Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 2.23M people in California with English ancestry (5.64% of California population). Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Granite Bay CDP had the highest percentage of its population with English ancestry (22.45%), followed by Scotts Valley city (19.18%), and Magalia CDP (18.47%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having English ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in California.
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Related Topics: California ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | Ciy or Place | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granite Bay CDP | 22.45 |
| 2 | Scotts Valley city | 19.18 |
| 3 | Magalia CDP | 18.47 |
| 3 | Morro Bay city | 18.47 |
| 4 | Arroyo Grande city | 17.38 |
| 5 | Clayton city | 17.27 |
| 6 | Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP | 17.21 |
| 7 | Healdsburg city | 16.60 |
| 8 | San Anselmo town | 16.34 |
| 9 | San Clemente city | 16.22 |
| 10 | Grass Valley city | 16.16 |
| 11 | Soquel CDP | 15.83 |
| 12 | Mill Valley city | 15.27 |
| 13 | Corte Madera town | 15.26 |
| 14 | Rossmoor CDP | 15.15 |
| 15 | Atascadero city | 15.10 |
| 16 | Pacific Grove city | 14.93 |
| 17 | Rancho Mirage city | 14.83 |
| 18 | Seal Beach city | 14.78 |
| 19 | Dana Point city | 14.66 |
| 19 | Laguna Woods city | 14.66 |
| 20 | Los Osos CDP | 14.61 |
| 21 | Coto de Caza CDP | 14.57 |
| 22 | Encinitas city | 14.42 |
| 23 | Auburn city | 14.29 |
| 24 | Truckee town | 14.18 |
| 25 | Fair Oaks CDP | 14.12 |
| 26 | Orinda city | 14.05 |
| 27 | Malibu city | 13.87 |
| 27 | Manhattan Beach city | 13.87 |
| 28 | Piedmont city | 13.86 |
| 29 | Newport Beach city | 13.73 |
| 30 | Laguna Beach city | 13.65 |
| 31 | San Diego Country Estates CDP | 13.63 |
| 32 | Sonoma city | 13.50 |
| 33 | Benicia city | 13.40 |
| 34 | Coronado city | 13.36 |
| 35 | Pleasant Hill city | 13.20 |
| 36 | Alamo CDP | 13.10 |
| 37 | San Luis Obispo city | 13.07 |
| 38 | Rocklin city | 13.03 |
| 39 | Sierra Madre city | 13.02 |
| 40 | Diamond Springs CDP | 12.96 |
| 41 | Orangevale CDP | 12.95 |
| 42 | Lafayette city | 12.87 |
| 43 | Lincoln city | 12.73 |
| 44 | Yucca Valley town | 12.71 |
| 45 | Walnut Creek city | 12.55 |
| 46 | West Hollywood city | 12.18 |
| 47 | Placerville city | 12.17 |
| 48 | La Quinta city | 12.11 |
| 49 | Shasta Lake city | 12.01 |
| 50 | Cameron Park CDP | 11.92 |
| 51 | El Dorado Hills CDP | 11.84 |
| 52 | Half Moon Bay city | 11.78 |
| 53 | Orcutt CDP | 11.76 |
| 54 | Larkspur city | 11.73 |
| 55 | Martinez city | 11.66 |
| 55 | Petaluma city | 11.66 |
| 56 | Palm Desert city | 11.63 |
| 57 | Danville town | 11.51 |
| 58 | Carmichael CDP | 11.50 |
| 58 | Monterey city | 11.50 |
| 59 | Canyon Lake city | 11.45 |
| 60 | Roseville city | 11.37 |
| 61 | Alpine CDP | 11.34 |
| 62 | McKinleyville CDP | 11.33 |
| 63 | Camarillo city | 11.32 |
| 63 | Novato city | 11.32 |
| 64 | Palm Springs city | 11.29 |
| 65 | Solana Beach city | 11.27 |
| 66 | Yorba Linda city | 11.25 |
| 67 | Carlsbad city | 11.20 |
| 68 | Calimesa city | 11.18 |
| 68 | Moraga town | 11.18 |
| 69 | Citrus Heights city | 11.17 |
| 70 | Live Oak CDP | 11.13 |
| 71 | Ladera Ranch CDP | 11.10 |
| 72 | Livermore city | 11.07 |
| 73 | Ripon city | 10.96 |
| 74 | Santee city | 10.93 |
| 75 | Mission Viejo city | 10.92 |
| 76 | Folsom city | 10.83 |
| 76 | San Carlos city | 10.83 |
| 77 | Eastern Goleta Valley CDP | 10.80 |
| 78 | Huntington Beach city | 10.76 |
| 79 | Redding city | 10.72 |
| 80 | San Juan Capistrano city | 10.64 |
| 81 | San Buenaventura (Ventura) city | 10.63 |
| 82 | Los Gatos town | 10.60 |
| 83 | Davis city | 10.59 |
