Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all California counties, Sierra County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (95.45%), followed by Nevada County (94.04%), and Mono County (92.5%).

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 White Alone in 2011
Sierra
Nevada
Mono
Calaveras
Colusa
Plumas
Tehama
Tuolumne
Mariposa
Amador
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Sierra County 95.45
2 Nevada County 94.04
3 Mono County 92.5
4 Calaveras County 92.44
5 Colusa County 91.92
6 Plumas County 91.57
7 Tehama County 91.33
8 Tuolumne County 91.19
9 Mariposa County 90.84
10 Amador County 90.77
11 El Dorado County 90.6
12 Glenn County 90.26
13 Modoc County 89.65
14 Imperial County 89.59
15 San Luis Obispo County 89.42
16 Shasta County 89.11
17 San Benito County 88.92
18 Trinity County 88.61
19 Tulare County 88.59
20 Lake County 88.27
21 Santa Cruz County 88.16
22 Sonoma County 87.95
23 Siskiyou County 87.84
24 Butte County 87.24
25 Mendocino County 87.2
26 Placer County 87.06
27 Santa Barbara County 86.44
28 Marin County 86.35
29 Madera County 86.31
30 Napa County 85.86
31 Ventura County 85.31
32 Humboldt County 84.72
33 Stanislaus County 84.66
34 Kern County 83.01
35 Monterey County 82.55
36 Inyo County 82.24
37 Merced County 82.09
38 Lassen County 81.78
39 Kings County 81.44
40 Riverside County 81.02
41 Yuba County 79.8
42 Del Norte County 79.4
43 San Bernardino County 77.71
44 Fresno County 77.62
45 San Diego County 76.95
46 Yolo County 76.42
47 Alpine County 75.57
48 Sutter County 75.27
49 Orange County 74.81
50 Los Angeles County 71.72
51 San Joaquin County 68.58
52 Contra Costa County 68.57
53 Sacramento County 65.44
54 San Mateo County 64.21
55 Solano County 60.62
56 Santa Clara County 58
57 San Francisco County 54.43
58 Alameda County 52.44