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California County Map — Free Vector PDF
County boundaries, highways, towns and cities. Ready to download.
Get a ready-made California map, or colour your own counties online. Add place names and dots, or combine touching states into one county map.
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Choose a colour, click the counties you cover and add a key. Build a clear picture of sales territories, service areas or regional teams in our online map colouring tool.
- Colour individual counties or groups of areas
- Add your own map title and colour key
- Try your map before buying access
Opens the California county map directly. Map access is needed to save and download your finished map.
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California County Map
A vector PDF with county outlines, main highways, towns and cities.
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Use this ready-made map for a regional overview, a planning discussion or a printed reference. The vector artwork stays clear as you zoom in.
Download FREE California PDFPDF · County boundaries, roads and places · No account needed
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Need the editable artwork?
Get the supplied map files for design work. Available formats include PNG, PostScript, PowerPoint, SVG, EPS, PDF, Illustrator and JPG. Check the included files, current price and licence before buying.
View California map files & price →This is an artwork-file bundle, not access to the online colouring tool.
Or view the full-USA county artwork bundle →County territories across state lines
Build a multi-state county map
Choose up to three touching states on the USA chooser map. Load them together, colour the counties and use one title and key. Alaska can be added as a separate inset.
Choose states to combine →Try before buying. One state is £25 + VAT; buy selected states together, or unlock all 50 state county maps for £150 + VAT for 12 months. County access and ZIP-map access are separate products.
Places and county names
Show or hide county names, cities, towns and villages in Map details. Place names and dots are kept together and automatically thinned out where space is tight. Choose their colours to suit your map.
The new online state maps use Census 2025 county and equivalent boundaries. Connecticut uses its nine planning regions. The ready-made free artwork retains its original boundaries, as explained below.
Choose the right level of detail
Mapping California by county
California’s 58 counties give you a practical starting point for a statewide territory map. You might group neighbouring counties for a regional sales team, show which counties your business serves, or use the ready-made PDF as a reference alongside a report.
A county and a city are not the same area: Los Angeles County, for example, is much more than the city of Los Angeles. If a county is too broad for your delivery or customer coverage plan, switch to the California five-digit ZIP map to work with smaller postal areas instead.
- Counties in California
- 58California State Association of Counties
- Estimated residents
- 39,355,309US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025
- Square miles of land
- 155,858.33US Census Bureau, 2020 measurement
- Mapped 5-digit ZIP areas
- 1,642Areas in our separate ZIP colouring map
| What you want to do | Best place to start |
|---|---|
| Download a ready-made county and road map | Free county PDF |
| Edit the map in a design package | California artwork bundle |
| Colour counties and add my own key | California county colouring tool |
| Combine counties across state lines | Choose touching states |
The 58 counties of California
County names in alphabetical order. Source: Caltrans county chart.
- Alameda
- Alpine
- Amador
- Butte
- Calaveras
- Colusa
- Contra Costa
- Del Norte
- El Dorado
- Fresno
- Glenn
- Humboldt
- Imperial
- Inyo
- Kern
- Kings
- Lake
- Lassen
- Los Angeles
- Madera
- Marin
- Mariposa
- Mendocino
- Merced
- Modoc
- Mono
- Monterey
- Napa
- Nevada
- Orange
- Placer
- Plumas
- Riverside
- Sacramento
- San Benito
- San Bernardino
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Joaquin
- San Luis Obispo
- San Mateo
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara
- Santa Cruz
- Shasta
- Sierra
- Siskiyou
- Solano
- Sonoma
- Stanislaus
- Sutter
- Tehama
- Trinity
- Tulare
- Tuolumne
- Ventura
- Yolo
- Yuba
California county map questions
How do I download the free California county map?
Use the green Download FREE PDF button on this page. No colouring-tool account is needed. The vector PDF includes county outlines, main highways, towns and cities. You can enlarge the preview first to check the detail.
How many counties does California have?
California has 58 counties. The alphabetical list on this page gives all their names, with a link to the source. County boundaries are different from city limits and ZIP areas.
Can I colour the counties and add my own key?
Yes. Open this state’s county colouring tool, choose a colour and click the counties you want to include. Add your own title and colour key to explain your sales territories, service coverage or other groups. The link opens this state on its own. You can also combine up to three touching states, with Alaska as the separate-inset exception.
Can I try the colouring tool before buying?
Yes. Load the county map and try colouring it and adding a key before buying access. Saving and downloading your finished map require the relevant map access. The free PDF on this page is a separate ready-made download.
Is the free PDF the same as the editable artwork bundle?
No. The free PDF is a ready-made vector map. The map-files purchase supplies a bundle of artwork formats for design work; follow the map-files link to check the included formats, current price and licence. Buying artwork files is separate from buying access to the online colouring tool.
What does access to the county maps cost?
One state costs £25 + VAT for 12 months. Buy your selected states together, or choose all 50 state county maps for £150 + VAT. Existing state access is excluded from the selected-state price. You can load and customise maps in trial mode before buying.
Can I use these maps for navigation or legal boundary checks?
No. These are visual reference and planning maps, not navigation, surveying or legal boundary records. A copyright year does not identify the date of the underlying boundaries. Check an authoritative source for decisions that depend on an exact boundary, or ask GBMaps about a particular area.
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