Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all California counties, Imperial County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (84.62%), followed by Tulare County (65.1%), and San Benito County (60.24%).

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.

You can also see similar information for other states, and also the ranking of all counties in the United States.

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Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2018
Imperial
Tulare
San Benito
Merced
Colusa
Monterey
Madera
Kings
Kern
San Bernardino
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Imperial County 84.62
2 Tulare County 65.1
3 San Benito County 60.24
4 Merced County 60.18
5 Colusa County 60.03
6 Monterey County 59.06
7 Madera County 58.24
8 Kings County 54.98
9 Kern County 53.8
10 San Bernardino County 53.77
11 Fresno County 53.34
12 Riverside County 49.36
13 Los Angeles County 48.29
14 Stanislaus County 46.93
15 Santa Barbara County 45.66
16 Ventura County 42.72
17 Glenn County 42.35
18 San Joaquin County 41.77
19 Napa County 34.05
20 San Diego County 33.85
21 Orange County 33.76
22 Santa Cruz County 33.68
23 Yolo County 31.62
24 Sutter County 31.27
25 Yuba County 28.8
26 Mono County 27.06
27 Sonoma County 26.98
28 Solano County 26.77
29 Contra Costa County 25.74
30 Mendocino County 25.71
31 Tehama County 25.69
32 Santa Clara County 24.99
33 San Mateo County 24.07
34 Sacramento County 23.42
35 Inyo County 23.3
36 San Luis Obispo County 22.73
37 Alameda County 22.21
38 Lake County 21.2
39 Del Norte County 20.29
40 Lassen County 19.38
41 Butte County 16.68
42 Marin County 16.04
43 San Francisco County 15.18
44 Modoc County 14.59
45 Amador County 14.51
46 Placer County 14.28
47 El Dorado County 13.01
48 Siskiyou County 12.89
49 Tuolumne County 12.55
50 Calaveras County 12.37
51 Sierra County 11.92
52 Humboldt County 11.9
53 Alpine County 11.84
54 Mariposa County 11.83
55 Shasta County 10.35
56 Nevada County 9.53
57 Plumas County 9.35
58 Trinity County 7.58