbara County 5.88
26 Kern County 5.24
27 Santa Cruz County 4.99
28 Butte County 4.8
29 Kings County 4.44
30 Sonoma County 4.38
31 El Dorado County 4.35
32 Tulare County 4.01
33 San Luis Obispo County 3.85
34 San Benito County 3.38
35 Del Norte County 3.37
36 Shasta County 2.97
37 Glenn County 2.92
38 Humboldt County 2.85
39 Mono County 2.56
40 Madera County 2.38
41 Imperial County 2.16
42 Mendocino County 2.05
43 Colusa County 1.69
44 Amador County 1.64
45 Alpine County 1.61
45 Inyo County 1.61
45 Mariposa County 1.61
46 Calaveras County 1.57
47 Lassen County 1.41
47 Siskiyou County 1.41
48 Tehama County 1.38
49 Tuolumne County 1.35
50 Nevada County 1.32
51 Lake County 1.31
52 Trinity County 1.09
53 Modoc County 1.07
54 Plumas County 1.02
55 Sierra County 0.61