The graph below ranks each California County by total of American Indian residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
California total of American Indian population by county
| County | American Indian Population |
| Los Angeles |  149,275 |
| Riverside | 43,033 |
| San Bernardino | 41,549 |
| San Diego | 41,290 |
| Orange | 33,939 |
| Fresno | 28,427 |
| Santa Clara | 25,704 |
| Sacramento | 23,169 |
| Kern | 23,098 |
| Alameda | 18,648 |
| Ventura | 15,019 |
| San Joaquin | 14,023 |
| Tulare | 12,629 |
| Monterey | 11,504 |
| Sonoma | 10,793 |
| Contra Costa | 10,783 |
| Stanislaus | 9,908 |
| Santa Barbara | 9,469 |
| Humboldt | 8,344 |
| San Francisco | 7,447 |
| Madera | 7,003 |
| San Mateo | 6,648 |
| Merced | 6,541 |
| Shasta | 5,529 |
| Mendocino | 5,504 |
| Butte | 5,304 |
| Solano | 5,044 |
| Imperial | 4,596 |
| Kings | 4,541 |
| Santa Cruz | 4,531 |
| Placer | 3,976 |
| San Luis Obispo | 3,845 |
| Yolo | 3,669 |
| Marin | 2,814 |
| Lake | 2,623 |
| Del Norte | 2,486 |
| El Dorado | 2,348 |
| Inyo | 2,342 |
| Yuba | 2,189 |
| Sutter | 2,177 |
| Tehama | 2,088 |
| Siskiyou | 1,990 |
| San Benito | 1,763 |
| Napa | 1,667 |
| Lassen | 1,447 |
| Tuolumne | 1,189 |
| Nevada | 1,179 |
| Glenn | 839 |
| Calaveras | 805 |
| Amador | 777 |
| Trinity | 662 |
| Plumas | 580 |
| Mariposa | 572 |
| Colusa | 555 |
| Modoc | 477 |
| Mono | 387 |
| Alpine | 256 |
| Sierra | 52 |