Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all California counties, Nevada County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (85.13%), followed by Plumas County (83.33%), and Sierra County (82.88%).

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 2018
Nevada
Plumas
Sierra
Trinity
Calaveras
Tuolumne
Mariposa
Shasta
El Dorado
Modoc
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Nevada County 85.13
2 Plumas County 83.33
3 Sierra County 82.88
4 Trinity County 81.82
5 Calaveras County 80.74
6 Tuolumne County 79.97
7 Mariposa County 79.61
8 Shasta County 79.55
9 El Dorado County 77.56
10 Modoc County 77.47
11 Amador County 77.36
12 Siskiyou County 75.69
13 Humboldt County 73.97
14 Placer County 71.93
15 Butte County 71.73
16 Marin County 71.46
17 Lake County 69.76
18 San Luis Obispo County 68.75
19 Tehama County 67.62
20 Mono County 65.49
21 Lassen County 64.94
22 Mendocino County 64.72
23 Alpine County 63.46
24 Sonoma County 63.27
25 Del Norte County 61.91
26 Inyo County 61.27
27 Santa Cruz County 57.24
28 Yuba County 54.36
29 Napa County 52.44
30 Glenn County 50.87
31 Yolo County 46.31
32 Sutter County 45.39
33 San Diego County 45.24
33 Ventura County 45.24
34 Santa Barbara County 44.26
35 Sacramento County 44.13
36 Contra Costa County 43.24
37 Stanislaus County 41.04
38 San Francisco County 40.4
39 Orange County 40.18
40 San Mateo County 38.97
41 Solano County 37.57
42 Riverside County 34.73
43 Colusa County 34.63
44 Madera County 33.76
45 San Benito County 33.62
46 Kern County 33.58
47 Kings County 31.76
48 Alameda County 30.97
49 San Joaquin County 30.93
50 Santa Clara County 30.92
51 Monterey County 29.63
52 Fresno County 28.9
53 Tulare County 28.07
54 San Bernardino County 27.83
55 Merced County 27.04
56 Los Angeles County 26.24
57 Imperial County 10.28