Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all California counties, Imperial County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (81.53%), followed by Tulare County (61.86%), and San Benito County (57.14%).

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 Hispanic or Latino in 2012
Imperial
Tulare
San Benito
Monterey
Colusa
Merced
Madera
Kings
Fresno
San Bernardino
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Imperial County 81.53
2 Tulare County 61.86
3 San Benito County 57.14
4 Monterey County 56.41
5 Colusa County 56.31
6 Merced County 56.22
7 Madera County 55.2
8 Kings County 51.97
9 Fresno County 51.24
10 San Bernardino County 50.52
11 Kern County 50.26
12 Los Angeles County 48.02
13 Riverside County 46.47
14 Santa Barbara County 43.59
15 Stanislaus County 43.07
16 Ventura County 41.09
17 San Joaquin County 39.68
18 Glenn County 38.66
19 Orange County 33.9
20 Napa County 32.75
21 San Diego County 32.56
22 Santa Cruz County 32.54
23 Yolo County 30.8
24 Sutter County 29.32
25 Mono County 26.88
26 Santa Clara County 26.6
27 Yuba County 26.07
28 Sonoma County 25.43
29 San Mateo County 25.28
30 Solano County 24.66
31 Contra Costa County 24.64
32 Mendocino County 22.99
33 Tehama County 22.84
34 Alameda County 22.49
35 Sacramento County 22.01
36 San Luis Obispo County 21.46
37 Inyo County 20.58
38 Del Norte County 18.93
39 Lassen County 18.23
40 Lake County 17.82
41 Marin County 15.61
42 San Francisco County 15.27
43 Butte County 14.83
44 Modoc County 14.42
45 Placer County 13.23
46 Amador County 12.65
47 El Dorado County 12.19
48 Tuolumne County 11.12
49 Siskiyou County 11.05
50 Calaveras County 10.68
51 Humboldt County 10.2
52 Mariposa County 9.19
53 Shasta County 8.86
54 Nevada County 8.83
55 Sierra County 8.64
56 Plumas County 8.17
57 Alpine County 8.1
58 Trinity County 6.93