Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for California by County
Melanoma of the Skin (All Stages^), 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate † cases per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) 
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CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
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Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Incidence Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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| California 7 | N/A | 23.4 (23.2, 23.6) | N/A | 10,424 |
rising 
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1.3 (1.1, 1.6) |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 23.1 (23.0, 23.2) | N/A | 91,120 |
stable 
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0.2 (-1.1, 1.2) |
| Imperial County 7 | Urban | 6.2 (4.7, 8.0) | 55 (55, 55) | 11 |
falling 
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-2.7 (-4.8, -0.4) |
| Kings County 7 | Urban | 12.1 (9.5, 15.1) | 54 (48, 54) | 16 |
stable
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0.3 (-2.1, 3.2) |
| Merced County 7 | Urban | 13.1 (11.2, 15.3) | 53 (48, 54) | 33 |
stable
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0.9 (-0.6, 2.7) |
| Tulare County 7 | Urban | 13.3 (11.8, 15.0) | 52 (48, 54) | 57 |
stable
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0.3 (-1.0, 1.6) |
| Los Angeles County 7 | Urban | 13.4 (13.1, 13.7) | 51 (49, 54) | 1,482 |
falling
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-0.3 (-0.6, -0.1) |
| Lassen County 7 | Rural | 14.7 (9.6, 21.6) | 50 (32, 54) | 5 |
stable
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1.7 (-1.2, 5.4) |
| Del Norte County 7 | Rural | 16.7 (11.3, 24.0) | 49 (27, 54) | 7 |
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| San Bernardino County 7 | Urban | 17.2 (16.4, 18.0) | 48 (44, 50) | 366 |
stable
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0.1 (-0.4, 0.8) |
| San Joaquin County 7 | Urban | 18.2 (16.9, 19.6) | 47 (41, 50) | 146 |
rising
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2.5 (1.6, 3.6) |
| Fresno County 7 | Urban | 18.4 (17.2, 19.7) | 46 (41, 50) | 181 |
rising
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2.4 (1.5, 3.5) |
| Kern County 7 | Urban | 18.8 (17.5, 20.2) | 45 (39, 50) | 156 |
rising
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2.3 (0.6, 7.8) |
| Siskiyou County 7 | Rural | 19.8 (14.7, 26.2) | 44 (21, 53) | 13 |
falling
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-2.3 (-4.6, -0.1) |
| Alameda County 7 | Urban | 20.3 (19.4, 21.2) | 43 (37, 46) | 381 |
rising
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3.0 (2.4, 5.7) |
| San Francisco County 7 | Urban | 21.3 (20.0, 22.6) | 42 (33, 45) | 220 |
rising
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1.8 (0.1, 2.8) |
| Yuba County 7 | Urban | 21.3 (17.0, 26.5) | 41 (22, 50) | 17 |
stable
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-3.8 (-16.4, 1.9) |
| Sutter County 7 | Urban | 21.3 (17.6, 25.7) | 40 (24, 50) | 24 |
stable
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0.4 (-1.5, 2.8) |
| Solano County 7 | Urban | 21.7 (20.0, 23.6) | 39 (30, 45) | 118 |
stable
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0.7 (-6.4, 2.7) |
| Stanislaus County 7 | Urban | 22.2 (20.5, 24.1) | 38 (30, 44) | 124 |
rising
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2.0 (1.1, 3.0) |
| San Benito County 7 | Urban | 23.3 (18.3, 29.2) | 37 (15, 49) | 16 |
stable
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0.5 (-0.7, 2.0) |
| Lake County 7 | Rural | 23.3 (19.2, 28.1) | 36 (18, 48) | 25 |
stable
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1.8 (-0.3, 4.5) |
| Santa Clara County 7 | Urban | 23.5 (22.5, 24.4) | 35 (29, 40) | 503 |
rising
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2.0 (1.5, 2.6) |
| Sacramento County 7 | Urban | 23.5 (22.5, 24.6) | 34 (28, 40) | 412 |
rising
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1.3 (0.8, 2.0) |
| Plumas County 7 | Rural | 24.2 (16.4, 35.0) | 32 (8, 53) | 9 |
rising
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2.8 (0.1, 6.1) |
| Trinity County 7 | Rural | 24.2 (14.7, 38.0) | 33 (6, 54) | 5 |
stable
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-3.1 (-28.5, 5.2) |
| Madera County 7 | Urban | 24.7 (21.4, 28.4) | 31 (18, 43) | 41 |
rising
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2.2 (0.9, 3.8) |
| Riverside County 7 | Urban | 25.5 (24.6, 26.3) | 30 (24, 34) | 695 |
rising
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1.2 (0.5, 2.0) |
| Tehama County 7 | Rural | 26.1 (21.3, 31.7) | 29 (10, 45) | 23 |
stable
