Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all California counties, San Francisco County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Asian (33.6%), followed by Santa Clara County (33.24%), and Alameda County (27.24%).

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.

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Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2012
San Francisco
Santa Clara
Alameda
San Mateo
Orange
Sutter
Contra Costa
Sacramento
Solano
San Joaquin
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 San Francisco County 33.6
2 Santa Clara County 33.24
3 Alameda County 27.24
4 San Mateo County 25.68
5 Orange County 18.48
6 Sutter County 15.31
7 Contra Costa County 15.07
8 Sacramento County 14.64
9 Solano County 14.54
10 San Joaquin County 14.17
11 Los Angeles County 13.9
12 Yolo County 13.3
13 San Diego County 10.99
14 Fresno County 9.66
15 Merced County 7.36
16 Napa County 7.18
17 Ventura County 6.81
18 Yuba County 6.56
19 San Bernardino County 6.35
20 Placer County 6.21
21 Riverside County 5.98
22 Monterey County 5.77
23 Marin County 5.66
24 Stanislaus County 5.01
25 Santa Barbara County 4.85
26 Butte County 4.24
27 Kern County 4.21
28 Santa Cruz County 4.2
29 Sonoma County 3.8
30 Kings County 3.67
31 El Dorado County 3.59
32 San Luis Obispo County 3.3
33 Tulare County 3.26
34 Del Norte County 3.24
35 Shasta County 2.55
36 Glenn County 2.43
37 San Benito County 2.42
38 Humboldt County 2.34
39 Madera County 1.78
40 Mendocino County 1.71
41 Mono County 1.51
42 Colusa County 1.35
43 Inyo County 1.28
44 Imperial County 1.25
44 Mariposa County 1.25
45 Calaveras County 1.24
46 Siskiyou County 1.22
47 Nevada County 1.17
48 Lake County 1.07
48 Lassen County 1.07
49 Amador County 1.06
50 Tuolumne County 1.02
51 Tehama County 0.99
52 Modoc County 0.86
53 Plumas County 0.83
54 Alpine County 0.81
55 Trinity County 0.7
56 Sierra County 0.39