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Largest French Canadian population, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa 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 96 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 96 is 34.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Polk County, IAIA516,5461,164+20%

02Johnson County, IAIA160,044628+44%

03Woodbury County, IAIA106,649515−49%

04Linn County, IAIA232,028500−28%

05Dubuque County, IAIA99,381342−17%

06Dallas County, IAIA118,457336+80%

07Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532318−20%

08Scott County, IAIA175,259273−48%

09Story County, IAIA101,291265+26%

10Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996246−34%

11Des Moines County, IAIA38,077153+132%

12Monona County, IAIA8,539144+365%

13Clinton County, IAIA46,002139−39%

14Wapello County, IAIA35,210134+51%

15Henry County, IAIA19,349119−52%

16Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372106+54%

17Sioux County, IAIA36,77497−11%

18Benton County, IAIA26,00490−43%

19Warren County, IAIA57,33183+46%

20Jones County, IAIA21,25379+276%

21Van Buren County, IAIA7,13172+929%

22Winnebago County, IAIA10,25170+400%

23Clay County, IAIA16,20269+30%

24Dickinson County, IAIA18,07768−37%

25Guthrie County, IAIA10,78267+52%

26Allamakee County, IAIA14,23862+138%

27Plymouth County, IAIA25,69757−51%

28Page County, IAIA14,85655+67%

29Mahaska County, IAIA21,88054−27%

30Harrison County, IAIA14,62348+2%

31Iowa County, IAIA16,50447−33%

32Muscatine County, IAIA41,85346−54%

33Boone County, IAIA26,79944−75%

34Osceola County, IAIA5,98044+529%

35Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81944+340%

36Bremer County, IAIA25,29642−73%

37Clayton County, IAIA16,84541−45%

38Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36840−47%

39Buena Vista County, IAIA20,44940−9%

40Emmet County, IAIA9,10740−9%

41Jackson County, IAIA19,28840+233%

42Cedar County, IAIA18,35939+18%

43Fayette County, IAIA19,04739−28%

44Marshall County, IAIA39,89038−55%

45Tama County, IAIA16,79638−46%

46Lee County, IAIA32,30636−84%

47Fremont County, IAIA6,52235+67%

48Kossuth County, IAIA14,32234−23%

49Webster County, IAIA36,83834−66%

50Clarke County, IAIA9,57433+94%

51Floyd County, IAIA14,90133−38%

52Butler County, IAIA14,04932+52%

53Washington County, IAIA22,66732−20%

54Appanoose County, IAIA12,07731–

55Shelby County, IAIA11,68931−18%

56Delaware County, IAIA17,67424−74%

57Cass County, IAIA12,96023−63%

58Hardin County, IAIA16,45523−78%

59Hancock County, IAIA10,52822+38%

60Mills County, IAIA14,79322−54%

61Taylor County, IAIA5,83521+425%

62Calhoun County, IAIA9,56220−38%

63Jasper County, IAIA38,15320−76%

64Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663190%

65Grundy County, IAIA12,36118−42%

66Madison County, IAIA17,27018+50%

67Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73317−80%

68Wright County, IAIA12,80117−11%

69Carroll County, IAIA20,30315–

70Worth County, IAIA7,33815−12%

71O'Brien County, IAIA14,22014−81%

72Sac County, IAIA9,52514−26%

73Greene County, IAIA8,65813−55%

74Humboldt County, IAIA9,40913−81%

75Keokuk County, IAIA9,79713−83%

76Wayne County, IAIA6,73813−7%

77Franklin County, IAIA9,86812–

78Adair County, IAIA7,40311−66%

79Crawford County, IAIA16,23711−80%

80Jefferson County, IAIA15,29111−86%

81Union County, IAIA11,82910−86%

82Decatur County, IAIA7,65510−67%

83Hamilton County, IAIA14,94490%

84Howard County, IAIA9,4159−94%

85Ida County, IAIA6,7779−69%

86Ringgold County, IAIA4,6429–

87Lucas County, IAIA8,8478−80%

88Mitchell County, IAIA10,6507−71%

89Lyon County, IAIA12,3546−87%

90Buchanan County, IAIA20,8835−91%

91Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8995−38%

92Audubon County, IAIA5,5093−95%

93Montgomery County, IAIA10,0023−95%

94Cherokee County, IAIA11,3692−97%

95Adams County, IAIA3,6171–

96Louisa County, IAIA10,4161−96%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS