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The U.S. state of California is divided into 58 counties. [1] The state was first divided into 27 counties on February 18, 1850. These were further sub-divided to form sixteen additional counties by 1860. Another fourteen counties were formed through further subdivision from 1861 to 1893. The most recent county to form was Imperial County, in 1907.
This list was generated by dividing the population by the land area. All county equivalents are included. The list is dominated by just a few states: Alaska, Montana, and Texas together comprise about two-thirds of the entries. The Unorganized Borough is not included here as a unit, but its census areas (non-governmental entities) are.
This is a list of the 100 most populous of the 3,144 counties in the United States based on the national decennial US census conducted on April 1, 2020, and vintage Census population estimates for July 1, 2023. [1] Many of the counties on the list include major cities or metropolitan areas in all parts of the United States.
Map of the United States with California highlighted. California is a state located in the Western United States. It is the most populous state and the third largest by area after Alaska and Texas. According to the 2020 United States Census, California has 39,538,223 inhabitants and 155,779.22 square miles (403,466.3 km 2) of land. [1]
California is divided into 58 counties and contains 1,129 census designated-places (CDPs) as of 2020 (1,136 as of 2023). San Francisco is a consolidated city–county, which means that San Francisco County does not contain any CDPs. The census-designated places in this list have a population of 10,000 or higher.
California's three most populous counties, meanwhile, all experienced population loss: Los Angeles lost 70,114 people, San Diego lost 1,197 and Orange lost 7,297.
California has 2.3 million African Americans as of 2010, the largest population of black or African Americans of the Western US states, [66] and the 5th largest black population in the United States. African Americans are concentrated in Greater Los Angeles, the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, and Sacramento region.
Here are the 10 counties in California that gained the most population between July 2021 and July 2022. Yolo County: +4.26%. Merced County: +1.95%. Santa Cruz County: +1.49%. Santa Barbara County ...