| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 22.05 million (41.2%) white alone (2020 census[1]) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Far North and Sierra regions[2] | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Judaism, Irreligion, Islam[3] |
White Californians are White Americans living in California who currently comprise 41.2% of the state's population according to the official 2020 census.[4]
As of 2015, California has the third-largest minority population in the United States.[5] Non-Hispanic whites decreased from about 76.3–78% of the state's population in 1970[6] to 36.5% in 2019.[7] It was estimated in 2015 that Hispanic and Latino Americans became more numerous than non-Hispanic White Americans for the first time.[5] Since 2000 U.S. census, California has been known as the second state in U.S. history (after Hawaii since its statehood in 1959) to have a non-white majority. Most people who identify as white in California say their heritage is Mexican, German, Irish, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Scottish, Polish, Salvadoran, Swedish, Portuguese, Dutch, Armenian, or British. There are also sizable Iranian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Greek, Hungarian, Austrian, Danish, Lithuanian, Finnish, Lebanese, Ukrainian, white Australian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak, and Albanian populations in California.[8][9] Most European immigrants in California come from Ireland, Germany, and United Kingdom, alongside countries such as France and Italy.[10]
According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau, 9.8% of White Californians were Germans, 7.8% Irish, 6.9% British and 4.3% were Italians.[11]
- ^ "CALIFORNIA: 2020 Census". 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ "California Counts" (PDF).
- ^ Whites who are in California
- ^ "CALIFORNIA: 2020 Census". 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ a b Panzar, Javier (July 8, 2015). "It's official: Latinos now outnumber whites in California". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ "Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, California". Census.gov. Archived from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ "Census". Census.gov. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ ROOTS BEYOND RACE
- ^ "Explore Census Data".
- ^ Deverell, William; Igler, David (November 10, 2008). A Companion to California History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-4051-6183-1.
- ^ "White – California".