# Counties in California by households, 2024

All 58 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `households`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/california-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Los Angeles County | 3,416,449 |
| 2 | San Diego County | 1,171,278 |
| 3 | Orange County | 1,082,960 |
| 4 | Riverside County | 775,335 |
| 5 | San Bernardino County | 674,915 |
| 6 | Santa Clara County | 659,353 |
| 7 | Alameda County | 598,246 |
| 8 | Sacramento County | 571,057 |
| 9 | Contra Costa County | 414,417 |
| 10 | San Francisco County | 363,970 |
| 11 | Fresno County | 324,702 |
| 12 | Kern County | 284,931 |
| 13 | Ventura County | 280,360 |
| 14 | San Mateo County | 264,419 |
| 15 | San Joaquin County | 245,250 |
| 16 | Sonoma County | 190,998 |
| 17 | Stanislaus County | 177,874 |
| 18 | Placer County | 157,954 |
| 19 | Solano County | 157,512 |
| 20 | Santa Barbara County | 149,608 |
| 21 | Tulare County | 143,195 |
| 22 | Monterey County | 132,489 |
| 23 | San Luis Obispo County | 109,503 |
| 24 | Marin County | 103,018 |
| 25 | Santa Cruz County | 96,898 |
| 26 | Merced County | 86,055 |
| 27 | Butte County | 83,312 |
| 28 | Yolo County | 76,693 |
| 29 | El Dorado County | 76,185 |
| 30 | Shasta County | 71,232 |
| 31 | Humboldt County | 54,922 |
| 32 | Napa County | 49,763 |
| 33 | Imperial County | 49,644 |
| 34 | Madera County | 45,379 |
| 35 | Kings County | 44,052 |
| 36 | Nevada County | 42,865 |
| 37 | Mendocino County | 34,842 |
| 38 | Sutter County | 33,292 |
| 39 | Yuba County | 28,635 |
| 40 | Lake County | 26,940 |
| 41 | Tehama County | 24,788 |
| 42 | Tuolumne County | 22,690 |
| 43 | San Benito County | 20,561 |
| 44 | Siskiyou County | 19,079 |
| 45 | Calaveras County | 18,437 |
| 46 | Amador County | 16,091 |
| 47 | Glenn County | 9,810 |
| 48 | Del Norte County | 9,522 |
| 49 | Lassen County | 9,247 |
| 50 | Plumas County | 8,054 |
| 51 | Inyo County | 8,040 |
| 52 | Colusa County | 7,512 |
| 53 | Mariposa County | 7,508 |
| 54 | Mono County | 5,744 |
| 55 | Trinity County | 5,585 |
| 56 | Modoc County | 3,267 |
| 57 | Sierra County | 1,219 |
| 58 | Alpine County | 435 |