Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2012
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all California counties, Sierra County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (87.39%), followed by Nevada County (86.3%), and Plumas County (84.86%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic White in 2012
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Sierra County | 87.39 |
| 2 | Nevada County | 86.3 |
| 3 | Plumas County | 84.86 |
| 4 | Trinity County | 83.7 |
| 5 | Calaveras County | 83.19 |
| 6 | Mariposa County | 82.79 |
| 7 | Shasta County | 81.84 |
| 8 | Tuolumne County | 81.8 |
| 9 | Amador County | 80.02 |
| 10 | El Dorado County | 79.71 |
| 11 | Siskiyou County | 78.56 |
| 12 | Modoc County | 78.21 |
| 13 | Humboldt County | 76.51 |
| 14 | Placer County | 75.28 |
| 15 | Butte County | 74.5 |
| 16 | Lake County | 73.68 |
| 17 | Marin County | 72.89 |
| 18 | Tehama County | 71.07 |
| 19 | San Luis Obispo County | 70.3 |
| 20 | Alpine County | 68.23 |
| 21 | Mendocino County | 67.81 |
| 22 | Mono County | 67.02 |
| 23 | Lassen County | 66.06 |
| 24 | Sonoma County | 65.62 |
| 25 | Inyo County | 64.8 |
| 26 | Del Norte County | 63.68 |
| 27 | Santa Cruz County | 59.12 |
| 28 | Yuba County | 58.03 |
| 29 | Napa County | 55.4 |
| 30 | Glenn County | 54.7 |
| 31 | Sutter County | 49.25 |
| 32 | Yolo County | 49.08 |
| 33 | Ventura County | 47.8 |
| 34 | San Diego County | 47.74 |
| 35 | Sacramento County | 47.61 |
| 36 | Santa Barbara County | 47.12 |
| 37 | Contra Costa County | 46.93 |
| 38 | Stanislaus County | 45.65 |
| 39 | Orange County | 43.21 |
| 40 | San Francisco County | 41.83 |
| 41 | San Mateo County | 41.59 |
| 42 | Solano County | 40.42 |
| 43 | Riverside County | 38.6 |
| 44 | Colusa County | 38.51 |
| 45 | Kern County | 37.57 |
| 46 | San Benito County | 37.5 |
| 47 | Madera County | 37.15 |
| 48 | San Joaquin County | 35.01 |
| 49 | Kings County | 34.85 |
| 50 | Santa Clara County | 34.28 |
| 51 | Alameda County | 33.46 |
| 52 | Monterey County | 32.06 |
| 53 | San Bernardino County | 31.96 |
| 54 | Fresno County | 31.82 |
| 55 | Tulare County | 31.45 |
| 56 | Merced County | 30.77 |
| 57 | Los Angeles County | 27.43 |
| 58 | Imperial County | 12.87 |