California · Through 2026-09-13

GOV § 28020

The population of the counties of this state is hereby ascertained and determined to be and is as follows:
1 Los Angeles 7,032,075
2 Orange 1,420,386
3 San Diego 1,357,854
4 Alameda 1,073,184
5 Santa Clara 1,064,714
6 San Francisco 715,674
7 San Bernardino 684,072
8 Sacramento 631,498
9 Contra Costa 558,389
10 San Mateo 556,234
11 Riverside 459,074
12 Fresno 413,053
13 Ventura 376,430
14 Kern 329,162
15 San Joaquin 290,208
16 Santa Barbara 264,324
17 Monterey 250,071
18 Marin 206,038
19 Sonoma 204,885
20 Stanislaus 194,506
21 Tulare 188,322
22 Solano 169,941
23 Santa Cruz 123,790
24 San Luis Obispo 105,690
25 Merced 104,629
26 Butte 101,969
27 Humboldt 99,692
28 Yolo 91,788
29 Napa 79,140
30 Shasta 77,640
31 Placer 77,306
32 Imperial 74,492
33 Kings 64,610
34 Mendocino 51,101
35 Yuba 44,736
36 El Dorado 43,833
37 Sutter 41,935
38 Madera 41,519
39 Siskiyou 33,225
40 Tehama 29,517
41 Nevada 26,346
42 Tuolumne 22,169
43 Lake 19,548
44 San Benito 18,226
45 Glenn 17,521
46 Inyo 15,571
47 Lassen 14,960
48 Del Norte 14,580
49 Calaveras 13,585
50 Colusa 12,430
51 Amador 11,821
52 Plumas 11,707
53 Trinity 7,615
54 Modoc 7,469
55 Mariposa 6,015
56 Mono 4,016
57 Sierra 2,365
58 Alpine 484

Where this section sits in the code

Government Code - GOV
TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000. - 33205.]
DIVISION 2. OFFICERS [24000. - 28085.]
PART 5. SALARIES [28000. - 28085.]
CHAPTER 2. Classification of Counties [28020. - 28085.]

The population of the counties of this state is hereby ascertained and determined to be and is as follows:

1 Los Angeles 7,032,075

2 Orange 1,420,386

3 San Diego 1,357,854

4 Alameda 1,073,184

5 Santa Clara 1,064,714

6 San Francisco 715,674

7 San Bernardino 684,072

8 Sacramento 631,498

9 Contra Costa 558,389

10 San Mateo 556,234

11 Riverside 459,074

12 Fresno 413,053

13 Ventura 376,430

14 Kern 329,162

15 San Joaquin 290,208

16 Santa Barbara 264,324

17 Monterey 250,071

18 Marin 206,038

19 Sonoma 204,885

20 Stanislaus 194,506

21 Tulare 188,322

22 Solano 169,941

23 Santa Cruz 123,790

24 San Luis Obispo 105,690

25 Merced 104,629

26 Butte 101,969

27 Humboldt 99,692

28 Yolo 91,788

29 Napa 79,140

30 Shasta 77,640

31 Placer 77,306

32 Imperial 74,492

33 Kings 64,610

34 Mendocino 51,101

35 Yuba 44,736

36 El Dorado 43,833

37 Sutter 41,935

38 Madera 41,519

39 Siskiyou 33,225

40 Tehama 29,517

41 Nevada 26,346

42 Tuolumne 22,169

43 Lake 19,548

44 San Benito 18,226

45 Glenn 17,521

46 Inyo 15,571

47 Lassen 14,960

48 Del Norte 14,580

49 Calaveras 13,585

50 Colusa 12,430

51 Amador 11,821

52 Plumas 11,707

53 Trinity 7,615

54 Modoc 7,469

55 Mariposa 6,015

56 Mono 4,016

57 Sierra 2,365

58 Alpine 484

Collected 2026-09-14T05:56:33Z. Source file · JSON

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