Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of White Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Less than High School Diploma in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 5, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the California White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Less than High School Diploma was 11.36%. Among all California cities and places with a population of 10K or higher, Lamont CDP had the highest percentage of its White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Less than High School Diploma (66.95%), followed by Mendota city (62.85%), and Florence-Graham CDP (59.51%).

The chart below shows the top 10 California cities and places (with a population of 10K+), and the table below shows the ranking of all California cities and places (with a population of 10K+).

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Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Less than High School Diploma in 2021
Lamont CDP
Mendota city
Florence-Graham CDP
East Rancho Dominguez CDP
Willowbrook CDP
Arvin city
Garden Acres CDP
Walnut Park CDP
East Bakersfield CDP
Potomac Park CDP
Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Less than High School Diploma in 2021
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Rank City of Place Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Lamont CDP 66.95
2 Mendota city 62.85
3 Florence-Graham CDP 59.51
4 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 58.96
5 Willowbrook CDP 57.40
6 Arvin city 56.72
7 Garden Acres CDP 53.84
8 Walnut Park CDP 53.31
9 East Bakersfield CDP 52.71
10 Potomac Park CDP 51.22
11 Bell Gardens city 50.13
12 Maywood city 49.63
13 Huntington Park city 49.46
14 Compton city 49.11
15 Lennox CDP 47.89
16 Lindsay city 47.50
17 Cudahy city 47.48
18 Westmont CDP 46.40
19 Lynwood city 46.22
20 East Niles CDP 45.68
21 McFarland city 45.19
22 Muscoy CDP 42.50
23 Corcoran city 42.40
24 Greenfield city 42.35
25 Bell city 42.27
26 Parlier city 42.11
27 East Los Angeles CDP 41.80
28 Delano city 41.38
29 South Gate city 41.19
30 South El Monte city 40.69
31 Farmersville city 40.40
32 Avenal city 39.88
33 Wasco city 39.33
34 Livingston city 37.63
35 Shafter city 37.40
36 Bloomington CDP 37.06
37 Kerman city 37.03
38 Santa Paula city 36.72
39 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 36.71
40 San Fernando city 36.60
41 Santa Maria city 36.45
42 La Puente city 35.97
43 Commerce city 35.96
44 Sun Village CDP 35.88
45 El Monte city 34.60
46 Soledad city 34.33
47 Baldwin Park city 34.13
48 Coachella city 33.92
49 Reedley city 32.52
50 San Pablo city 32.44
51 Inglewood city 32.35
52 West Puente Valley CDP 32.28
53 South San Jose Hills CDP 32.14
54 Madera city 31.67
55 Calexico city 31.12
56 Adelanto city 30.32
57 Hillcrest CDP 30.28
58 Paramount city 29.98
59 Lake Los Angeles CDP 29.27
60 Perris city 28.91
61 Dinuba city 28.83
62 Valinda CDP 28.80
63 Porterville city 28.55
64 Lawndale city 28.49
65 Carson city 28.23
66 Selma city 28.06
67 Rialto city 27.97
68 Hawaiian Gardens city 27.74
69 Montebello city 27.67
70 San Bernardino city 27.66
71 Watsonville city 27.52
72 Santa Ana city 27.27
73 Lemon Hill CDP 27.17
74 Vincent CDP 26.80
75 Oxnard city 26.58
76 Pomona city 26.52
77 Winton CDP 25.92
78 Mead Valley CDP 25.67
79 Ashland CDP 25.61
80 East Palo Alto city 25.47
81 Citrus CDP 25.25
81 National City city 25.25
82 Tulare city 24.74
83 Bay Point CDP 24.61
84 Madera Acres CDP 24.59
85 Los Banos city 24.55
