Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all California counties, Plumas County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as White Alone (85.78%), followed by Nevada County (85.71%), and Sierra County (85.47%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all California counties based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified as White Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups in California.

Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Plumas
85.78%
Nevada
85.71%
Sierra
85.47%
Calaveras
81.93%
Shasta
80.81%
Tuolumne
80.56%
Mariposa
80.38%
Modoc
80.06%
Siskiyou
79.33%
El Dorado
79.15%
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
White Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Plumas County 85.78
2 Nevada County 85.71
3 Sierra County 85.47
4 Calaveras County 81.93
5 Shasta County 80.81
6 Tuolumne County 80.56
7 Mariposa County 80.38
8 Modoc County 80.06
9 Siskiyou County 79.33
10 El Dorado County 79.15
11 Amador County 77.74
12 Humboldt County 75.04
13 Placer County 74.01
14 Mono County 73.98
15 Trinity County 73.96
16 Butte County 73.14
17 Alpine County 72.94
18 San Luis Obispo County 72.83
19 Lake County 72.47
20 Tehama County 71.70
21 Marin County 70.98
22 Mendocino County 69.25
23 Inyo County 66.50
24 Sonoma County 66.39
25 Del Norte County 64.40
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