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California County Statistics

Compare descriptive county-level score ranges, density, solar, broadband, and research confidence across all 58 California county records.

County records58

Core coverage100%

Distinct scores27

Profile citations948

Verified / sourced0/58

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County records: 58At least 5Pass
Core measurement coverage: 100%At least 95%Pass
Distinct Freedom Scores: 27At least 3Pass
State dataset: liveLivePass

Measurement	Unit	Minimum	25th percentile	Median	Average	75th percentile	Maximum
Freedom Score	0-100	30	57	61	60	67	86
Housing Freedom Index	0-100	44	54	58	57	61	70
Off-Grid Freedom Index	0-100	37	68	74	74	85	94
Homestead Freedom Index	0-100	50	61	72	71	80	98
Connectivity Index	0-100	55	76	78	78	82	89
Population Density	people / sq. mi.	1.5	25.7	112.2	695.9	367.2	17,654.6
Solar Potential	1-10	4	9	10	9.1	10	10
Broadband Availability	1-10	6	8	9	8.7	9	10

80-1004

70-796

60-6920

50-5918

Under 5010

County	Freedom	Housing	Off-grid	Homestead	Connectivity	Density / sq. mi.	Solar	Broadband	Confidence	Citations
Alameda County	30	44	49	60	78	2,231.4	7/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
Alpine County	74	56	90	74	82	1.5	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Amador County	58	58	74	71	79	70.7	10/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	16
Butte County	63	64	74	82	82	127.3	9/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Calaveras County	67	64	88	86	76	45.6	10/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	16
Colusa County	68	57	75	77	67	19.2	9/10	7/10	Sourced discovery	15
Contra Costa County	34	44	56	61	82	1,637.9	7/10	10/10	Sourced discovery	17
Del Norte County	61	50	72	74	84	26.8	4/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
El Dorado County	58	54	84	73	82	112.9	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Fresno County	57	58	74	65	77	171.9	10/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	15
Glenn County	66	54	83	80	69	21.5	9/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	16
Humboldt County	63	61	79	82	83	37.1	5/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	15
Imperial County	64	61	84	69	78	43.5	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Inyo County	67	50	90	62	72	1.8	10/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	16
Kern County	67	65	84	76	81	113.4	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Kings County	57	58	68	56	76	111.5	10/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	17
Lake County	61	62	77	83	75	53.9	9/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	17
Lassen County	85	70	92	90	69	6.2	9/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	15
Los Angeles County	32	44	53	59	75	2,404.5	9/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
Madera County	61	60	78	77	82	77.4	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Marin County	58	58	64	60	87	492.8	9/10	10/10	Sourced discovery	17
Mariposa County	76	60	93	91	76	11.8	10/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	16
Mendocino County	65	54	85	91	77	25.4	8/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	17
Merced County	58	58	74	64	77	153.4	10/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	17
Modoc County	85	70	90	89	74	2.2	8/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	16
Mono County	63	51	87	77	76	4.3	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Monterey County	63	62	75	74	80	133	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
Napa County	59	58	67	65	83	177.4	9/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Nevada County	57	58	75	73	82	106.7	9/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
Orange County	33	44	55	58	81	4,010.3	10/10	10/10	Sourced discovery	17
Placer County	57	58	68	64	83	308.3	9/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
Plumas County	74	59	91	75	66	7.4	9/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	16
Riverside County	48	53	70	56	81	351.1	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
Sacramento County	41	49	62	61	76	1,670.3	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
San Benito County	66	67	71	77	89	49.8	10/10	10/10	Sourced discovery	16
San Bernardino County	62	58	85	64	84	110.4	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
San Diego County	40	49	58	59	77	784.2	8/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
San Francisco County	31	44	37	52	78	17,654.6	7/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
San Joaquin County	57	58	70	59	76	586.6	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
San Luis Obispo County	61	60	78	73	86	85.4	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
San Mateo County	32	44	45	60	83	1,656.7	7/10	10/10	Sourced discovery	17
Santa Barbara County	59	58	72	65	85	162.5	9/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Santa Clara County	33	44	55	61	83	1,493.2	10/10	10/10	Sourced discovery	17
Santa Cruz County	59	58	66	60	78	589.5	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
Shasta County	72	65	91	88	83	48	8/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Sierra County	77	62	92	80	55	3.3	9/10	6/10	Sourced discovery	15
Siskiyou County	86	70	94	98	75	6.8	8/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	16
Solano County	57	58	70	61	77	553.8	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
Sonoma County	58	58	68	64	83	308	9/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
Stanislaus County	58	58	70	59	78	372.6	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
Sutter County	57	58	58	50	79	163.6	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Tehama County	71	60	85	94	70	21.8	8/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	16
Trinity County	85	67	90	89	63	4.9	8/10	7/10	Sourced discovery	16
Tulare County	58	58	77	69	77	100.2	10/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	17
Tuolumne County	69	56	89	89	76	24.3	10/10	8/10	Sourced discovery	16
Ventura County	58	58	70	60	81	453.3	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17
Yolo County	67	68	67	77	82	222	10/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	16
Yuba County	65	66	69	81	79	138.4	9/10	9/10	Sourced discovery	17

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Suggested citation: County Freedom Index, California County Statistics, version county-summary-2026-08-04. County values are discovery signals and public context, not zoning decisions, appraisals, or parcel approvals.

Snapshot last reviewed: 2026-08-04.

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