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Largest French Canadian population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are French Canadian ancestry, from the 2020 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93417,753−13%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24811,157−16%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50710,694+2%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,9167,357−27%

05San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0915,889−10%

06Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4604,097−17%

07Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,3913,876−17%

08Alameda County, CACA1,636,6303,782−4%

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0703,223−1%

10San Francisco County, CACA826,0793,029+11%

11Ventura County, CACA830,8512,836−23%

12Sonoma County, CACA486,4442,358+18%

13Placer County, CACA442,0812,002+47%

14San Mateo County, CACA743,5681,862+6%

15Kern County, CACA927,0681,596−33%

16Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8521,438−5%

17San Joaquin County, CACA823,8151,412−10%

18Solano County, CACA455,3761,390−7%

19El Dorado County, CACA192,3231,316−16%

20San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3671,208−22%

21Marin County, CACA253,6941,178+7%

22Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0651,176−25%

23Stanislaus County, CACA557,7191,097−8%

24Nevada County, CACA101,9111,057+35%

25Fresno County, CACA1,035,4561,008−43%

26Humboldt County, CACA131,647857−7%

27Shasta County, CACA181,648793−37%

28Butte County, CACA209,211713−48%

29Monterey County, CACA433,729673−46%

30Yolo County, CACA224,410664−7%

31Napa County, CACA132,949616+86%

32Tuolumne County, CACA53,160590+145%

33Tulare County, CACA485,146377−31%

34Merced County, CACA297,260332−20%

35Amador County, CACA41,876251−62%

36Madera County, CACA167,927250−40%

37Mono County, CACA12,505244+1777%

38Sutter County, CACA98,787227+18%

39Siskiyou County, CACA42,013176−69%

40Lake County, CACA67,772174−41%

41Imperial County, CACA181,411150+65%

42Mendocino County, CACA88,122149−68%

43Yuba County, CACA88,691147−45%

44Tehama County, CACA64,665143−39%

45Inyo County, CACA18,158133+90%

46San Benito County, CACA70,082127+14%

47Calaveras County, CACA46,605113−50%

48Kings County, CACA154,327106−18%

49Lassen County, CACA28,11786−1%

50Mariposa County, CACA16,91884+115%

51Glenn County, CACA28,14178−37%

52Colusa County, CACA21,83659+4%

53Plumas County, CACA18,58358−56%

54Del Norte County, CACA26,41040−77%

55Modoc County, CACA8,42619+19%

56Sierra County, CACA3,09815−56%

57Trinity County, CACA15,7209−76%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS