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Largest French Canadian population, Iowa counties

Iowa 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 90 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 90 is 23. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Audubon County, IA, up 69 places to #23.

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Largest French Canadian population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01Polk County, IAIA516,546898−8%
02Johnson County, IAIA160,044603+39%
03▲5Scott County, IAIA175,259387−26%
04Linn County, IAIA232,028363−48%
05▼2Woodbury County, IAIA106,649324−68%
06▲1Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532288−28%
07▼2Dubuque County, IAIA99,381182−56%
08▲28Bremer County, IAIA25,296170+10%
09▲1Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996162−56%
10▲10Jones County, IAIA21,253136+548%
11▲6Sioux County, IAIA36,774121+11%
12▲20Muscatine County, IAIA41,853120+19%
13▲2Henry County, IAIA19,349111−55%
14▼5Story County, IAIA101,29196−54%
15▲13Page County, IAIA14,85687+164%
16▼10Dallas County, IAIA118,45772−61%
17▲63Jefferson County, IAIA15,29170−13%
18▼5Clinton County, IAIA46,00265−72%
19▼7Monona County, IAIA8,53965+110%
20▲1Van Buren County, IAIA7,13165+829%
21▲35Delaware County, IAIA17,67462−33%
22▼3Warren County, IAIA57,33161+7%
23▲69Audubon County, IAIA5,50952−7%
24Marion County, IAIA34,19251−31%
25▲42Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73350−43%
26▲64Buchanan County, IAIA20,88341−28%
27▲7Osceola County, IAIA5,98040+471%
28▲14Cedar County, IAIA18,35939+18%
29▼3Allamakee County, IAIA14,23837+42%
30▼16Wapello County, IAIA35,21037−58%
31▲22Washington County, IAIA22,66735−13%
32▲28Mills County, IAIA14,79334−29%
33▲36Carroll County, IAIA20,30333–
34▲29Jasper County, IAIA38,15333−61%
35▲56Palo Alto County, IAIA8,89933+313%
36▼3Boone County, IAIA26,79930−83%
37Clayton County, IAIA16,84530−59%
38▼13Guthrie County, IAIA10,78229−34%
39▲32O'Brien County, IAIA14,22028−62%
40▲14Appanoose County, IAIA12,07727–
41▲18Hancock County, IAIA10,52827+69%
42▲22Chickasaw County, IAIA11,66326+37%
43Fayette County, IAIA19,04726−52%
44▼22Winnebago County, IAIA10,25124+71%
45▼22Clay County, IAIA16,20223−57%
46▲33Crawford County, IAIA16,23723−59%
47Fremont County, IAIA6,52223+10%
48▲2Clarke County, IAIA9,57422+29%
49▲17Madison County, IAIA17,27022+83%
50▼39Des Moines County, IAIA38,07721−68%
51▼13Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36821−72%
52▼28Dickinson County, IAIA18,07721−81%
53▲28Union County, IAIA11,82920−71%
54▼24Harrison County, IAIA14,62319−60%
55▼11Marshall County, IAIA39,89019−77%
56▲37Montgomery County, IAIA10,00216−71%
57▲11Wright County, IAIA12,80116−16%
58▼1Cass County, IAIA12,96015−76%
59▼43Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37215−78%
60▼11Webster County, IAIA36,83815−85%
61▲12Greene County, IAIA8,65814−52%
62▼44Benton County, IAIA26,00414−91%
63▲22Ida County, IAIA6,77714−52%
64▼37Plymouth County, IAIA25,69713−89%
65▲19Howard County, IAIA9,41512−92%
66▼20Lee County, IAIA32,30611−95%
67▲8Keokuk County, IAIA9,79710−87%
68▼13Shelby County, IAIA11,68910−74%
69▼24Tama County, IAIA16,79610−86%
70▼8Calhoun County, IAIA9,5629−72%
71▲11Decatur County, IAIA7,6558−73%
72▼33Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4498−82%
73▼15Hardin County, IAIA16,4558−92%
74▼45Mahaska County, IAIA21,8808−89%
75▼24Floyd County, IAIA14,9017−87%
76▲20Louisa County, IAIA10,4167−75%
77▼1Wayne County, IAIA6,7386−57%
78▼17Taylor County, IAIA5,8355+25%
79▼38Jackson County, IAIA19,2884−67%
80▲7Lucas County, IAIA8,8474−90%
81▼11Worth County, IAIA7,3384−76%
82▲6Mitchell County, IAIA10,6503−88%
83▲11Cherokee County, IAIA11,3693−96%
84▼53Iowa County, IAIA16,5043−96%
85▲4Lyon County, IAIA12,3543−93%
86▼34Butler County, IAIA14,0492−90%
87▼22Grundy County, IAIA12,3612−94%
88▼40Kossuth County, IAIA14,3222−95%
89▼12Franklin County, IAIA9,8681–
90▼18Sac County, IAIA9,5251−95%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES