Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all California counties, Imperial County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (84.21%), followed by Tulare County (64.55%), and Merced County (59.63%).
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 Percentage of Pop. that are
Hispanic or Latino in 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imperial County | 84.21 |
| 2 | Tulare County | 64.55 |
| 3 | Merced County | 59.63 |
| 4 | San Benito County | 59.51 |
| 5 | Colusa County | 59.47 |
| 6 | Monterey County | 58.66 |
| 7 | Madera County | 57.76 |
| 8 | Kings County | 54.61 |
| 9 | San Bernardino County | 53.21 |
| 10 | Kern County | 53.2 |
| 11 | Fresno County | 52.97 |
| 12 | Riverside County | 48.81 |
| 13 | Los Angeles County | 48.24 |
| 14 | Stanislaus County | 46.25 |
| 15 | Santa Barbara County | 45.35 |
| 16 | Ventura County | 42.47 |
| 17 | Glenn County | 41.58 |
| 18 | San Joaquin County | 41.41 |
| 19 | Napa County | 33.86 |
| 20 | Orange County | 33.8 |
| 21 | San Diego County | 33.68 |
| 22 | Santa Cruz County | 33.46 |
| 23 | Yolo County | 31.51 |
| 24 | Sutter County | 30.82 |
| 25 | Yuba County | 28.28 |
| 26 | Mono County | 27.27 |
| 27 | Sonoma County | 26.68 |
| 28 | Solano County | 26.4 |
| 29 | Contra Costa County | 25.5 |
| 30 | Mendocino County | 25.26 |
| 31 | Santa Clara County | 25.23 |
| 32 | Tehama County | 25.17 |
| 33 | San Mateo County | 24.26 |
| 34 | Sacramento County | 23.18 |
| 35 | San Luis Obispo County | 22.53 |
| 36 | Inyo County | 22.4 |
| 37 | Alameda County | 22.28 |
| 38 | Lake County | 20.45 |
| 39 | Del Norte County | 19.45 |
| 40 | Lassen County | 19.09 |
| 41 | Butte County | 16.34 |
| 42 | Marin County | 15.92 |
| 43 | San Francisco County | 15.18 |
| 44 | Modoc County | 14.66 |
| 45 | Amador County | 14.12 |
| 46 | Placer County | 14.06 |
| 47 | El Dorado County | 12.84 |
| 48 | Siskiyou County | 12.52 |
| 49 | Tuolumne County | 12.37 |
| 50 | Calaveras County | 11.99 |
| 51 | Humboldt County | 11.69 |
| 52 | Mariposa County | 11.32 |
| 53 | Alpine County | 11.2 |
| 54 | Sierra County | 10.81 |
| 55 | Shasta County | 10.08 |
| 56 | Nevada County | 9.34 |
| 57 | Plumas County | 9.01 |
| 58 | Trinity County | 7.34 |