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Largest French Canadian population, California counties

California counties 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 57 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 57 is 619. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Plumas County, CA, up 18 places to #35.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93414,083−31%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,2489,478−29%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,5078,439−20%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,9165,750−43%

05▲2Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3913,868−17%

06▼1San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0913,335−49%

07▼1Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4603,207−35%

08▲1Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0702,947−10%

09▼1Alameda County, CACA1,636,6302,500−37%

10▲1Ventura County, CACA830,8512,320−37%

11▼1San Francisco County, CACA826,0791,991−27%

12▲1Placer County, CACA442,0811,574+16%

13▼1Sonoma County, CACA486,4441,483−26%

14San Mateo County, CACA743,5681,274−27%

15▲3Solano County, CACA455,3761,197−20%

16▼1Kern County, CACA927,0681,036−57%

17▲8Fresno County, CACA1,035,4561,024−42%

18▲4Santa Barbara County, CACA442,065933−40%

19El Dorado County, CACA192,323889−44%

20▲1Marin County, CACA253,694801−27%

21▲3Nevada County, CACA101,911790+1%

22▼6Santa Cruz County, CACA258,852789−48%

23▼3San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,367788−49%

24▼1Stanislaus County, CACA557,719787−34%

25▼8San Joaquin County, CACA823,815755−52%

26▲1Shasta County, CACA181,648689−45%

27▲1Butte County, CACA209,211652−53%

28▲2Yolo County, CACA224,410622−13%

29Monterey County, CACA433,729619−51%

30▲3Tulare County, CACA485,146608+12%

31Napa County, CACA132,949480+45%

32▼6Humboldt County, CACA131,647442−52%

33▲10Yuba County, CACA88,691275+3%

34▲4Sutter County, CACA98,787244+27%

35▲18Plumas County, CACA18,583242+82%

36▲3Siskiyou County, CACA42,013235−59%

37▼5Tuolumne County, CACA53,160206−15%

38▲8San Benito County, CACA70,082199+79%

39▼4Amador County, CACA41,876181−72%

40▲1Imperial County, CACA181,411169+86%

41▼5Madera County, CACA167,927153−63%

42▲6Kings County, CACA154,327115−11%

43▼1Mendocino County, CACA88,122115−75%

44▲3Calaveras County, CACA46,605114−50%

45▼11Merced County, CACA297,26098−76%

46▼9Mono County, CACA12,50598+654%

47▼7Lake County, CACA67,77282−72%

48▼4Tehama County, CACA64,66580−66%

49▲8Trinity County, CACA15,72059+59%

50▲4Del Norte County, CACA26,41056−68%

51Glenn County, CACA28,14155−56%

52▼3Lassen County, CACA28,11748−45%

53▼1Colusa County, CACA21,83617−70%

54▲2Sierra County, CACA3,09812−65%

55▼5Mariposa County, CACA16,9188−79%

56▼1Modoc County, CACA8,4265−69%

57▼12Inyo County, CACA18,1583−96%

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