Ranking of California Counties By Population in 2015

Updated on January 28, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, the Population for California was 38.90M. Among all California counties, Los Angeles County had the highest population (10.08M), followed by San Diego County (3.28M), and Orange County (3.15M).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all California counties.

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Ranking of California Counties By Population in 2015
Los Angeles
10.08M
San Diego
3.28M
Orange
3.15M
Riverside
2.35M
San Bernardino
2.11M
Santa Clara
1.92M
Alameda
1.63M
Sacramento
1.49M
Contra Costa
1.12M
Fresno
968.89K
Ranking of California Counties By Population in 2015
Rank
County
Population
1 Los Angeles County 10,077,263
2 San Diego County 3,280,825
3 Orange County 3,148,952
4 Riverside County 2,344,648
5 San Bernardino County 2,114,352
6 Santa Clara County 1,915,736
7 Alameda County 1,634,326
8 Sacramento County 1,493,547
9 Contra Costa County 1,124,148
10 Fresno County 968,889
11 Kern County 876,548
12 San Francisco County 863,237
13 Ventura County 845,599
14 San Mateo County 765,479
15 San Joaquin County 721,919
16 Stanislaus County 532,954
17 Sonoma County 500,598
18 Tulare County 456,794
19 Santa Barbara County 442,051
20 Solano County 433,378
21 Monterey County 430,178
22 Placer County 372,870
23 San Luis Obispo County 280,138
24 Santa Cruz County 273,495
25 Merced County 266,133
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