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.
You can also see similar information for other states, and also the ranking of all counties in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
White Alone in 2020
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 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 |