Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all California counties, Nevada County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (82.96%), followed by Sierra County (82.03%), and Plumas County (81.92%).

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 2023
Nevada
Sierra
Plumas
Trinity
Tuolumne
Calaveras
Shasta
Mariposa
Modoc
Amador
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Nevada County 82.96
2 Sierra County 82.03
3 Plumas County 81.92
4 Trinity County 81.28
5 Tuolumne County 78.08
6 Calaveras County 77.09
7 Shasta County 76.69
8 Mariposa County 75.6
9 Modoc County 75.12
10 Amador County 74.69
11 El Dorado County 74.46
12 Siskiyou County 74.05
13 Humboldt County 70.97
14 Marin County 67.24
15 Placer County 67.14
16 Butte County 66.4
17 San Luis Obispo County 66.02
18 Mono County 65.14
19 Lake County 64.94
20 Lassen County 63.47
21 Tehama County 63.13
22 Del Norte County 62.65
23 Mendocino County 61.99
24 Alpine County 61.7
25 Sonoma County 59.13
26 Inyo County 58.97
27 Santa Cruz County 55.19
28 Napa County 49.19
29 Yuba County 48.99
30 Glenn County 47.54
31 San Diego County 43.15
32 Yolo County 42.91
33 Ventura County 42.53
34 Sutter County 41.66
35 Santa Barbara County 41.32
36 Sacramento County 40.9
37 Contra Costa County 38.68
38 San Francisco County 37.47
39 Orange County 37.4
40 Stanislaus County 36.2
41 San Mateo County 35.55
42 Solano County 33.42
43 Riverside County 31.03
44 Colusa County 30.87
45 Madera County 30.32
46 Kern County 30.01
47 San Benito County 28.88
48 Kings County 28.06
49 Alameda County 27.88
50 Santa Clara County 27.57
51 Monterey County 27.21
52 San Joaquin County 26.68
53 Fresno County 26.38
54 Tulare County 25.87
55 Los Angeles County 25.27
56 San Bernardino County 24.54
57 Merced County 23.34
58 Imperial County 8.95