# Counties in California by population speaking Spanish at home, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `spanish_at_home_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. 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 C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/california-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Imperial County | 74 |
| 2 | Colusa County | 51.4 |
| 3 | Monterey County | 49.8 |
| 4 | Tulare County | 46 |
| 5 | Merced County | 44.2 |
| 6 | Madera County | 42.7 |
| 7 | San Benito County | 40.4 |
| 8 | Kern County | 40.1 |
| 9 | Kings County | 37.7 |
| 10 | Los Angeles County | 37.6 |
| 11 | Glenn County | 36.8 |
| 12 | San Bernardino County | 35.8 |
| 13 | Riverside County | 35 |
| 14 | Stanislaus County | 34.1 |
| 15 | Santa Barbara County | 33.4 |
| 16 | Fresno County | 33.3 |
| 17 | Ventura County | 30.2 |
| 18 | San Joaquin County | 27.1 |
| 19 | Napa County | 26.8 |
| 20 | Santa Cruz County | 26.4 |
| 21 | Orange County | 24.3 |
| 22 | San Diego County | 24.1 |
| 23 | Yolo County | 21.3 |
| 24 | Sonoma County | 21 |
| 25 | Sutter County | 20 |
| 26 | Tehama County | 19.8 |
| 27 | Contra Costa County | 19.1 |
| 28 | Mono County | 19 |
| 29 | Mendocino County | 18.8 |
| 30 | Solano County | 18.2 |
| 31 | Yuba County | 17.7 |
| 32 | San Mateo County | 17.6 |
| 33 | Lake County | 17.3 |
| 34 | Santa Clara County | 17.1 |
| 35 | Alameda County | 16.7 |
| 36 | Inyo County | 15.7 |
| 37 | Lassen County | 14.6 |
| 38 | Marin County | 13.9 |
| 39 | Sacramento County | 13.2 |
| 40 | San Luis Obispo County | 13.1 |
| 41 | San Francisco County | 11.1 |
| 42 | Butte County | 10.9 |
| 43 | Modoc County | 10.2 |
| 44 | Alpine County | 10 |
| 45 | Sierra County | 9.7 |
| 46 | Del Norte County | 8.7 |
| 47 | Mariposa County | 8 |
| 48 | Amador County | 6.9 |
| 49 | Humboldt County | 6.8 |
| 50 | Siskiyou County | 6.7 |
| 51 | Placer County | 6.2 |
| 52 | Calaveras County | 6.1 |
| 53 | El Dorado County | 6 |
| 54 | Nevada County | 5.6 |
| 55 | Plumas County | 5.3 |
| 56 | Tuolumne County | 4.6 |
| 57 | Shasta County | 4 |
| 58 | Trinity County | 3.4 |