Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 2.75M people in California with German ancestry (6.96% of California population). Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Magalia CDP had the highest percentage of its population with German ancestry (23.04%), followed by Big Bear City CDP (19.51%), and Placerville city (19.02%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having German ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in California.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
Magalia CDP
Big Bear City CDP
Placerville city
Atascadero city
Los Osos CDP
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP
Manhattan Beach city
Orinda city
San Diego Country Estates CDP
Cameron Park CDP
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with German Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Magalia CDP 23.04
2 Big Bear City CDP 19.51
3 Placerville city 19.02
4 Atascadero city 17.68
5 Los Osos CDP 17.44
6 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 17.18
7 Manhattan Beach city 17.07
8 Orinda city 17.05
8 San Diego Country Estates CDP 17.05
9 Cameron Park CDP 16.94
9 Morro Bay city 16.94
10 Laguna Beach city 16.48
11 Arroyo Grande city 16.42
12 Alpine CDP 16.26
13 Mill Valley city 15.86
14 El Dorado Hills CDP 15.74
15 Orangevale CDP 15.72
16 Phelan CDP 15.63
17 Pacific Grove city 15.60
18 Dana Point city 15.59
19 Danville town 15.55
19 Monterey city 15.55
20 San Carlos city 15.37
21 San Clemente city 15.27
22 Fair Oaks CDP 15.25
23 Benicia city 15.23
24 Coto de Caza CDP 15.17
24 Petaluma city 15.17
25 Diamond Springs CDP 15.14
26 San Luis Obispo city 15.07
27 Clayton city 15.01
28 Citrus Heights city 14.98
29 Corte Madera town 14.89
30 Encinitas city 14.78
31 Sonoma city 14.52
32 Carlsbad city 14.45
33 Shasta Lake city 14.44
34 Winter Gardens CDP 14.38
35 San Anselmo town 14.37
36 Lincoln city 14.32
37 Ladera Ranch CDP 14.31
38 Discovery Bay CDP 14.29
39 Solana Beach city 14.27
40 El Segundo city 14.25
41 Lodi city 14.23
42 Scotts Valley city 14.14
43 Grover Beach city 14.02
44 Camp Pendleton South CDP 14.00
45 Orcutt CDP 13.97
45 Poway city 13.97
46 Auburn city 13.96
47 Healdsburg city 13.91
48 Newport Beach city 13.89
49 McKinleyville CDP 13.88
50 Eureka city 13.86
51 Hermosa Beach city 13.82
52 Ridgecrest city 13.76
53 Rancho San Diego CDP 13.73
54 Lafayette city 13.67
55 Santee city 13.66
56 Marysville city 13.61
56 Sierra Madre city 13.61
57 Laguna Woods city 13.56
58 Chico city 13.55
59 Redding city 13.49
60 Valle Vista CDP 13.45
61 Golden Hills CDP 13.43
62 Grass Valley city 13.38
62 Roseville city 13.38
63 Pleasant Hill city 13.30
64 Yorba Linda city 13.29
65 Moraga town 13.27
66 Coronado city 13.21
67 Alamo CDP 13.20
68 Canyon Lake city 13.19
69 Ripon city 13.18
70 Granite Bay CDP 12.99
71 Capitola city 12.92
72 Livermore city 12.87
73 Camarillo city 12.85
74 Rocklin city 12.83
75 Palm Springs city 12.74
76 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 12.69
77 Folsom city 12.68
78 Truckee town 12.64
79 Fortuna city 12.58
80 Temecula city 12.55
81 Carpinteria city 12.51
82 Anderson city 12.49
83 Ukiah city 12.44
84 Carmichael CDP 12.42
85 Yucca Valley town 12.38
86 Apple Valley town 12.37
87 Stanford CDP 12.33
88 Palos Verdes Estates city 12.32
89 Larkspur city 12.24
90 Twentynine Palms city 12.19
91 Claremont city 12.16
92 Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) 12.14
93 Piedmont city 12.08
94 Redondo Beach city 12.07
95 Rosedale CDP 12.01
96 La Quinta city 12.00
97 La Riviera CDP 11.97
98 Rancho Mirage city 11.89
99 Mission Viejo city 11.83
100 San Rafael city 11.82
101 Rancho Santa Margarita city 11.81
102 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 11.79
103 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 11.74
103 Malibu city 11.74
104 Laguna Niguel city 11.69
105 Martinez city 11.67
105 Walnut Creek city 11.67
106 Los Gatos town 11.66
107 Huntington Beach city 11.65
108 Novato city 11.62
109 Rohnert Park city 11.56
109 Thousand Oaks city 11.56
110 Valley Center CDP 11.52
111 Santa Cruz city 11.51
111 Seal Beach city 11.51
112 North Tustin CDP 11.45
112 Red Bluff city 11.45
113 Calimesa city 11.44
114 Ramona CDP 11.43
115 Clovis city 11.39
116 Murrieta city 11.37
117 Live Oak CDP 11.34
118 Castaic CDP 11.26
119 Rancho Palos Verdes city 11.25
120 Rossmoor CDP 11.23
121 La Verne city 11.15
122 South Lake Tahoe city 11.11
123 Santa Barbara city 11.10
124 Grand Terrace city 11.09
125 Laguna Hills city 11.08
126 Santa Rosa city 11.06
127 Blackhawk CDP 11.05
128 Napa city 10.98
129 Palm Desert city 10.88
130 Bostonia CDP 10.87
130 Susanville city 10.87
131 Soquel CDP 10.84
132 Glendora city 10.75
133 El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) 10.70
133 Oceanside city 10.70
134 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 10.69
134 Lake Forest city 10.69
135 Costa Mesa city 10.68
136 Windsor town 10.67
137 Moorpark city 10.62
138 Arcata city 10.61
139 Placentia city 10.59
140 Norco city 10.57
141 Santa Clarita city 10.55
142 Tehachapi city 10.53
143 North Auburn CDP 10.51
144 Menlo Park city 10.49
145 Arden-Arcade CDP 10.46
145 Brentwood city 10.46
145 Rosamond CDP 10.46
146 Wildomar city 10.42
146 Yucaipa city 10.42
147 La Mesa city 10.40
148 Culver City city 10.32
148 San Juan Capistrano city 10.32
149 West Hollywood city 10.31
150 Rosemont CDP 10.29
151 Davis city 10.28
152 Morgan Hill city 10.23
153 Galt city 10.18
154 Pacifica city 10.15
155 Hillsborough town 10.04
155 Woodcrest CDP 10.04
156 Salida CDP 10.01
157 Belmont city 9.96
158 El Cerrito city 9.95
158 Simi Valley city 9.95
159 Agoura Hills city 9.85
160 Oakdale city 9.82
161 Oroville city 9.80
162 Nipomo CDP 9.72
163 Quartz Hill CDP 9.68
164 Goleta city 9.66
165 Redlands city 9.65
166 Los Alamitos city 9.62
167 Santa Monica city 9.55
168 Los Altos city 9.52
169 Manteca city 9.41
170 Concord city 9.40
170 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 9.40
171 Del Aire CDP 9.33
172 San Dimas city 9.32
173 Woodland city 9.26
174 San Marcos city 9.25
175 Campbell city 9.23
176 Palo Alto city 9.22
177 Yuba City city 9.18
178 Kingsburg city 9.14