Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2020

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all California counties, Nevada County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (93.17%), followed by Sierra County (93.02%), and Plumas County (90.87%).

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 2020
Nevada
Sierra
Plumas
Colusa
Calaveras
Tuolumne
Tehama
Imperial
Mono
Mariposa
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Nevada County 93.17
2 Sierra County 93.02
3 Plumas County 90.87
4 Colusa County 90.82
5 Calaveras County 90.64
6 Tuolumne County 90.45
7 Tehama County 90.14
8 Imperial County 90.08
9 Mono County 89.73
10 Mariposa County 89.42
11 Amador County 89.41
12 Glenn County 89.16
13 San Luis Obispo County 88.75
14 El Dorado County 88.15
15 Tulare County 87.8
16 Modoc County 87.62
17 Shasta County 87.31
18 Santa Cruz County 86.82
19 Trinity County 86.74
20 Lake County 86.72
21 San Benito County 86.54
22 Sonoma County 86.34
23 Mendocino County 85.89
24 Siskiyou County 85.76
25 Madera County 85.73
26 Santa Barbara County 85.19
27 Marin County 85.12
28 Butte County 85.1
29 Napa County 83.72
30 Ventura County 83.71
31 Placer County 83.15
32 Humboldt County 82.89
33 Monterey County 82.82
34 Stanislaus County 82.72
35 Merced County 81.93
36 Kern County 81.88
37 Kings County 81
38 Lassen County 80.84
39 Inyo County 79.78
40 Riverside County 78.84
41 Del Norte County 77.74
42 Yuba County 77.58
43 Fresno County 75.76
44 San Bernardino County 75.55
45 San Diego County 74.79
46 Yolo County 73.84
47 Sutter County 71.95
48 Orange County 70.25
49 Los Angeles County 70.06
50 Alpine County 69.88
51 San Joaquin County 64.96
52 Contra Costa County 64.44
53 Sacramento County 61.95
54 Solano County 59.19
55 San Mateo County 58.92
56 San Francisco County 52.28
57 Santa Clara County 51.38
58 Alameda County 48.97