Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all California counties, Imperial County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (85.06%), followed by Tulare County (65.61%), and Merced County (60.9%).

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 2019
Imperial
Tulare
Merced
San Benito
Colusa
Monterey
Madera
Kings
Kern
San Bernardino
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Imperial County 85.06
2 Tulare County 65.61
3 Merced County 60.9
4 San Benito County 60.61
5 Colusa County 60.18
6 Monterey County 59.35
7 Madera County 58.81
8 Kings County 55.22
9 Kern County 54.48
10 San Bernardino County 54.34
11 Fresno County 53.69
12 Riverside County 49.95
13 Los Angeles County 48.36
14 Stanislaus County 47.6
15 Santa Barbara County 45.98
16 Ventura County 43.01
17 Glenn County 42.45
18 San Joaquin County 41.97
19 Napa County 34.4
20 San Diego County 34.09
21 Santa Cruz County 33.84
22 Orange County 33.76
23 Yolo County 31.85
24 Sutter County 31.7
25 Yuba County 29.24
26 Sonoma County 27.26
27 Solano County 27.23
28 Mono County 26.84
29 Mendocino County 26.04
30 Contra Costa County 26.01
31 Tehama County 25.92
32 Santa Clara County 24.8
33 San Mateo County 23.87
34 Sacramento County 23.66
35 Inyo County 23.61
36 San Luis Obispo County 22.93
37 Alameda County 22.18
38 Lake County 21.98
39 Del Norte County 20.32
40 Lassen County 19.48
41 Butte County 17.35
42 Marin County 16.25
43 Modoc County 15.28
44 San Francisco County 15.17
45 Amador County 14.63
46 Placer County 14.46
47 Siskiyou County 13.25
48 El Dorado County 13.18
49 Calaveras County 12.98
50 Sierra County 12.74
50 Tuolumne County 12.74
51 Alpine County 12.58
52 Humboldt County 12.19
53 Mariposa County 12.18
54 Shasta County 10.63
55 Nevada County 9.75
56 Plumas County 9.35
57 Trinity County 7.48