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Blank Map of California (Counties)

Printable map of California with all 58 counties, in four versions — blank, labeled, colored and with cities. Download as SVG, PNG or PDF. Public-domain data, no watermark.

Blank map of California

Outlines only — no labels, no fill.

SVG (vector)

Any size, editable in Inkscape, Illustrator or Figma.

PNG and PDF files are drawn in your browser at the size you pick; nothing is uploaded. No watermark, no sign-up.

California at a glance

Counties on the map58
Land area (sum of the shapes)403,677 km² · 155,861 mi²
Largest county by land areaSan Bernardino County — 51,976 km²
Smallest county by land areaSan Francisco County — 121 km²
Population (ACS 2019–2023)39,242,785
Most populous countyLos Angeles County — 9,848,406
Places on the with-cities versionLos Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Oakland, Bakersfield, Anaheim

Land areas are the Census Bureau's ALAND figures. Population and income are American Community Survey 5-year estimates, which carry margins of error. Cities are the largest Census places by ACS population; a crowded label is left off rather than overlapped.

All 58 counties of California

CountyLand area, km²Land area, mi²PopulationMedian household income
Alameda County1,9107371,651,949$126,240
Alpine County1,9127381,695$110,781
Amador County1,54059541,029$81,526
Butte County4,2391,637209,470$68,574
Calaveras County2,6421,02045,995$79,877
Colusa County2,9801,15121,895$75,149
Contra Costa County1,8577171,161,458$125,727
Del Norte County2,6061,00627,293$66,780
El Dorado County4,4231,708192,299$106,190
Fresno County15,4335,9591,012,152$71,434
Glenn County3,4031,31428,623$70,487
Humboldt County9,2413,568135,418$61,135
Imperial County10,8154,176179,319$56,393
Inyo County26,41110,19718,803$72,432
Kern County21,0698,135910,433$67,660
Kings County3,6031,391152,830$68,750
Lake County3,2511,25568,139$58,738
Lassen County11,7624,54131,177$64,395
Los Angeles County10,5164,0609,848,406$87,760
Madera County5,5342,137158,790$75,496
Marin County1,347520258,765$142,785
Mariposa County3,7521,44917,060$65,378
Mendocino County9,0833,50790,709$64,688
Merced County5,0191,938285,597$65,044
Modoc County10,2263,9488,646$56,648
Mono County7,8973,04913,169$86,953
Monterey County8,5003,282435,834$94,486
Napa County1,948752136,070$108,970
Nevada County2,481958102,452$84,905
Orange County2,0547933,164,063$113,702
Placer County3,6441,407412,435$114,678
Plumas County6,6122,55319,607$64,946
Riverside County18,6727,2092,449,909$89,672
Sacramento County2,5009651,584,047$88,724
San Benito County3,5971,38966,056$108,289
San Bernardino County51,97620,0682,187,816$82,184
San Diego County10,9054,2103,282,782$102,285
San Francisco County12147836,321$141,446
San Joaquin County3,6061,392787,416$88,531
San Luis Obispo County8,5493,301281,486$93,398
San Mateo County1,162449745,100$156,000
Santa Barbara County7,0812,734443,975$95,977
Santa Clara County3,3441,2911,903,297$159,674
Santa Cruz County1,153445266,021$109,266
Shasta County9,7793,776181,554$71,931
Sierra County2,4699532,731$60,000
Siskiyou County16,2626,27943,834$55,499
Solano County2,128822450,824$99,994
Sonoma County4,0801,575485,642$102,840
Stanislaus County3,8751,496552,250$79,661
Sutter County1,56160398,971$75,450
Tehama County7,6382,94965,520$61,834
Trinity County8,2343,17915,886$53,498
Tulare County12,4944,824475,774$69,489
Tuolumne County5,7522,22154,873$72,259
Ventura County4,7681,841838,259$107,327
Yolo County2,6241,013217,782$88,818
Yuba County1,63763283,079$73,313

Printing and using the map

  1. Pick a version with the tabs above the map. Blank is outlines only; Labeled names each county.
  2. For paper, choose PDF and your page size. Wide maps are placed on a landscape page automatically.
  3. Print at 100% or “Fit to page”. The PDF already leaves a half-inch margin.
  4. For slides or documents, a 1,200 or 2,400 px PNG is enough. For a poster, use the 4,800 px PNG or the SVG.
  5. To colour counties by your own data, open the SVG in a design program: each county is a separate path carrying its name.

About the boundaries

The county shapes are the US Census Bureau's 2024 cartographic boundary file — boundaries as of January 1, 2024, clipped to the shoreline for mapping.

The map uses an equal-area projection (Lambert azimuthal equal-area, centred on the map), so counties keep their true relative sizes. It is simplified to about the detail visible at 2067 × 2400 pixels, and coloured so that no two touching counties share a colour. The colours carry no meaning.

Limits: shorelines and small islands are generalised, very small counties may be hard to see at letter size, and the map shows administrative divisions only — no rivers, roads or terrain. It is for teaching, illustration and planning, not for legal, survey or navigation use.

Sources

Source files downloaded October 18, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How many counties are on this map of California?

58. every one of them is listed in the table on this page.

Can I use these maps for free, including commercially?

Yes. The maps are drawn from public-domain boundary data (US Census Bureau) and this site adds no restrictions: use them in worksheets, slides, videos, products and print without attribution.

Which file should I download for printing?

The PDF, sized for your paper. It holds a 200 dpi image scaled to fit inside a half-inch margin and turns landscape automatically for wide maps. The SVG is vector and prints sharp at any size from a design program.

Do the four versions line up with each other?

Yes. The labeled, colored and with-cities versions are the blank SVG with labels, fills or city markers added on top, so the borders are identical. Print the blank one as a quiz and the labeled one as the answer key.

Why are some labels shortened?

Labels are sized to fit inside each county. Where a name cannot fit even at the smallest readable size it is shortened with an ellipsis or replaced by its abbreviation. The full names are in the table below the map.

How accurate are the borders?

They come from the Census Bureau's 2024 cartographic boundary file, generalised for mapping, then simplified to suit a 2067 × 2400 pixel drawing. They are right for printing and teaching but are not survey-grade lines and must not be used to settle a boundary question.

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