California Population By County in 2018
Updated on April 4, 2021.
According to the US Census Bureau population estimates, there were 39,461,588 people living in California in 2018. Los Angeles was the most populated county with 10,073,906 residents, followed by San Diego with 3,333,861 residents, and Orange with 3,175,973 residents. Alpine with a population of 1,089 was the least populated county in California in 2018.
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California Population By County in 2018
Table of California Population By County in 2018
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| County | Population | % of State Population |
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| Alameda | 1,666,756 | 4.22% |
| Alpine | 1,089 | 0.00% |
| Amador | 39,405 | 0.10% |
| Butte | 230,339 | 0.58% |
| Calaveras | 45,698 | 0.12% |
| Colusa | 21,418 | 0.05% |
| Contra Costa | 1,150,519 | 2.92% |
| Del Norte | 27,740 | 0.07% |
| El Dorado | 190,746 | 0.48% |
| Fresno | 991,950 | 2.51% |
| Glenn | 27,967 | 0.07% |
| Humboldt | 136,244 | 0.35% |
| Imperial | 181,523 | 0.46% |
| Inyo | 17,946 | 0.05% |
| Kern | 893,758 | 2.27% |
| Kings | 151,382 | 0.38% |
| Lake | 64,317 | 0.16% |
| Lassen | 30,618 | 0.08% |
| Los Angeles | 10,073,906 | 25.53% |
| Madera | 156,882 | 0.40% |
| Marin | 259,662 | 0.66% |
| Mariposa | 17,405 | 0.04% |
| Mendocino | 87,401 | 0.22% |
| Merced | 274,151 | 0.70% |
| Modoc | 8,800 | 0.02% |
| Mono | 14,403 | 0.04% |
| Monterey | 433,950 | 1.10% |
| Napa | 138,789 | 0.35% |
| Nevada | 99,508 | 0.25% |
| Orange | 3,175,973 | 8.05% |
| Placer | 392,330 | 0.99% |
| Plumas | 18,741 | 0.05% |
| Riverside | 2,445,789 | 6.20% |
| Sacramento | 1,538,746 | 3.90% |
| San Benito | 61,467 | 0.16% |
| San Bernardino | 2,166,753 | 5.49% |
| San Diego | 3,333,861 | 8.45% |
| San Francisco | 880,696 | 2.23% |
| San Joaquin | 752,491 | 1.91% |
| San Luis Obispo | 283,354 | 0.72% |
| San Mateo | 768,681 | 1.95% |
| Santa Barbara | 445,780 | 1.13% |
| Santa Clara | 1,932,337 | 4.90% |
| Santa Cruz | 273,841 | 0.69% |
| Shasta | 179,709 | 0.46% |
| Sierra | 2,997 | 0.01% |
| Siskiyou | 43,550 | 0.11% |
| Solano | 445,725 | 1.13% |
| Sonoma | 498,643 | 1.26% |
| Stanislaus | 548,126 | 1.39% |
| Sutter | 96,348 | 0.24% |
| Tehama | 64,018 | 0.16% |
| Trinity | 12,567 | 0.03% |
| Tulare | 464,589 | 1.18% |
| Tuolumne | 54,387 | 0.14% |
| Ventura | 848,142 | 2.15% |
| Yolo | 220,118 | 0.56% |
| Yuba | 77,557 | 0.20% |
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