Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all California counties, Sierra County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (92.47%), followed by Nevada County (92.39%), and Colusa County (90.38%).

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 2023
Sierra
Nevada
Colusa
Plumas
Imperial
Calaveras
Tuolumne
Tehama
Mono
Glenn
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Sierra County 92.47
2 Nevada County 92.39
3 Colusa County 90.38
3 Plumas County 90.38
4 Imperial County 90.07
5 Calaveras County 89.78
6 Tuolumne County 89.74
7 Tehama County 89.56
8 Mono County 89.54
9 Glenn County 88.79
10 Mariposa County 88.62
11 Amador County 88.44
12 San Luis Obispo County 88.26
13 Tulare County 87.52
14 El Dorado County 87.16
15 Modoc County 86.49
16 Shasta County 86.42
17 Santa Cruz County 86.39
18 Lake County 85.95
19 Trinity County 85.87
20 Mendocino County 85.68
21 Sonoma County 85.5
22 Santa Barbara County 85.07
23 Madera County 84.93
24 Siskiyou County 84.92
25 San Benito County 84.5
26 Marin County 84.25
27 Butte County 83.87
28 Ventura County 83.15
29 Monterey County 82.93
30 Napa County 82.89
31 Humboldt County 82.29
32 Stanislaus County 81.83
33 Lassen County 81.48
34 Kern County 81.44
35 Merced County 81.34
36 Kings County 80.91
37 Placer County 80.69
38 Inyo County 78.67
39 Riverside County 77.96
40 Del Norte County 77.72
41 Yuba County 75.11
42 Fresno County 74.92
43 San Bernardino County 74.79
44 San Diego County 74.02
45 Yolo County 71.92
46 Sutter County 70.49
47 Los Angeles County 69.59
48 Orange County 68.66
49 Alpine County 68.62
50 San Joaquin County 62.7
51 Contra Costa County 62.35
52 Sacramento County 60.32
53 Solano County 58.08
54 San Mateo County 56.88
55 San Francisco County 50.84
56 Santa Clara County 49.16
57 Alameda County 47.12