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Largest French Canadian population, Minnesota counties

Minnesota 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 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 87 is 125. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Freeborn County, MN, up 32 places to #23.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,7847,859−11%

02Ramsey County, MNMN541,6233,784−35%

03Anoka County, MNMN381,6053,524−34%

04▲1Dakota County, MNMN457,7103,076−26%

05▼1Washington County, MNMN286,8952,439−33%

06St. