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Largest French Canadian population, Iowa cities

Iowa cities ranked by the number of residents who are French Canadian ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 53 cities in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 53 is 33. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Altoona, IA, up 38 places to #20.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01▲2Des Moines, IAIA212,086582+69%

02Iowa City, IAIA76,229390+83%

03▼2Sioux City, IAIA86,356275−64%

04▲4Davenport, IAIA100,358272−33%

05▲2Cedar Rapids, IAIA137,935224−50%

06▼1Dubuque, IAIA59,148169−58%

07▲5Cedar Falls, IAIA41,240123+180%

08▲12Coralville, IAIA23,960116−10%

09▲12Bettendorf, IAIA40,710103+203%

10▲20Muscatine, IAIA23,16497+126%

11▼1Waterloo, IAIA66,91992−70%

12▲4Mount Pleasant, IAIA8,50090−62%

13Ankeny, IAIA77,83382+71%

14▲4Marion, IAIA42,73278−5%

15North Liberty, IAIA21,97677+208%

16▲37Clarinda, IAIA5,27376+245%

17▲5Council Bluffs, IAIA62,68075−69%

18▼12Ames, IAIA68,22073−8%

19Sioux Center, IAIA8,86460–

20▲38Altoona, IAIA22,79659+44%

21▼17West Des Moines, IAIA74,22457−58%

22Fairfield, IAIA9,22056−13%

23Pella, IAIA10,99250–

24Manchester, IAIA5,35747–

25▲19Decorah, IAIA7,41738−30%

26▼12Waukee, IAIA34,89036−33%

27▼10Clinton, IAIA24,04933−81%

28▲17Washington, IAIA7,26132–

29▲9Waverly, IAIA10,56131−52%

30▼6Clive, IAIA19,86126−50%

31Independence, IAIA6,31223−4%

32Adel, IAIA7,09821–

33▼18Johnston, IAIA25,06521−34%

34Boone, IAIA12,47120−78%

35Anamosa, IAIA5,90119+111%

36▲12Polk City, IAIA6,63017–

37▼28Burlington, IAIA23,33616+7%

38▼5Marshalltown, IAIA27,53616−65%

39▲8Newton, IAIA15,74116−57%

40Red Oak, IAIA5,38816−67%

41Sergeant Bluff, IAIA5,32414−61%

42DeWitt, IAIA5,70413–

43▼24Mason City, IAIA26,85313−28%

44▲15Denison, IAIA8,21412−63%

45▼34Ottumwa, IAIA25,31912−57%

46▼19Urbandale, IAIA48,57011−96%

47▲3Atlantic, IAIA6,6769−75%

48▼20Grimes, IAIA17,4059−68%

49▼18Norwalk, IAIA15,0049–

50▲4Centerville, IAIA5,3278–

51▼25Oskaloosa, IAIA11,4938−84%

52▲8Oelwein, IAIA5,7576−78%

53▼30Spencer, IAIA11,2186−86%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES