Since the 1950s ended, most of America has let its guard down and people have become a whole lot kinkier.
Searches for sex online are at an all-time high, and with sexting, flexting, and every other new way of communicating our desires online, it’s pretty clear that we can’t get enough.
Whether we want to admit it or not.
Which of the places in California are the kinkiest? We can tell by looking at who is buying the most ‘kinky’ stuff online.
Based on the number of purchases from Adam & Eve per capita, we came up with this list as the 10 kinkiest cities in the Golden State.
0.06 orders per capita
Located in
Santa Clara County, California
Santa Clara is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city’s population was 116,468 at the 2010 United States Census, making it the ninth-most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Located 45 miles southeast of San Francisco, the city was founded in 1777 with the establishment of Mission Santa Clara de Ass, the eighth of 21 California missions. The city was later incorporated in 1852. The mission, the city, and the county are all named for Saint Clare of Assisi.
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0.05 orders per capita
Located in
Orange County, California
Rancho Santa Margarita is a city in Orange County, California, United States. One of Orange County’s youngest cities, Rancho Santa Margarita is a master planned community set upon rolling hills. The population was 47,853 at the 2010 census, up from 47,214 at the 2000 census. Although it is named for Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores, which was in San Diego County, the city limits fall within the borders of Rancho Mission Viejo. At 20 characters long, it is the longest city name in California.
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0.04 orders per capita
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Monterey County, California
Monterey is a city located in Monterey County in the U.S. state of California, on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on California’s Central Coast. It stands at an elevation of 26 feet above sea level, on a land area of 8.466sqmi.The 2010 census recorded a population of 27,810.
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0.03 orders per capita
Located in
Orange County, California
Los Alamitos is a small city in Orange County, California. The city was incorporated in March 1960. The population was 11,449 at the 2010 census, down from 11,536 at the 2000 census. It is often mistakenly thought to include the adjacent but unincorporated community of Rossmoor, which uses Los Alamitos as its mailing address. The Los Alamitos Race Course is also widely believed to be in the city; although it does have a Los Alamitos postal address and zip code, it actually lies in the neighboring city of Cypress.
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0.03 orders per capita
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El Dorado County, California
Placerville is the county seat of El Dorado County, California. The population was 10,389 at the 2010 census, up from 9,610 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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0.03 orders per capita
Located in
Santa Cruz County, California
Scotts Valley is a small city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, about thirty miles south of downtown San Jose and six miles north of the city of Santa Cruz, in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 11,580. Principal access to the city is supplied by State Route 17 that connects San Jose and Santa Cruz. The city was incorporated in 1966. Scotts Valley is named for John Scott, who discovered gold at Scott-s Bar.
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0.03 orders per capita
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Contra Costa County, California
Pinole is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 18,390 at the 2010 census.
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0.02 orders per capita
Located in
San Luis Obispo County, California
San Luis Obispo, or SLO for short, is a city in the U.S. state of California, located roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on the Central Coast. The population was 45,119 at the 2010 census. The population of San Luis Obispo County was 269,637 in 2010.
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0.02 orders per capita
Located in
Orange County, California
Irvine is a master-planned city in Orange County, California, United States. The Irvine Company started developing the area in the 1960s and the city was formally incorporated on December 28, 1971. The 66-square-mile city had a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census; in 2016 the city’s population was 258,386.
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0.02 orders per capita
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Los Angeles County, California
Monterey Park is a hillside suburban city in Los Angeles County, California, 7 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles. The city’s motto is “Pride in the past, Faith in the future”. Monterey Park is part of a cluster of cities with a growing Asian American population, making up 66.9% of its resident population at 2010; 47.7% of its residents are of Chinese descent, the largest concentration of Chinese Americans of any municipality in the United States. According to the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of 60,269. Monterey Park has recognized as “America’s Best Places to Live 2017” ranked at #3 by Money magazine and three local news TV stations.
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Where California’s kinkiest cities are
Saturday Night Science
Methodology: How We Measured The Kinkiest Cities In The Golden State
In order to rank how kinky a city is, we simply had to see which cities in California purchased the most sex toys from online erotic adult toy and novelty powerhouse Adam & Eve. They provided us with purchase information in 2015.
It’s pretty easy to figure it out, actually, when you know the cities in California are buying adult toys.
Saturday Night Science at its finest — there’s no better way to solve this argument at a bar.
We calculated all the data on a per capita basis, meaning these are orders on a per-person basis, not a raw number of total dollars spent or number of orders. That keeps us from ranking the largest cities at the top since they have the most people.
Additionally, we only looked at the 356 places in California with over 5,000 people.
The kinkiest cities in California based on this methodology are Santa Clara, Rancho Santa Margarita, Monterey, Los Alamitos, Placerville, Scotts Valley, Pinole, San Luis Obispo, Irvine, and Monterey Park.