86 Coalinga city 24.40
87 Hawthorne city 24.20
88 Blythe city 24.17
89 Olivehurst CDP 24.16
90 King City city 24.02
91 Brawley city 23.95
92 Gardena city 23.71
93 Colton city 23.33
94 Newman city 23.29
95 Ceres city 23.04
96 Alum Rock CDP 22.84
97 Jurupa Valley city 22.70
98 Pico Rivera city 22.67
99 Victorville city 22.56
100 Home Gardens CDP 22.16
101 Avocado Heights CDP 22.04
102 Linda CDP 21.95
103 Susanville city 21.88
104 Montclair city 21.75
105 Delhi CDP 21.63
106 Chowchilla city 21.58
107 Ontario city 21.45
108 Parkway CDP 21.36
109 Imperial city 21.34
110 North Fair Oaks CDP 21.33
111 East Hemet CDP 20.83
112 Patterson city 20.71
113 West Whittier-Los Nietos CDP 20.58
114 Desert Hot Springs city 20.49
115 Anaheim city 20.35
116 Lompoc city 20.32
117 Highland city 20.23
118 Hesperia city 20.21
119 Bellflower city 20.13
120 Stanton city 20.07
121 Lathrop city 19.94
122 Oildale CDP 19.82
123 Palmdale city 19.51
124 Stockton city 19.44
125 Salinas city 19.42
126 Norwalk city 19.29
127 Riverbank city 19.16
128 California City city 18.88
129 Fillmore city 18.79
130 West Carson CDP 18.74
131 Azusa city 18.66
131 Sanger city 18.66
132 Santa Fe Springs city 18.40
133 Atwater city 18.30
134 El Centro city 18.23
135 San Jacinto city 18.19
136 Barstow city 18.05
137 Rosemead city 18.04
138 Garden Grove city 18.01
139 Downey city 17.77
140 Merced city 17.74
141 Lemon Grove city 17.37
142 Hanford city 17.28
143 Seaside city 17.16
144 San Lorenzo CDP 17.15
145 Hollister city 17.14
146 Artesia city 17.12
146 Fontana city 17.12
147 Moreno Valley city 17.11
148 Vista city 17.10
149 Port Hueneme city 16.89
150 Rosamond CDP 16.80
151 Fresno city 16.60
152 Hemet city 16.47
153 Cathedral City city 16.43
154 Lancaster city 16.34
155 Gilroy city 16.28
156 Galt city 16.17
157 Chula Vista city 16.10
158 Richmond city 15.93
159 Bakersfield city 15.88
160 Banning city 15.86
161 Cherryland CDP 15.83
162 Yuba City city 15.66
163 Nipomo CDP 15.64
164 Tehachapi city 15.43
165 Los Angeles city 15.37
166 Buena Park city 15.29
167 Long Beach city 14.98
168 Fallbrook CDP 14.96
169 South Whittier CDP 14.80
170 Chino city 14.73
171 West Sacramento city 14.66
172 North Highlands CDP 14.42
173 American Canyon city 14.28
174 Escondido city 14.27
174 Valle Vista CDP 14.27
175 Marysville city 14.09
175 Woodland city 14.09
176 Clearlake city 14.04
177 La Presa CDP 14.00
178 Modesto city 13.97
179 Florin CDP 13.95
180 Lakeland Village CDP 13.67
181 Hayward city 13.65
182 Turlock city 13.63
183 West Covina city 13.23
184 Salida CDP 13.19
185 Prunedale CDP 13.13
186 Duarte city 13.11
187 Pittsburg city 12.98
188 San Gabriel city 12.94
189 El Cajon city 12.83
190 Riverside city 12.79
191 Ramona CDP 12.74
192 Lomita city 12.72
193 Union City city 12.70
194 Hacienda Heights CDP 12.54
195 Exeter city 12.44
196 Phelan CDP 12.39
197 Tracy city 12.36
198 San Leandro city 12.23
199 Oakdale city 12.14
200 Suisun City city 12.06
201 Glendale city 11.94
201 Oroville city 11.94
202 Imperial Beach city 11.90
202 Monterey Park city 11.90
203 Bostonia CDP 11.85
204 Rowland Heights CDP 11.81
205 Westminster city 11.60
206 Red Bluff city 11.49
207 Apple Valley town 11.44
208 Indio city 11.42
209 Lodi city 11.30
210 Anderson city 11.20
211 Manteca city 11.14
212 La Habra city 11.05
213 South San Francisco city 10.84
214 Del Aire CDP 10.72
215 Covina city 10.68
216 Orange city 10.66
217 Alhambra city 10.49
218 Lake Elsinore city 10.47
219 Antioch city 10.45
219 Daly City city 10.45
