Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all California counties, Nevada County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (85.38%), followed by Sierra County (84.24%), and Plumas County (83.7%).

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 2017
Nevada
Sierra
Plumas
Trinity
Calaveras
Mariposa
Tuolumne
Shasta
El Dorado
Amador
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Nevada County 85.38
2 Sierra County 84.24
3 Plumas County 83.7
4 Trinity County 82.35
5 Calaveras County 81.28
6 Mariposa County 80.31
7 Tuolumne County 80.2
8 Shasta County 79.93
9 El Dorado County 77.94
10 Amador County 77.83
11 Modoc County 77.76
12 Siskiyou County 76.32
13 Humboldt County 74.32
14 Placer County 72.65
15 Butte County 72.21
16 Marin County 71.82
17 Lake County 70.55
18 San Luis Obispo County 69.02
19 Tehama County 68.09
20 Alpine County 65.32
20 Mono County 65.32
21 Lassen County 65.26
22 Mendocino County 65.14
23 Sonoma County 63.71
24 Del Norte County 62.95
25 Inyo County 62.25
26 Santa Cruz County 57.62
27 Yuba County 55.08
28 Napa County 52.94
29 Glenn County 51.69
30 Yolo County 46.67
31 Sutter County 46.12
32 Ventura County 45.63
33 San Diego County 45.61
34 Sacramento County 44.75
35 Santa Barbara County 44.65
36 Contra Costa County 43.91
37 Stanislaus County 41.86
38 Orange County 40.67
39 San Francisco County 40.65
40 San Mateo County 39.39
41 Solano County 38.11
42 Riverside County 35.47
43 Colusa County 35.23
44 San Benito County 34.58
45 Madera County 34.28
46 Kern County 34.25
47 Kings County 32.24
48 San Joaquin County 31.75
49 Santa Clara County 31.51
50 Alameda County 31.46
51 Monterey County 29.96
52 Fresno County 29.4
53 Tulare County 28.65
54 San Bernardino County 28.57
55 Merced County 27.64
56 Los Angeles County 26.4
57 Imperial County 10.6