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Kinkiest Cities In California For 2026
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| Rank | City | Population | Orders Per Capita |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara | 130,256 | 0.06 |
| 2 | Rancho Santa Margarita | 46,990 | 0.05 |
| 3 | Monterey | 29,613 | 0.04 |
| 4 | Los Alamitos | 11,794 | 0.03 |
| 5 | Placerville | 10,762 | 0.03 |
| 6 | Scotts Valley | 12,044 | 0.03 |
| 7 | Pinole | 18,761 | 0.03 |
| 8 | San Luis Obispo | 48,491 | 0.02 |
| 9 | Irvine | 311,690 | 0.02 |
| 10 | Monterey Park | 59,132 | 0.02 |
| 11 | Pleasanton | 76,960 | 0.02 |
| 12 | Westlake Village | 7,743 | 0.02 |
| 13 | Palo Alto | 67,237 | 0.02 |
| 14 | Crescent City | 6,046 | 0.01 |
| 15 | Eureka | 26,010 | 0.01 |
| 16 | Rohnert Park | 44,575 | 0.01 |
| 17 | Palm Springs | 45,070 | 0.01 |
| 18 | Walnut Creek | 70,088 | 0.01 |
| 19 | Chico | 102,188 | 0.01 |
| 20 | Burbank | 104,546 | 0.01 |
| 21 | San Jose | 990,138 | 0.01 |
| 22 | Fort Bragg | 7,032 | 0.01 |
| 23 | San Mateo | 103,105 | 0.01 |
| 24 | Pittsburg | 76,257 | 0.01 |
| 25 | Colusa | 6,505 | 0.01 |
| 26 | Windsor | 26,081 | 0.01 |
| 27 | Santa Monica | 91,169 | 0.01 |
| 28 | Grover Beach | 12,604 | 0.01 |
| 29 | Morro Bay | 10,692 | 0.01 |
| 30 | Yucca Valley | 21,770 | 0.01 |
| 31 | San Diego | 1,389,526 | 0.01 |
| 32 | Tustin | 78,981 | 0.01 |
| 33 | Sacramento | 528,706 | 0.01 |
| 34 | San Francisco | 830,235 | 0.01 |
| 35 | Roseville | 155,955 | 0.01 |
| 36 | Santa Barbara | 87,779 | 0.01 |
| 37 | Susanville | 14,177 | 0.01 |
| 38 | Ridgecrest | 28,225 | 0.01 |
| 39 | Los Angeles | 3,857,263 | 0.01 |
| 40 | Ukiah | 16,304 | 0.01 |
| 41 | Escalon | 7,451 | 0.01 |
| 42 | Corona | 159,670 | 0.01 |
| 43 | Turlock | 72,502 | 0.01 |
| 44 | Fairfield | 120,785 | 0.01 |
| 45 | Clearlake | 16,659 | 0.01 |
| 46 | Yuba City | 69,471 | 0.01 |
| 47 | Ojai | 7,577 | 0.01 |
| 48 | Monrovia | 37,571 | 0.01 |
| 49 | Mountain View | 83,732 | 0.01 |
| 50 | La Mirada | 47,180 | 0.01 |
| 51 | Hanford | 59,754 | 0.01 |
| 52 | Atherton | 6,993 | 0.01 |
| 53 | Imperial | 21,430 | 0.01 |
| 54 | San Rafael | 60,433 | 0.01 |
| 55 | Malibu | 10,421 | 0.01 |
| 56 | Rocklin | 73,327 | 0.00 |
| 57 | Anderson | 11,255 | 0.00 |
| 58 | Blythe | 17,396 | 0.00 |
| 59 | Reedley | 25,609 | 0.00 |
| 60 | Atascadero | 29,712 | 0.00 |
| 61 | Fresno | 545,970 | 0.00 |
| 62 | Napa | 78,239 | 0.00 |
| 63 | Palm Desert | 51,990 | 0.00 |
| 64 | Bakersfield | 411,986 | 0.00 |
| 65 | Palmdale | 164,634 | 0.00 |
| 66 | Hermosa Beach | 19,063 | 0.00 |
| 67 | Saratoga | 30,319 | 0.00 |
| 68 | Brea | 47,469 | 0.00 |
| 69 | Hayward | 158,801 | 0.00 |
| 70 | Hughson | 7,648 | 0.00 |
| 71 | Ontario | 180,547 | 0.00 |
| 72 | Redding | 93,409 | 0.00 |
| 73 | Paradise | 7,392 | 0.00 |
| 74 | Santa Maria | 110,462 | 0.00 |
| 75 | Riverside | 319,069 | 0.00 |
| 76 | Davis | 66,978 | 0.00 |
| 77 | Gardena | 59,422 | 0.00 |
| 78 | Truckee | 17,066 | 0.00 |
| 79 | Cypress | 49,498 | 0.00 |
| 80 | Mammoth Lakes | 7,214 | 0.00 |
| 81 | Rio Vista | 10,102 | 0.00 |
| 82 | Bellflower | 76,819 | 0.00 |
| 83 | Grass Valley | 14,113 | 0.00 |
| 84 | Petaluma | 59,247 | 0.00 |
| 85 | Indio | 91,950 | 0.00 |
| 86 | Orland | 8,357 | 0.00 |
| 87 | Lake Elsinore | 72,461 | 0.00 |
| 88 | Daly City | 101,964 | 0.00 |
| 89 | Stockton | 322,326 | 0.00 |
| 90 | Novato | 52,546 | 0.00 |
| 91 | Fremont | 228,295 | 0.00 |
| 92 | Tracy | 96,966 | 0.00 |
| 93 | Hesperia | 100,775 | 0.00 |
| 94 | San Bernardino | 222,724 | 0.00 |
| 95 | South Pasadena | 26,068 | 0.00 |
| 96 | Anaheim | 344,521 | 0.00 |
| 97 | Costa Mesa | 110,330 | 0.00 |
| 98 | Arroyo Grande | 18,372 | 0.00 |
| 99 | Pismo Beach | 8,014 | 0.00 |
| 100 | Merced | 91,953 | 0.00 |
Source: Adam & Eve orders per capita via Saturday Night Science. 356 California cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
Summary: The Kinkiest Cities In California For 2026
So there you have it — the kinkiest cities in California based on Adam & Eve orders per capita.
The kinkiest cities in California are Santa Clara, Rancho Santa Margarita, Monterey, Los Alamitos, Placerville, Scotts Valley, Pinole, San Luis Obispo, Irvine, and Monterey Park.
