Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all California counties, Nevada County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (85.82%), followed by Sierra County (85.25%), and Plumas County (84.32%).

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 2015
Nevada
Sierra
Plumas
Trinity
Calaveras
Mariposa
Tuolumne
Shasta
Amador
El Dorado
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Nevada County 85.82
2 Sierra County 85.25
3 Plumas County 84.32
4 Trinity County 83.05
5 Calaveras County 82.29
6 Mariposa County 81.15
7 Tuolumne County 81.08
8 Shasta County 80.78
9 Amador County 79.46
10 El Dorado County 78.72
11 Modoc County 77.9
12 Siskiyou County 77.16
13 Humboldt County 75.23
14 Placer County 74
15 Butte County 73.17
16 Marin County 72.43
17 Lake County 71.95
18 San Luis Obispo County 69.63
19 Tehama County 69.5
20 Alpine County 66.67
21 Mendocino County 66.31
22 Mono County 66.07
23 Lassen County 66
24 Sonoma County 64.55
25 Inyo County 63.52
26 Del Norte County 62.74
27 Santa Cruz County 58.26
28 Yuba County 56.66
29 Napa County 53.88
30 Glenn County 52.78
31 Yolo County 47.79
32 Sutter County 47.54
33 San Diego County 46.47
34 Ventura County 46.45
35 Sacramento County 46.01
36 Santa Barbara County 45.67
37 Contra Costa County 45.3
38 Stanislaus County 43.58
39 Orange County 41.68
40 San Francisco County 41.24
41 San Mateo County 40.19
42 Solano County 39.25
43 Riverside County 36.9
44 Colusa County 36.75
45 San Benito County 35.85
46 Kern County 35.62
47 Madera County 35.38
48 Kings County 33.39
48 San Joaquin County 33.39
49 Santa Clara County 32.72
50 Alameda County 32.41
51 Monterey County 30.87
52 Fresno County 30.38
53 San Bernardino County 29.99
54 Tulare County 29.74
55 Merced County 29.04
56 Los Angeles County 26.78
57 Imperial County 11.38