| 84 | Hermosa Beach city | 10.52 |
| 85 | Los Altos city | 10.51 |
| 86 | North Auburn CDP | 10.49 |
| 87 | Grover Beach city | 10.36 |
| 88 | Laguna Niguel city | 10.34 |
| 88 | Thousand Oaks city | 10.34 |
| 89 | Chico city | 10.33 |
| 90 | North Tustin CDP | 10.31 |
| 91 | Hillsborough town | 10.26 |
| 92 | Agoura Hills city | 10.21 |
| 92 | Rancho San Diego CDP | 10.21 |
| 93 | El Segundo city | 10.17 |
| 93 | Poway city | 10.17 |
| 93 | Redondo Beach city | 10.17 |
| 94 | Santa Barbara city | 10.14 |
| 95 | Oakdale city | 10.13 |
| 96 | Eureka city | 10.11 |
| 97 | Menlo Park city | 10.07 |
| 97 | Rohnert Park city | 10.07 |
| 98 | South Lake Tahoe city | 10.02 |
| 99 | Laguna Hills city | 10.01 |
| 100 | La Verne city | 9.97 |
| 101 | Claremont city | 9.95 |
| 102 | Rancho Santa Margarita city | 9.92 |
| 103 | Palos Verdes Estates city | 9.91 |
| 104 | Woodcrest CDP | 9.87 |
| 105 | La Mesa city | 9.79 |
| 106 | Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP | 9.73 |
| 106 | Murrieta city | 9.73 |
| 107 | Blackhawk CDP | 9.71 |
| 108 | Aliso Viejo city | 9.69 |
| 109 | Goleta city | 9.67 |
| 110 | Santa Rosa city | 9.62 |
| 111 | Yucaipa city | 9.61 |
| 112 | Clearlake city | 9.55 |
| 113 | Lake Forest city | 9.45 |
| 114 | Tehachapi city | 9.43 |
| 115 | Discovery Bay CDP | 9.42 |
| 116 | Santa Cruz city | 9.40 |
| 117 | Red Bluff city | 9.39 |
| 118 | San Rafael city | 9.37 |
| 118 | Winter Gardens CDP | 9.37 |
| 119 | Norco city | 9.36 |
| 120 | El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city | 9.30 |
| 121 | Napa city | 9.28 |
| 122 | La Riviera CDP | 9.26 |
| 123 | Valle Vista CDP | 9.20 |
| 124 | La Crescenta-Montrose CDP | 9.17 |
| 124 | Palo Alto city | 9.17 |
| 125 | Big Bear City CDP | 9.03 |
| 126 | Simi Valley city | 9.02 |
| 127 | Capitola city | 8.98 |
| 128 | Berkeley city | 8.95 |
| 129 | Santa Monica city | 8.94 |
| 130 | Fortuna city | 8.93 |
| 131 | Arcata city | 8.91 |
| 132 | Clovis city | 8.85 |
| 133 | Windsor town | 8.83 |
| 134 | Costa Mesa city | 8.79 |
| 134 | Oroville city | 8.79 |
| 134 | Wildomar city | 8.79 |
| 135 | Golden Hills CDP | 8.73 |
| 136 | Pacifica city | 8.69 |
| 137 | Woodland city | 8.61 |
| 138 | Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) | 8.58 |
| 139 | Castaic CDP | 8.56 |
| 140 | Arden-Arcade CDP | 8.51 |
| 141 | La Cañada Flintridge city | 8.49 |
| 141 | Lodi city | 8.49 |
| 142 | El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) | 8.48 |
| 143 | Morgan Hill city | 8.47 |
| 144 | Concord city | 8.44 |
| 145 | Banning city | 8.38 |
| 146 | Altadena CDP | 8.37 |
| 147 | Albany city | 8.36 |
| 148 | Alameda city | 8.32 |
| 149 | Moorpark city | 8.26 |
| 150 | Menifee city | 8.21 |
| 151 | Rosedale CDP | 8.20 |
| 152 | Ridgecrest city | 8.18 |
| 153 | Temecula city | 8.16 |
| 154 | Oakley city | 8.11 |
| 155 | Oildale CDP | 8.09 |
| 156 | Carpinteria city | 8.07 |
| 157 | Quartz Hill CDP | 7.97 |
| 158 | Linda CDP | 7.96 |
| 159 | Bonita CDP | 7.92 |
| 160 | Oak Park CDP | 7.78 |
| 161 | Valley Center CDP | 7.73 |
| 162 | Brentwood city | 7.71 |
| 163 | Glendora city | 7.61 |
| 164 | El Cerrito city | 7.60 |
| 164 | Yuba City city | 7.60 |
| 165 | San Marcos city | 7.59 |
| 166 | Pleasanton city | 7.57 |
| 167 | Ukiah city | 7.53 |
| 168 | Ramona CDP | 7.51 |
| 169 | Culver City city | 7.45 |
| 170 | Rancho Palos Verdes city | 7.44 |
| 171 | Burlingame city | 7.42 |
| 172 | Santa Clarita city | 7.35 |
| 173 | Prunedale CDP | 7.32 |
| 174 | Oceanside city | 7.31 |
| 175 | East Hemet CDP | 7.23 |
| 176 | Calabasas city | 7.21 |
| 177 | Anderson city | 7.20 |
| 178 | Beaumont city | 7.18 |
| 179 | Antelope CDP | 7.05 |
| 180 | San Dimas city | 6.99 |