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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 210.13K people in California with Iranian ancestry (0.53% of California population). Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Beverly Hills city had the highest percentage of its population with Iranian ancestry (16.78%), followed by Calabasas city (8.96%), and Laguna Niguel city (5.22%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Iranian 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 Iranian Ancestry in 2021

Beverly Hills city

Calabasas city

Laguna Niguel city

Blackhawk CDP

Los Gatos town

Laguna Hills city

Agoura Hills city

Irvine city

Mission Viejo city

Aliso Viejo city

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

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Beverly Hills city	16.78
2	Calabasas city	8.96
3	Laguna Niguel city	5.22
4	Blackhawk CDP	4.36
5	Los Gatos town	4.10
6	Laguna Hills city	3.73
7	Agoura Hills city	3.44
8	Irvine city	3.35
9	Mission Viejo city	3.28
10	Aliso Viejo city	3.05
11	Emeryville city	3.04
12	Santa Monica city	3.01
13	West Hollywood city	2.78
14	Laguna Beach city	2.66
15	Albany city	2.59
16	Saratoga city	2.37
17	Lafayette city	2.34
18	Los Altos city	2.16
19	Hillsborough town	2.10
20	Glendale city	2.09
21	Ladera Ranch CDP	2.05
22	Rancho Santa Margarita city	2.04
23	Oak Park CDP	1.93
24	Hawaiian Gardens city	1.90
25	La Crescenta-Montrose CDP	1.85
26	Solana Beach city	1.84
27	Poway city	1.83
28	Foster City city	1.79
28	Newport Beach city	1.79
29	Campbell city	1.78
30	Rancho Palos Verdes city	1.71
31	Fair Oaks CDP	1.68
32	Belmont city	1.67
33	Burlingame city	1.66
33	Turlock city	1.66
34	Stevenson Ranch CDP	1.62
34	Walnut Creek city	1.62
35	Hermosa Beach city	1.56
36	Pleasant Hill city	1.43
37	Danville town	1.42
38	Fortuna city	1.40
39	Los Angeles city	1.39
39	San Carlos city	1.39
40	North Tustin CDP	1.35
40	San Ramon city	1.35
41	El Cerrito city	1.34
41	Larkspur city	1.34
42	Alamo CDP	1.33
43	Lake Forest city	1.31
44	Laguna Woods city	1.29
45	Claremont city	1.27
46	Isla Vista CDP	1.26
47	La Cañada Flintridge city	1.18
48	Granite Bay CDP	1.14
49	Dana Point city	1.13
50	Bonita CDP	1.12
51	Coto de Caza CDP	1.10
51	Malibu city	1.10
52	Burbank city	1.08
52	Palo Alto city	1.08
53	Cupertino city	1.03
53	Manhattan Beach city	1.03
54	Citrus CDP	1.02
55	Folsom city	1.01
55	Rossmoor CDP	1.01
56	San Jose city	1.00
57	Berkeley city	0.99
58	Thousand Oaks city	0.96
59	Orinda city	0.94
60	Dublin city	0.92
61	El Dorado Hills CDP	0.91
61	Rancho Mirage city	0.91
62	Carlsbad city	0.90
63	Davis city	0.88
64	El Segundo city	0.86
64	Live Oak CDP	0.86
64	Roseville city	0.86
65	Arden-Arcade CDP	0.82
65	Pleasanton city	0.82
66	Menlo Park city	0.81
67	Pinole city	0.80
67	Sunnyvale city	0.80
68	Citrus Heights city	0.77
69	San Clemente city	0.74
70	Culver City city	0.73
70	Rosemont CDP	0.73
71	Santa Clara city	0.72
72	Oakdale city	0.71
72	Redondo Beach city	0.71
73	Hercules city	0.70
73	San Marcos city	0.70
74	Orange city	0.68
75	Palos Verdes Estates city	0.67
75	San Anselmo town	0.67
75	San Dimas city	0.67
75	San Juan Capistrano city	0.67
76	Carmichael CDP	0.66
76	Mountain View city	0.66
76	San Diego city	0.66
77	Arroyo Grande city	0.65
77	San Mateo city	0.65
78	Corte Madera town	0.64
78	Santa Cruz city	0.64
79	El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County)	0.63
79	San Buenaventura (Ventura) city	0.63
79	Yorba Linda city	0.63
80	Redwood City city	0.62
80	University of California-Santa Barbara CDP	0.62
81	South Pasadena city	0.61
82	Millbrae city	0.60
82	Pasadena city	0.60
83	Monrovia city	0.58
84	Quartz Hill CDP	0.57
84	Simi Valley city	0.57
85	Arcadia city	0.56
85	San Rafael city	0.56
85	Torrance city	0.56
86	Encinitas city	0.55
86	Martinez city	0.55
87	Gilroy city	0.54
87	La Mesa city	0.54
87	Moraga town	0.54
87	Novato city	0.54
88	Oakley city	0.53
88	Santa Clarita city	0.53
89	Tustin city	0.52
90	Anaheim city	0.51
90	Marina city	0.51
90	Santa Barbara city	0.51
91	Cypress city	0.50
91	San Luis Obispo city	0.50
91	South San Francisco city	0.50
91	West Carson CDP	0.50
92	Petaluma city	0.49
93	Brea city	0.48
93	Orangevale CDP	0.48
94	North Fair Oaks CDP	0.44
94	Redlands city	0.44
94	San Francisco city	0.44
95	Rocklin city	0.43
95	Signal Hill city	0.43
96	La Riviera CDP	0.41
96	Los Alamitos city	0.41
97	Monterey city	0.40
97	Temecula city	0.40
98	Castaic CDP	0.39
98	Livermore city	0.39
98	Oakland city	0.39
99	Parkway CDP	0.38
100	Alum Rock CDP	0.37
100	Moorpark city	0.37
100	Placentia city	0.37
101	Castro Valley CDP	0.36
101	Corona city	0.36
101	Eastern Goleta Valley CDP	0.36
101	Linda CDP	0.36
102	Fallbrook CDP	0.35
102	Morgan Hill city	0.35
102	Winter Gardens CDP	0.35
103	Diamond Bar city	0.33
103	Lakeland Village CDP	0.33
103	Oroville city	0.33
103	Temple City city	0.33
103	Upland city	0.33
104	Camarillo city	0.32
104	Costa Mesa city	0.32
104	Escondido city	0.32
104	Lincoln city	0.32
104	Palm Desert city	0.32
104	Riverbank city	0.32
104	Stanford CDP	0.32
105	Fremont city	0.31
105	Goleta city	0.31
105	Rancho Cucamonga city	0.31
106	Eastvale city	0.30
106	Long Beach city	0.30
106	Rancho Cordova city	0.30
106	Vista city	0.30
107	Hesperia city	0.29
107	Huntington Beach city	0.29
107	Oceanside city	0.29
107	Rancho San Diego CDP	0.29
107	Rohnert Park city	0.29
108	Coachella city	0.28
108	Fairfield city	0.28
108	French Valley CDP	0.28
108	Fullerton city	0.28
108	Lathrop city	0.28
108	Palm Springs city	0.28
108	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP	0.28
109	Brentwood city	0.27
109	Daly City city	0.27
109	Imperial Beach city	0.27
109	North Highlands CDP	0.27
109	Union City city	0.27
110	Auburn city	0.26
110	Lake Elsinore city	0.26
111	Camp Pendleton South CDP	0.25
111	Newark city	0.25
111	West Covina city	0.25