Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Asian Alone in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all California counties, Santa Clara County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Asian Alone (40.53%), followed by San Francisco County (37.15%), and Alameda County (33.35%).

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 2021
Santa Clara
San Francisco
Alameda
San Mateo
Orange
Contra Costa
San Joaquin
Sutter
Sacramento
Solano
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Santa Clara County 40.53
2 San Francisco County 37.15
3 Alameda County 33.35
4 San Mateo County 31.68
5 Orange County 22.75
6 Contra Costa County 19.36
7 San Joaquin County 18.79
8 Sutter County 17.94
9 Sacramento County 17.85
10 Solano County 16.85
11 Los Angeles County 15.83
12 Yolo County 14.69
13 San Diego County 12.98
14 Fresno County 11.83
15 Placer County 9.15
16 Napa County 9.14
17 San Bernardino County 8.74
18 Ventura County 8.07
19 Yuba County 7.92
20 Merced County 7.69
21 Riverside County 7.61
22 Marin County 6.83
23 Monterey County 6.68
24 Stanislaus County 6.39
25 Santa Barbara County 5.73
26 Kern County 5.68
27 Butte County 5.36
28 El Dorado County 5.29
29 San Benito County 4.77
29 Sonoma County 4.77
30 Santa Cruz County 4.76
31 Kings County 4.39
32 Tulare County 4.19
33 San Luis Obispo County 4.08
34 Del Norte County 3.38
35 Shasta County 3.37
36 Glenn County 3.03
37 Humboldt County 3
38 Madera County 2.78
39 Mendocino County 2.35
40 Mono County 2.25
40 Trinity County 2.25
41 Imperial County 2.16
42 Calaveras County 2.08
43 Alpine County 1.87
44 Amador County 1.83
45 Inyo County 1.79
46 Lassen County 1.75
47 Mariposa County 1.74
47 Siskiyou County 1.74
48 Nevada County 1.65
49 Colusa County 1.59
50 Tuolumne County 1.58
51 Lake County 1.47
51 Tehama County 1.47
52 Modoc County 1.38
53 Plumas County 1.06
54 Sierra County 0.88