California

The freest counties in California (2026)

California has 58 counties in the ranking. The freest is Mono, #2,496 of 3,144 in the country. The state itself scores4.79 of 10 for fraser institute state ranking and 1 of 10 for 2a, which every county in California shares.

1. 2496MonoCalifornia
2. 2592AlpineCalifornia
3. 2702TrinityCalifornia
4. 2708ColusaCalifornia
5. 2744GlennCalifornia
6. 2747SierraCalifornia
7. 2749El DoradoCalifornia
8. 2767OrangeCalifornia
9. 2769AmadorCalifornia
10. 2772ModocCalifornia
11. 2772PlacerCalifornia
12. 2791MarinCalifornia
13. 2807San MateoCalifornia
14. 2811San Luis ObispoCalifornia
15. 2816CalaverasCalifornia
16. 2829NevadaCalifornia
17. 2868SutterCalifornia
18. 2869VenturaCalifornia
19. 2875NapaCalifornia
20. 2876Santa ClaraCalifornia
21. 2879MariposaCalifornia
22. 2884TuolumneCalifornia
23. 2912MontereyCalifornia
24. 2913SonomaCalifornia
25. 2915San DiegoCalifornia
26. 2917San BenitoCalifornia
27. 2919PlumasCalifornia
28. 2928YoloCalifornia
29. 2945San FranciscoCalifornia
30. 2953Santa BarbaraCalifornia
31. 2975Santa CruzCalifornia
32. 2977Del NorteCalifornia
33. 2983ShastaCalifornia
34. 2985TehamaCalifornia
35. 2998LassenCalifornia
36. 2999InyoCalifornia
37. 3000ButteCalifornia
38. 3005YubaCalifornia
39. 3014Contra CostaCalifornia
40. 3018StanislausCalifornia
41. 3024SacramentoCalifornia
42. 3026SiskiyouCalifornia
43. 3026SolanoCalifornia
44. 3029KingsCalifornia
45. 3032MaderaCalifornia
46. 3041LakeCalifornia
47. 3059San JoaquinCalifornia
48. 3063AlamedaCalifornia
49. 3078RiversideCalifornia
50. 3088MendocinoCalifornia
51. 3089MercedCalifornia
52. 3094TulareCalifornia
53. 3095HumboldtCalifornia
54. 3096ImperialCalifornia
55. 3107Los AngelesCalifornia
56. 3110San BernardinoCalifornia
57. 3117FresnoCalifornia
58. 3131KernCalifornia

See the freest counties of 2026 nationally, or readhow the ranking works.