Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all California counties, Imperial County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (84%), followed by Tulare County (64.05%), and San Benito County (59.03%).

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 2016
Imperial
Tulare
San Benito
Merced
Colusa
Monterey
Madera
Kings
San Bernardino
Fresno
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Imperial County 84
2 Tulare County 64.05
3 San Benito County 59.03
4 Merced County 58.85
5 Colusa County 58.59
6 Monterey County 58.25
7 Madera County 57.38
8 Kings County 54.04
9 San Bernardino County 52.67
10 Fresno County 52.66
11 Kern County 52.65
12 Riverside County 48.27
13 Los Angeles County 48.2
14 Stanislaus County 45.57
15 Santa Barbara County 44.97
16 Ventura County 42.26
17 Glenn County 41.28
18 San Joaquin County 40.98
19 Orange County 33.87
20 Napa County 33.59
21 San Diego County 33.45
22 Santa Cruz County 33.24
23 Yolo County 31.36
24 Sutter County 30.39
25 Yuba County 27.82
26 Mono County 26.72
27 Sonoma County 26.36
28 Solano County 25.99
29 Santa Clara County 25.51
30 Contra Costa County 25.32
31 Mendocino County 24.91
32 Tehama County 24.68
33 San Mateo County 24.51
34 Sacramento County 22.94
35 Alameda County 22.34
36 San Luis Obispo County 22.32
37 Inyo County 21.74
38 Lake County 19.9
39 Del Norte County 19.73
40 Lassen County 18.65
41 Butte County 15.98
42 Marin County 15.81
43 San Francisco County 15.19
44 Modoc County 14.93
45 Placer County 13.83
46 Amador County 13.42
47 El Dorado County 12.68
48 Siskiyou County 12.32
49 Tuolumne County 12.07
50 Calaveras County 11.65
51 Humboldt County 11.35
52 Mariposa County 10.96
53 Sierra County 10.45
54 Alpine County 9.88
55 Shasta County 9.84
56 Nevada County 9.28
57 Plumas County 8.98
58 Trinity County 7.22