220 Mountain House CDP 10.42
221 Dixon city 10.33
222 San Marcos city 10.26
223 Visalia city 10.23
223 Wildomar city 10.23
224 Vallejo city 10.18
225 Corona city 10.15
226 Quartz Hill CDP 10.06
227 Beaumont city 10.04
228 Fairfield city 9.96
229 Yucaipa city 9.70
230 South Lake Tahoe city 9.66
231 Lemoore city 9.65
232 Napa city 9.64
233 Grover Beach city 9.57
234 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city 9.56
235 Spring Valley CDP (San Diego County) 9.48
236 Foothill Farms CDP 9.47
236 Signal Hill city 9.47
237 Oceanside city 9.26
238 Twentynine Palms city 9.25
239 Golden Hills CDP 9.22
240 Placerville city 9.20
240 Ukiah city 9.20
241 Rio Linda CDP 9.17
242 Kingsburg city 9.12
242 San Jose city 9.12
243 Placentia city 8.98
243 Valley Center CDP 8.98
244 Antelope CDP 8.97
244 Rancho Cordova city 8.97
245 Vineyard CDP 8.95
246 Yucca Valley town 8.85
247 Menifee city 8.80
247 San Juan Capistrano city 8.80
248 Half Moon Bay city 8.64
249 East San Gabriel CDP 8.63
250 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) 8.60
251 Fullerton city 8.56
252 Sacramento city 8.49
253 Rosedale CDP 8.44
254 San Buenaventura (Ventura) city 8.35
255 Loma Linda city 8.32
256 Milpitas city 8.31
257 Shasta Lake city 8.29
258 Bonita CDP 8.28
259 Whittier city 8.20
260 Tustin city 8.18
261 North Auburn CDP 8.16
261 San Diego city 8.16
262 Fortuna city 8.11
263 Norco city 8.04
264 Ripon city 8.00
265 Lakeside CDP (San Diego County) 7.98
266 Carpinteria city 7.96
267 Calimesa city 7.89
268 Grand Terrace city 7.84
269 Rancho San Diego CDP 7.78
270 Redlands city 7.75
271 Costa Mesa city 7.73
272 Woodcrest CDP 7.65
273 Winter Gardens CDP 7.64
274 Oakley city 7.62
275 Monrovia city 7.55
275 Santa Clarita city 7.55
276 Big Bear City CDP 7.50
277 Isla Vista CDP 7.47
278 Santa Rosa city 7.41
279 La Mirada city 7.40
280 Eastvale city 7.39
281 Santa Barbara city 7.37
282 Pinole city 7.34
283 Redding city 7.31
284 Hercules city 7.24
285 Eureka city 7.20
286 Upland city 7.12
287 Cypress city 7.03
288 Brea city 7.00
289 Lakewood city 6.95
290 Santee city 6.94
291 Citrus Heights city 6.93
291 McKinleyville CDP 6.93
292 Pasadena city 6.92
293 Burbank city 6.89
293 Concord city 6.89
294 San Bruno city 6.85
295 Vacaville city 6.84
296 Chino Hills city 6.77
297 Grass Valley city 6.76
298 Temple City city 6.75
299 Morgan Hill city 6.73
300 Marina city 6.70
301 Rancho Cucamonga city 6.66
302 Altadena CDP 6.64
302 Auburn city 6.64
303 Ridgecrest city 6.63
304 Redwood City city 6.47
305 Glendora city 6.45
306 Simi Valley city 6.32
307 Arden-Arcade CDP 6.26
307 Moorpark city 6.26
308 Goleta city 6.18
308 San Diego Country Estates CDP 6.18
309 San Rafael city 6.16
310 La Quinta city 6.11
311 Sunnyvale city 6.09
312 Clovis city 6.00
313 Windsor town 5.97
314 Cerritos city 5.94
315 El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County) 5.74
316 Murrieta city 5.54
317 La Mesa city 5.53
318 Morro Bay city 5.47
319 Diamond Bar city 5.43
320 Oakland city 5.37
321 Camarillo city 5.36
321 Fremont city 5.36
322 Castro Valley CDP 5.34
323 Carmichael CDP 5.29
323 Petaluma city 5.29
324 Castaic CDP 5.24
324 Elk Grove city 5.24
325 San Dimas city 5.23
326 Palm Springs city 5.21
327 Walnut city 5.17
328 Diamond Springs CDP 5.11
329 Magalia CDP 5.08
329 San Mateo city 5.08
329 Santa Clara city 5.08
330 Laguna Hills city 5.03
331 La Crescenta-Montrose CDP 5.00
332 Soquel CDP 4.99
333 San Luis Obispo city 4.97
334 Sonoma city 4.95
335 Temescal Valley CDP 4.94
336 Fountain Valley city 4.85
