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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Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2012
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 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
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