Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population with Afghan Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 59.76K people in California with Afghan ancestry (0.15% of California population). Among all California counties, Sacramento County had the highest percentage of its population with Afghan ancestry (1.01%), followed by Alameda County (0.61%), and Yolo County (0.53%).

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

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

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population with Afghan Ancestry in 2021

Sacramento County

Alameda County

Yolo County

Contra Costa County

Del Norte County

San Joaquin County

Sutter County

Stanislaus County

Placer County

Orange County

Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population with Afghan Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	County	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Sacramento County	1.01
2	Alameda County	0.61
3	Yolo County	0.53
4	Contra Costa County	0.50
5	Del Norte County	0.42
6	San Joaquin County	0.39
7	Sutter County	0.35
8	Stanislaus County	0.34
9	Placer County	0.17
10	Orange County	0.15
11	San Diego County	0.11
12	Riverside County	0.10
13	Santa Cruz County	0.09
14	Shasta County	0.08
15	Solano County	0.07
16	Ventura County	0.06
17	Kern County	0.05
17	Lake County	0.05
17	Los Angeles County	0.05
17	Monterey County	0.05
17	Santa Clara County	0.05
18	Merced County	0.04
18	San Bernardino County	0.04
18	San Mateo County	0.04
19	Butte County	0.03
19	San Francisco County	0.03
19	Tuolumne County	0.03
20	Fresno County	0.02
20	Santa Barbara County	0.02
21	El Dorado County	0.01
22	Madera County	0.003
22	Marin County	0.003
22	Sonoma County	0.003