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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 6.69M people in California with Unclassified ancestry (16.96% of California population). Among all California counties, Sierra County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (36.18%), followed by Trinity County (33.33%), and Plumas County (30.21%).

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

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Sierra County
Trinity County
Plumas County
Lake County
Del Norte County
Humboldt County
Butte County
Siskiyou County
El Dorado County
Shasta County
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Sierra County 36.18
2 Trinity County 33.33
3 Plumas County 30.21
4 Lake County 28.58
5 Del Norte County 27.41
6 Humboldt County 25.72
7 Butte County 24.95
8 Siskiyou County 24.67
9 El Dorado County 24.27
10 Shasta County 23.54
11 Yuba County 22.40
12 Orange County 22.19
13 Mendocino County 21.54
14 San Luis Obispo County 21.07
15 Lassen County 20.27
16 Tehama County 20.08
17 Napa County 20.07
18 Sutter County 19.54
19 Santa Cruz County 18.86
20 San Diego County 18.74
21 Marin County 18.42
22 Amador County 18.34
23 Sonoma County 18.07
24 Contra Costa County 17.77
25 Inyo County 17.69
26 Nevada County 17.66
27 Riverside County 17.53
28 Placer County 17.49
29 Santa Barbara County 17.33
30 Calaveras County 17.28
31 San Francisco County 17.25
32 Sacramento County 17.24
33 Solano County 16.90
34 Fresno County 16.86
35 Mono County 16.65
36 Glenn County 16.62
37 San Joaquin County 16.49
38 Monterey County 16.41
39 San Bernardino County 16.38
40 San Mateo County 16.37
41 Alameda County 16.31
42 San Benito County 16.29
43 Madera County 16.05
44 Alpine County 16.00
45 Mariposa County 15.86
46 Kern County 15.78
47 Tulare County 15.71
48 Santa Clara County 15.67
49 Kings County 15.26
50 Modoc County 15.09
51 Yolo County 15.06
52 Ventura County 14.77
53 Los Angeles County 14.66
54 Stanislaus County 13.68
55 Merced County 12.36
56 Colusa County 12.10
57 Tuolumne County 12.06
58 Imperial County 11.88