
| Sorted by change in percent Hispanic 1980-90 | |||||||
| County | Total Population 1980 | Hispanic: Total 1980 | 1980 % Hispanic | Total Population 1990 | Hispanic: Total 1990 | 1990 % Hispanic | % Change 1980-90 |
| Mono County | 8577 | 405 | 4.72% | 9956 | 1126 | 11.31% | 140% |
| Tehama County | 38888 | 2127 | 5.47% | 49625 | 5124 | 10.33% | 89% |
| Marin County | 222568 | 9204 | 4.14% | 230096 | 17930 | 7.79% | 88% |
| Mendocino County | 66738 | 3688 | 5.53% | 80345 | 8248 | 10.27% | 86% |
| Del Norte County | 18217 | 1018 | 5.59% | 23460 | 2414 | 10.29% | 84% |
| Amador County | 19314 | 917 | 4.75% | 30039 | 2520 | 8.39% | 77% |
| Modoc County | 8610 | 356 | 4.13% | 9678 | 701 | 7.24% | 75% |
| Alpine County | 1097 | 42 | 3.83% | 1113 | 74 | 6.65% | 74% |
| Colusa County | 12791 | 2493 | 19.49% | 16275 | 5424 | 33.33% | 71% |
| Glenn County | 21350 | 2532 | 11.86% | 24798 | 4958 | 19.99% | 69% |
| Napa County | 99199 | 8636 | 8.71% | 110765 | 15941 | 14.39% | 65.31% |
| Lassen County | 21661 | 1417 | 6.54% | 27598 | 2883 | 10.45% | 59.69% |
| Orange County | 1932709 | 286339 | 14.82% | 2410556 | 564828 | 23.43% | 58.16% |
| Sonoma County | 299681 | 20824 | 6.95% | 388222 | 41223 | 10.62% | 52.81% |
| El Dorado County | 85812 | 3971 | 4.63% | 125995 | 8777 | 6.97% | 50.54% |
| Tuolumne County | 33928 | 1781 | 5.25% | 48456 | 3726 | 7.69% | 46.48% |
| Stanislaus County | 265900 | 39889 | 15.00% | 370522 | 80897 | 21.83% | 45.54% |
| San Bernardino County | 895016 | 165863 | 18.53% | 1418380 | 378582 | 26.69% | 44.03% |
| Santa Barbara County | 298694 | 55356 | 18.53% | 369608 | 98199 | 26.57% | 43.36% |
| Butte County | 143851 | 7542 | 5.24% | 182120 | 13606 | 7.47% | 42.49% |
| San Mateo County | 587329 | 73339 | 12.49% | 649623 | 114627 | 17.65% | 41.31% |
| Sutter County | 52246 | 6098 | 11.67% | 64415 | 10592 | 16.44% | 40.88% |
| Nevada County | 51645 | 1532 | 2.97% | 78510 | 3269 | 4.16% | 40.37% |
| Riverside County | 663166 | 124417 | 18.76% | 1170413 | 307514 | 26.27% | 40.05% |
| San Luis Obispo County | 155435 | 14792 | 9.52% | 217162 | 28923 | 13.32% | 39.95% |
| Inyo County | 17895 | 1084 | 6.06% | 18281 | 1536 | 8.40% | 38.71% |
| Lake County | 36366 | 1882 | 5.18% | 50631 | 3633 | 7.18% | 38.65% |
| Santa Cruz County | 188141 | 27648 | 14.70% | 229734 | 46797 | 20.37% | 38.62% |
| San Diego County | 1861846 | 275177 | 14.78% | 2498016 | 510781 | 20.45% | 38.35% |
| Los Angeles County | 7477503 | 2066103 | 27.63% | 8863164 | 3351242 | 37.81% | 36.84% |
| Contra Costa County | 656380 | 55820 | 8.50% | 803732 | 91282 | 11.36% | 33.55% |
| Yuba County | 49733 | 4367 | 8.78% | 58228 | 6728 | 11.55% | 31.59% |
| Monterey County | 290444 | 75129 | 25.87% | 355660 | 119570 | 33.62% | 29.97% |
| Tulare County | 245738 | 73298 | 29.83% | 311921 | 120893 | 38.76% | 29.94% |
| Kern County | 403089 | 87026 | 21.59% | 543477 | 151995 | 27.97% | 29.54% |
| Madera County | 63116 | 16916 | 26.80% | 88090 | 30400 | 34.51% | 28.76% |
| Shasta County | 115715 | 3455 | 2.99% | 147036 | 5652 | 3.84% | 28.74% |
| Merced County | 134560 | 34054 | 25.31% | 178403 | 58107 | 32.57% | 28.70% |
| Solano County | 235203 | 24773 | 10.53% | 340421 | 45517 | 13.37% | 26.95% |
| Kings County | 73738 | 19827 | 26.89% | 101469 | 34551 | 34.05% | 26.64% |
| Plumas County | 17340 | 636 | 3.67% | 19739 | 907 | 4.59% | 25.28% |
| Ventura County | 529174 | 113192 | 21.39% | 669016 | 176952 | 26.45% | 23.65% |
| Sacramento County | 783381 | 74141 | 9.46% | 1041219 | 121544 | 11.67% | 23.34% |
| Siskiyou County | 39732 | 1891 | 4.76% | 43531 | 2549 | 5.86% | 23.03% |
| Trinity County | 11858 | 319 | 2.69% | 13063 | 431 | 3.30% | 22.65% |
| San Joaquin County | 347342 | 66565 | 19.16% | 480628 | 112673 | 23.44% | 22.33% |
| Calaveras County | 20710 | 911 | 4.40% | 31998 | 1714 | 5.36% | 21.77% |
| Humboldt County | 108514 | 3736 | 3.44% | 119118 | 4989 | 4.19% | 21.65% |
| Fresno County | 514621 | 150790 | 29.30% | 667490 | 236634 | 35.45% | 20.99% |
| Alameda County | 1105379 | 129962 | 11.76% | 1279182 | 181805 | 14.21% | 20.88% |
| Santa Clara County | 1295071 | 226611 | 17.50% | 1497577 | 314564 | 21.00% | 20.04% |
| Imperial County | 92110 | 51384 | 55.79% | 109303 | 71935 | 65.81% | 17.97% |
| Yolo County | 113374 | 19342 | 17.06% | 141092 | 28182 | 19.97% | 17.08% |
| Placer County | 117247 | 8211 | 7.00% | 172796 | 13871 | 8.03% | 14.63% |
| San Francisco County | 678974 | 83373 | 12.28% | 723959 | 100717 | 13.91% | 13.30% |
| Mariposa County | 11108 | 504 | 4.54% | 14302 | 697 | 4.87% | 7.41% |
| San Benito County | 25005 | 11430 | 45.71% | 36697 | 16800 | 45.78% | 0.15% |
| Sierra County | 3073 | 196 | 6.38% | 3318 | 184 | 5.55% | -13.05% |