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Table 1a: Incorporated & Unincorporated (combined total)

County Number of
Cities in County
Single-Family Zoning %
of Residential Land
Single-Family Zoning %
of All Land
Alpine 1 100.00% 0.48%
Trinity 1 99.98% 94.33%
Mariposa 1 99.92% 12.37%
Siskiyou 10 99.87% 85.46%
San Benito 3 99.83% 98.64%
Glenn 3 99.76% 26.55%
San Luis Obispo 8 99.68% 84.98%
San Bernardino 25 99.58% 96.90%
Mendocino 5 99.44% 45.36%
Humboldt 8 99.30% 32.55%
Tulare 9 99.29% 47.68%
Santa Barbara 9 99.24% 67.68%
Lake 3 99.22% 45.04%
Madera 3 99.08% 57.62%
Tehama 4 98.89% 4.47%
Butte 6 98.85% 77.35%
Kern 11 98.66% 26.80%
Calaveras 2 98.44% 14.02%
Tuolumne 2 98.02% 5.09%
Amador 6 97.97% 35.47%
Monterey 13 97.17% 14.26%
Colusa 3 96.82% 1.69%
Plumas 1 96.47% 5.38%
Riverside 29 96.40% 38.04%
Ventura 11 96.23% 22.98%
Nevada 4 95.64% 9.07%
San Joaquin 8 94.36% 87.30%
El Dorado 1 93.78% 74.47%
Inyo 2 91.71% 0.16%
Mono 2 91.62% 0.52%
Contra Costa 20 91.41% 46.29%
Sonoma 10 90.74% 68.33%
Placer 6 89.50% 39.64%
Los Angeles 87 89.39% 43.01%
San Mateo 21 89.35% 17.45%
Napa 6 88.93% 2.65%
Imperial 8 86.82% 1.07%
Santa Clara 16 86.21% 13.80%
Del Norte 2 83.45% 6.66%
San Diego 18 80.38% 48.05%
Solano 8 80.25% 6.74%
Marin 12 78.46% 9.03%
Yuba 2 77.94% 7.08%
Alameda 15 77.41% 27.02%
Kings 4 76.28% 26.93%
Orange 35 75.10% 33.29%
Sutter 2 73.00% 55.68%
Sacramento 6 72.66% 46.08%
Yolo 4 72.23% 36.31%
Merced 7 70.22% 1.93%
San Francisco 1 51.42% 51.42%
Santa Cruz 5 39.05% 16.79%
Shasta 4 17.70% 9.31%
Stanislaus 10 5.86% 5.59%
Fresno 16 2.95% 1.84%

 

Table 1b: Incorporated

County Number of Cities
in County
Single-Family Zoning %
of Residential Land
Single-Family Zoning %
of All Land
El Dorado 1 93.78% 74.47%
Kern 10 92.27% 64.02%
Madera 2 91.00% 24.37%
Contra Costa 19 90.14% 44.59%
Placer 6 89.50% 39.64%
Marin 11 88.18% 30.76%
San Mateo 20 86.81% 42.93%
Shasta 3 86.46% 47.07%
Nevada 3 85.73% 46.88%
Santa Clara 15 84.33% 48.51%
San Bernardino 24 84.13% 43.93%
Napa 5 83.71% 50.86%
Tulare 8 82.70% 48.30%
San Luis Obispo 7 82.13% 42.07%
Stanislaus 9 81.75% 38.50%
Ventura 10 81.50% 32.08%
Sonoma 9 81.47% 47.18%
San Diego 18 80.38% 48.05%
Riverside 28 79.36% 37.90%
Yuba 2 77.94% 7.08%
Tehama 3 76.52% 34.15%
Los Angeles 86 76.43% 44.79%
Kings 4 76.28% 26.93%
Alameda 14 76.11% 24.52%
Glenn 2 74.24% 43.75%
Sutter 2 73.00% 55.68%
Sacramento 6 72.66% 46.08%
Solano 7 72.62% 29.55%
Yolo 4 72.23% 36.31%
Tuolumne 1 70.70% 52.19%
Imperial 7 70.61% 31.54%
Siskiyou 9 70.40% 35.11%
Lake 2 68.36% 55.26%
Orange 34 66.21% 34.45%
Santa Barbara 8 65.26% 31.79%
Butte 5 64.49% 37.19%
Humboldt 7 63.47% 25.92%
Santa Cruz 4 63.08% 33.10%
San Benito 2 61.40% 30.36%
Fresno 15 60.68% 40.69%
Amador 5 58.05% 32.57%
Mono 1 54.07% 23.11%
Monterey 12 52.20% 22.65%
San Francisco 1 51.42% 51.42%
Calaveras 1 47.33% 22.81%
Inyo 1 47.02% 20.36%
Merced 6 40.31% 20.10%
Colusa 2 39.93% 3.65%
Del Norte 1 36.82% 15.58%
Mendocino 4 35.48% 17.12%
San Joaquin 7 22.28% 10.88%

 

Table 1c: Unincorporated

County Number of Cities
in County
Single-Family Zoning %
of Residential Land
Single-Family Zoning %
of All Land
Napa 1 100.00% 0.99%
Alpine 1 100.00% 0.48%
Trinity 1 99.98% 94.33%
Glenn 1 99.97% 26.49%
San Luis Obispo 1 99.94% 86.04%
Siskiyou 1 99.93% 85.63%
San Benito 1 99.92% 98.99%
San Bernardino 1 99.92% 99.14%
Mariposa 1 99.92% 12.37%
Butte 1 99.82% 78.90%
Santa Barbara 1 99.79% 68.50%
Lake 1 99.75% 44.95%
Santa Clara 1 99.74% 2.58%
Humboldt 1 99.73% 32.61%
Ventura 1 99.70% 21.79%
Monterey 1 99.69% 14.11%
Tehama 1 99.67% 4.37%
Kern 1 99.64% 24.74%
Mendocino 1 99.64% 45.45%
Tulare 1 99.62% 47.67%
Amador 1 99.40% 35.54%
Riverside 1 99.18% 38.06%
Madera 1 99.12% 57.99%
Solano 1 99.09% 2.81%
Calaveras 1 99.03% 13.99%
Colusa 1 98.79% 1.68%
Nevada 1 98.56% 7.51%
Orange 1 98.54% 31.40%
Tuolumne 1 98.53% 5.03%
Sonoma 1 98.36% 98.36%
San Mateo 1 98.33% 6.12%
Los Angeles 1 98.27% 42.11%
San Joaquin 1 98.16% 95.33%
Contra Costa 1 97.84% 56.26%
Plumas 1 96.47% 5.38%
Mono 1 95.63% 0.49%
Inyo 1 93.71% 0.15%
Imperial 1 93.01% 0.84%
Merced 1 90.58% 1.52%
Alameda 1 87.62% 87.62%
Del Norte 1 85.17% 6.60%
Marin 1 68.63% 4.71%
Santa Cruz 1 37.37% 15.87%
Shasta 1 16.28% 8.55%
Stanislaus 1 3.63% 3.57%
Fresno 1 1.63% 1.01%