Gov. Code, § 28020 · Chapter 2. Classification of Counties
Gov. Code, § 28020
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The population of the counties of this state is hereby ascertained and determined to be and is as follows:
1 Los Angeles ...... 7,032,075
2 Orange ...... 1,420,386
3 San Diego ...... 1,357,854
4 Alameda ...... 1,073,184
5 Santa Clara ...... 1,064,714
6 San Francisco ...... 715,674
7 San Bernardino ...... 684,072
8 Sacramento ...... 631,498
9 Contra Costa ...... 558,389
10 San Mateo ...... 556,234
11 Riverside ...... 459,074
12 Fresno ...... 413,053
13 Ventura ...... 376,430
14 Kern ...... 329,162
15 San Joaquin ...... 290,208
16 Santa Barbara ...... 264,324
17 Monterey ...... 250,071
18 Marin ...... 206,038
19 Sonoma ...... 204,885
20 Stanislaus ...... 194,506
21 Tulare ...... 188,322
22 Solano ...... 169,941
23 Santa Cruz ...... 123,790
24 San Luis Obispo ...... 105,690
25 Merced ...... 104,629
26 Butte ...... 101,969
27 Humboldt ...... 99,692
28 Yolo ...... 91,788
29 Napa ...... 79,140
30 Shasta ...... 77,640
31 Placer ...... 77,306
32 Imperial ...... 74,492
33 Kings ...... 64,610
34 Mendocino ...... 51,101
35 Yuba ...... 44,736
36 El Dorado ...... 43,833
37 Sutter ...... 41,935
38 Madera ...... 41,519
39 Siskiyou ...... 33,225
40 Tehama ...... 29,517
41 Nevada ...... 26,346
42 Tuolumne ...... 22,169
43 Lake ...... 19,548
44 San Benito ...... 18,226
45 Glenn ...... 17,521
46 Inyo ...... 15,571
47 Lassen ...... 14,960
48 Del Norte ...... 14,580
49 Calaveras ...... 13,585
50 Colusa ...... 12,430
51 Amador ...... 11,821
52 Plumas ...... 11,707
53 Trinity ...... 7,615
54 Modoc ...... 7,469
55 Mariposa ...... 6,015
56 Mono ...... 4,016
57 Sierra ...... 2,365
58 Alpine ...... 484
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.
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Cited by 88 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Gov. Code, § 28020; the first 50 in book order. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Gov. Code, § 6546.6Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 20057Printed as Sections 28020 and 28036
- Gov. Code, § 25562Printed as Sections 28020 and 28023
- Gov. Code, § 28021Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 29536Printed as Section 28020 of the Government Code
- Gov. Code, § 31452.61Printed as Sections 28020 and 28022
- Gov. Code, § 31458.3Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31459.1Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31461.1Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31461.4Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31461.45Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31468Printed as Sections 28020 and 28036 of the Government Code
- Gov. Code, § 31469.5Printed as Sections 28020 and 28031
- Gov. Code, § 31469.8Printed as Sections 28020 and 28039
- Gov. Code, § 31470.2Printed as Sections 28020 and 28024 | Sections 28020 and 28029
- Gov. Code, § 31470.25Printed as Sections 28020 and 28023
- Gov. Code, § 31470.3Printed as Sections 28020 and 28024
- Gov. Code, § 31470.11Printed as Sections 28020 and 28037
- Gov. Code, § 31470.12Printed as Section 28020 and 28037
- Gov. Code, § 31484.8Printed as Sections 28020 and 28025
- Gov. Code, § 31485.8Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31485.10Printed as Sections 28020 and 28031
- Gov. Code, § 31485.16Printed as Sections 28020 and 28025
- Gov. Code, § 31485.18Printed as Sections 28020 and 28029
- Gov. Code, § 31486Printed as Sections 28020 and 28037
- Gov. Code, § 31510Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31511Printed as Sections 28020 and 28034
- Gov. Code, § 31520.12Printed as Sections 28020 and 28030
- Gov. Code, § 31520.13Printed as Sections 28020 and 28034
- Gov. Code, § 31520.3Printed as Sections 28020 and 28037
- Gov. Code, § 31521.1Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31521.3Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31522.3Printed as Sections 28020, 28024, 28029, 28035, 28036, and 28039
- Gov. Code, § 31522.4Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31529.1Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31529.6Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31529.9Printed as Sections 28020, 28023, 28028, 28030, 28035, 28036, and 28037
- Gov. Code, § 31535.1Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31540Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31541Printed as Section 28020
- Gov. Code, § 31541.1Printed as Section 28020 and 28022
- Gov. Code, § 31558.8Printed as Sections 28020 and 28024
Health and Safety Code
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 831.7Printed as Sections 28020 and 28022 of the Government Code
- Pen. Code, § 904.4Printed as Section 28020 of the Government Code
- Pen. Code, § 936.7Printed as Sections 28020 and 28029 of the Government Code
- Pen. Code, § 987.2Printed as Sections 28020, 28022, 28023, and 28024 of the Government Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
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