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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Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2017
Imperial
Tulare
Merced
San Benito
Colusa
Monterey
Madera
Kings
San Bernardino
Kern
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