337 Thousand Oaks city 4.83
338 Arroyo Grande city 4.82
339 Mountain View city 4.81
339 Orangevale CDP 4.81
340 Seal Beach city 4.75
341 Arcadia city 4.71
342 La Verne city 4.67
343 Millbrae city 4.64
343 Poway city 4.64
344 Capitola city 4.60
344 Rohnert Park city 4.60
345 French Valley CDP 4.59
346 Lincoln city 4.57
347 Live Oak CDP 4.55
348 Palm Desert city 4.51
349 La Palma city 4.50
349 North Tustin CDP 4.50
350 Los Alamitos city 4.48
351 Culver City city 4.46
352 Los Osos CDP 4.42
353 Canyon Lake city 4.41
354 Newark city 4.37
355 Temecula city 4.35
356 Mission Viejo city 4.31
357 Eastern Goleta Valley CDP 4.30
358 Chico city 4.28
359 Rancho Mirage city 4.26
359 Rancho Santa Margarita city 4.26
360 Huntington Beach city 4.19
361 Santa Monica city 4.16
362 Arcata city 4.13
363 Orcutt CDP 4.02
364 Carlsbad city 3.98
365 Torrance city 3.96
366 Rocklin city 3.95
367 Cameron Park CDP 3.94
367 Folsom city 3.94
368 Lake Forest city 3.91
369 Beverly Hills city 3.88
370 Dublin city 3.86
371 Brentwood city 3.85
372 Discovery Bay CDP 3.84
373 Atascadero city 3.82
373 Pacific Grove city 3.82
374 Novato city 3.77
375 Yorba Linda city 3.72
376 Fairview CDP 3.68
376 Healdsburg city 3.68
377 Livermore city 3.63
378 Monterey city 3.49
379 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP 3.44
380 Claremont city 3.41
381 Roseville city 3.34
382 Burlingame city 3.28
383 Martinez city 3.21
384 La Riviera CDP 3.17
385 Dana Point city 3.09
386 Camp Pendleton South CDP 3.07
386 Rosemont CDP 3.07
387 Laguna Niguel city 3.06
388 Ladera Ranch CDP 2.95
389 Alpine CDP 2.94
390 Alameda city 2.92
391 Larkspur city 2.84
392 Aliso Viejo city 2.76
393 Campbell city 2.71
394 San Francisco city 2.69
395 Laguna Woods city 2.63
396 Redondo Beach city 2.59
397 San Carlos city 2.57
398 View Park-Windsor Hills CDP 2.55
399 El Cerrito city 2.54
400 Encinitas city 2.51
401 Belmont city 2.50
402 Benicia city 2.47
403 Fair Oaks CDP 2.46
403 Scotts Valley city 2.46
404 Los Gatos town 2.44
405 Coronado city 2.41
405 Irvine city 2.41
405 Pleasant Hill city 2.41
405 Stevenson Ranch CDP 2.41
406 San Clemente city 2.40
407 Albany city 2.36
408 Truckee town 2.30
409 San Marino city 2.29
410 Foster City city 2.28
410 Rossmoor CDP 2.28
411 Granite Bay CDP 2.24
412 Pacifica city 2.21
413 Davis city 2.20
413 West Hollywood city 2.20
414 Menlo Park city 2.19
415 Emeryville city 2.18
416 Cupertino city 2.12
417 Pleasanton city 2.10
418 Palos Verdes Estates city 2.08
419 El Dorado Hills CDP 2.07
420 La Cañada Flintridge city 2.02
421 El Segundo city 2.01
422 Sierra Madre city 1.99
423 Santa Cruz city 1.98
424 Walnut Creek city 1.92
425 Saratoga city 1.88
426 Oak Park CDP 1.82
427 Calabasas city 1.81
428 Berkeley city 1.77
429 Newport Beach city 1.74
430 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP 1.71
431 San Ramon city 1.67
432 Hermosa Beach city 1.62
433 Laguna Beach city 1.58
434 Palo Alto city 1.57
435 Manhattan Beach city 1.46
436 South Pasadena city 1.38
437 Malibu city 1.36
438 Rancho Palos Verdes city 1.34
439 Orinda city 1.27
440 Danville town 1.23
441 Coto de Caza CDP 1.21
441 Los Altos city 1.21
442 Blackhawk CDP 1.19
443 Lafayette city 0.98
444 Clayton city 0.97
445 Hillsborough town 0.94
446 Stanford CDP 0.88
447 Alamo CDP 0.83
448 Moraga town 0.81
449 Agoura Hills city 0.80
450 San Anselmo town 0.78
450 University of California-Santa Barbara CDP 0.78
451 Mill Valley city 0.67
452 Solana Beach city 0.62
453 Piedmont city 0.37
454 Corte Madera town 0.00