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-15.0 (-31.3, 1.7) |
| Yolo County 7 | Urban | 27.2 (24.1, 30.6) | 28 (13, 38) | 57 |
rising
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1.4 (0.1, 2.9) |
| Monterey County 7 | Urban | 27.4 (25.3, 29.7) | 27 (16, 34) | 127 |
rising
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2.8 (2.2, 3.7) |
| Calaveras County 7 | Rural | 28.1 (22.8, 34.4) | 26 (9, 43) | 24 |
stable
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-4.6 (-18.0, 1.5) |
| Amador County 7 | Rural | 28.3 (22.7, 35.2) | 25 (8, 44) | 20 |
stable
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-8.7 (-19.6, 0.8) |
| San Mateo County 7 | Urban | 28.3 (26.8, 29.9) | 24 (15, 30) | 265 |
rising
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2.5 (1.9, 3.2) |
| Mendocino County 7 | Rural | 28.5 (24.3, 33.2) | 23 (10, 38) | 38 |
stable
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0.6 (-0.9, 2.5) |
| Inyo County 7 | Rural | 29.3 (20.8, 40.6) | 21 (4, 49) | 9 |
stable
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2.8 (-0.4, 7.4) |
| Ventura County 7 | Urban | 29.3 (27.8, 30.9) | 22 (13, 29) | 300 |
rising
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7.3 (0.6, 12.6) |
| San Diego County 7 | Urban | 29.7 (28.9, 30.5) | 19 (14, 26) | 1,092 |
stable
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0.3 (-0.3, 1.0) |
| Glenn County 7 | Rural | 29.8 (21.6, 40.1) | 20 (5, 48) | 9 |
rising
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4.7 (1.5, 9.2) |
| Orange County 7 | Urban | 30.5 (29.7, 31.3) | 18 (12, 23) | 1,139 |
rising
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0.7 (0.1, 1.4) |
| Mariposa County 7 | Rural | 30.6 (21.7, 42.6) | 17 (4, 48) | 10 |
stable
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2.0 (-0.4, 5.2) |
| Santa Barbara County 7 | Urban | 30.7 (28.5, 33.0) | 16 (10, 27) | 156 |
stable
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7.8 (-2.8, 18.4) |
| Humboldt County 7 | Rural | 31.1 (27.3, 35.4) | 15 (8, 31) | 52 |
falling
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-14.1 (-21.4, -5.8) |
| Tuolumne County 7 | Rural | 31.3 (25.6, 37.9) | 14 (7, 37) | 27 |
stable
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-4.5 (-16.0, 0.5) |
| Contra Costa County 7 | Urban | 31.4 (30.1, 32.8) | 13 (10, 22) | 443 |
stable
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0.5 (-3.1, 2.4) |
| Shasta County 7 | Urban | 32.5 (29.2, 36.1) | 12 (8, 26) | 81 |
falling
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-4.2 (-10.3, -1.0) |
| Modoc County 7 | Rural | 32.8 (17.3, 56.3) | 11 (1, 54) | 3 |
stable
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0.1 (-5.3, 6.0) |
| Napa County 7 | Urban | 34.5 (30.8, 38.7) | 10 (6, 24) | 65 |
stable
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1.4 (-2.4, 3.1) |
| Butte County 7 | Urban | 35.2 (31.9, 38.8) | 9 (6, 19) | 92 |
rising
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3.9 (2.6, 5.6) |
| El Dorado County 7 | Urban | 38.2 (34.9, 41.8) | 8 (4, 13) | 111 |
rising
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2.0 (0.7, 3.7) |
| Placer County 7 | Urban | 40.5 (38.1, 43.1) | 7 (4, 10) | 222 |
rising
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1.9 (1.1, 2.9) |
| Sonoma County 7 | Urban | 43.0 (40.7, 45.4) | 5 (4, 8) | 288 |
stable
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-1.2 (-7.7, 2.2) |
| Nevada County 7 | Rural | 43.0 (38.2, 48.2) | 6 (3, 10) | 74 |
rising
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3.6 (2.4, 5.0) |
| Mono County 7 | Rural | 43.8 (30.5, 61.7) | 4 (1, 34) | 8 |
rising
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4.0 (0.6, 8.7) |
| Santa Cruz County 7 | Urban | 49.5 (46.0, 53.2) | 3 (3, 5) | 162 |
rising
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4.8 (3.6, 8.2) |
| Marin County 7 | Urban | 59.1 (55.6, 62.9) | 2 (1, 3) | 229 |
rising
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2.6 (1.9, 3.2) |
| San Luis Obispo County 7 | Urban | 59.2 (55.6, 63.0) | 1 (1, 3) | 230 |
rising
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3.2 (1.8, 4.9) |
| Alpine County 7 | Rural |
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| Colusa County 7 | Rural |
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| Sierra County 7 | Rural |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 11:04 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (SEER areas use 20 age groups and NPCR areas use 19 age groups). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.
^ All Stages refers to any stage. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage with Expanded Regional Codes (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.