Welcome from another Californian.
It's all about location. The top counties (at least in 2006) are:
1) Kern County 4006
2) Orange County 2890*
3) Fresno County 2720
4) Tulare County 2501
5) San Bernardino County 2472
6) Shasta County 2316
7) Butte County 1766
8) San Diego County 1540
9) Mendocino County 1378
10) Los Angeles County 1289
11) El Dorado County 1225
Check
calccw.com
They have a lot of county-specific info for CCW in the land of fruits and nuts.