Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all California counties, Sierra County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (87.58%), followed by Nevada County (86.54%), and Plumas County (84.89%).

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 2011
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 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Sierra County 87.58
2 Nevada County 86.54
3 Plumas County 84.89
4 Trinity County 83.43
5 Calaveras County 83.41
6 Mariposa County 82.86
7 Shasta County 82.17
8 Tuolumne County 81.87
9 Amador County 79.99
10 El Dorado County 79.9
11 Siskiyou County 79.17
12 Modoc County 78.83
13 Humboldt County 76.9
14 Placer County 75.7
15 Butte County 74.81
16 Lake County 73.98
17 Marin County 72.91
18 Alpine County 71.82
19 Tehama County 71.48
20 San Luis Obispo County 70.75
21 Mendocino County 68.2
22 Mono County 67.76
23 Lassen County 66.66
24 Sonoma County 65.99
25 Inyo County 65.74
26 Del Norte County 64.47
27 Santa Cruz County 59.42
28 Yuba County 58.4
29 Napa County 55.9
30 Glenn County 55.37
31 Sutter County 49.83
32 Yolo County 49.54
33 Ventura County 48.2
34 San Diego County 48.12
35 Sacramento County 48.02
36 Santa Barbara County 47.55
37 Contra Costa County 47.33
38 Stanislaus County 46.23
39 Orange County 43.67
40 San Mateo County 42
41 San Francisco County 41.93
42 Solano County 40.62
43 Riverside County 39.12
44 Colusa County 39.01
45 Kern County 38.03
46 San Benito County 37.86
47 Madera County 37.62
48 San Joaquin County 35.41
49 Kings County 35.18
50 Santa Clara County 34.71
51 Alameda County 33.78
52 San Bernardino County 32.55
53 Monterey County 32.46
54 Fresno County 32.29
55 Tulare County 32.03
56 Merced County 31.33
57 Los Angeles County 27.65
58 Imperial County 13.27