California Counties

California has 58 counties. The largest is Los Angeles County (9.9 million people) and the smallest is Alpine County (1,515). Median home values run from $196K in Modoc County to $1.7M in Santa Clara County (Zillow ZHVI 2024). Effective property tax rates range from 0.55% in Trinity County to 0.96% in Kern County (Tax Foundation 2023). Median household income is highest in Santa Clara County ($154K) and lowest in Trinity County ($47K) (Census ACS 2022). Pick a county below for its full profile, or open the county map to filter by your own ranges.