Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone 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 race as White Alone (93.43%), followed by Sierra County (92.94%), and Calaveras County (91.23%).

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 2018
Nevada
Sierra
Calaveras
Colusa
Plumas
Tuolumne
Tehama
Imperial
Mono
Amador
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Nevada County 93.43
2 Sierra County 92.94
3 Calaveras County 91.23
4 Colusa County 91.18
5 Plumas County 90.89
6 Tuolumne County 90.42
7 Tehama County 90.24
8 Imperial County 90.16
9 Mono County 89.97
10 Amador County 89.67
11 Mariposa County 89.41
12 Glenn County 89.27
13 El Dorado County 88.86
14 San Luis Obispo County 88.83
15 Modoc County 88.34
16 Tulare County 88.11
17 Shasta County 87.76
18 San Benito County 87.64
19 Lake County 87.17
20 Trinity County 87.05
21 Santa Cruz County 87.03
22 Sonoma County 86.77
23 Mendocino County 86.12
24 Siskiyou County 86.06
25 Butte County 85.95
26 Madera County 85.86
27 Santa Barbara County 85.42
28 Marin County 85.4
29 Placer County 84.19
30 Ventura County 84.08
31 Napa County 83.76
32 Stanislaus County 83.24
33 Humboldt County 83.22
34 Monterey County 82.67
35 Kern County 82.09
36 Merced County 81.89
37 Kings County 81.12
38 Lassen County 80.96
39 Inyo County 79.9
40 Riverside County 79.48
41 Yuba County 78.35
42 Del Norte County 77.97
43 San Bernardino County 76.3
44 Fresno County 76.29
45 San Diego County 75.3
46 Yolo County 74.01
47 Sutter County 72.64
48 Orange County 71.15
49 Los Angeles County 70.49
50 Alpine County 69.29
51 San Joaquin County 66.16
52 Contra Costa County 65.28
53 Sacramento County 62.73
54 San Mateo County 59.77
55 Solano County 59.53
56 San Francisco County 52.89
57 Santa Clara County 52.58
58 Alameda County 49.4