Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all California counties, Nevada County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (85.58%), followed by Sierra County (84.51%), and Plumas County (83.67%).

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 2016
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 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Nevada County 85.58
2 Sierra County 84.51
3 Plumas County 83.67
4 Trinity County 82.8
5 Calaveras County 81.81
6 Mariposa County 80.66
7 Tuolumne County 80.55
8 Shasta County 80.38
9 Amador County 79.02
10 El Dorado County 78.31
11 Modoc County 77.56
12 Siskiyou County 76.61
13 Humboldt County 74.71
14 Placer County 73.28
15 Butte County 72.68
16 Marin County 72.14
17 Lake County 71.23
18 San Luis Obispo County 69.36
19 Tehama County 68.7
20 Alpine County 67.71
21 Lassen County 66.22
22 Mono County 65.97
23 Mendocino County 65.62
24 Sonoma County 64.15
25 Inyo County 62.99
26 Del Norte County 62.79
27 Santa Cruz County 57.96
28 Yuba County 55.88
29 Napa County 53.45
30 Glenn County 52.04
31 Yolo County 47.17
32 Sutter County 46.84
33 Ventura County 46.04
34 San Diego County 46.03
35 Sacramento County 45.38
36 Santa Barbara County 45.15
37 Contra Costa County 44.62
38 Stanislaus County 42.67
39 Orange County 41.18
40 San Francisco County 40.96
41 San Mateo County 39.82
42 Solano County 38.72
43 Riverside County 36.2
44 Colusa County 36.17
45 San Benito County 35.25
46 Kern County 34.95
47 Madera County 34.83
48 Kings County 32.81
49 San Joaquin County 32.62
50 Santa Clara County 32.13
51 Alameda County 31.96
52 Monterey County 30.38
53 Fresno County 29.85
54 San Bernardino County 29.3
55 Tulare County 29.19
56 Merced County 28.39
57 Los Angeles County 26.59
58 Imperial County 10.91