Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all California counties, Sierra County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (88.04%), followed by Nevada County (86.66%), and Plumas County (85.14%).

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 White in 2010
Sierra
Nevada
Plumas
Trinity
Calaveras
Mariposa
Shasta
Tuolumne
Amador
El Dorado
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2010
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Sierra County 88.04
2 Nevada County 86.66
3 Plumas County 85.14
4 Trinity County 83.67
5 Calaveras County 83.65
6 Mariposa County 83.35
7 Shasta County 82.48
8 Tuolumne County 82.19
9 Amador County 80.09
10 El Dorado County 80.07
11 Siskiyou County 79.48
12 Modoc County 79.02
13 Humboldt County 77.35
14 Placer County 76.21
15 Butte County 75.27
16 Lake County 74.18
17 Marin County 73.16
18 Alpine County 72.7
19 Tehama County 71.87
20 San Luis Obispo County 71.18
21 Mendocino County 68.63
22 Mono County 68.25
23 Lassen County 67.08
24 Inyo County 66.33
25 Sonoma County 66.28
26 Del Norte County 64.98
27 Santa Cruz County 59.76
28 Yuba County 58.85
29 Napa County 56.43
30 Glenn County 55.86
31 Sutter County 50.43
32 Yolo County 50.01
33 Ventura County 48.72
34 San Diego County 48.56
35 Sacramento County 48.52
36 Santa Barbara County 47.99
37 Contra Costa County 47.87
38 Stanislaus County 46.81
39 Orange County 44.19
40 San Mateo County 42.42
41 San Francisco County 42.13
42 Solano County 40.95
43 Colusa County 39.84
44 Riverside County 39.69
45 Kern County 38.6
46 Madera County 38.26
46 San Benito County 38.26
47 San Joaquin County 35.94
48 Kings County 35.52
49 Santa Clara County 35.23
50 Alameda County 34.17
51 San Bernardino County 33.3
52 Monterey County 32.95
53 Fresno County 32.79
54 Tulare County 32.6
55 Merced County 31.92
56 Los Angeles County 27.91
57 Imperial County 13.67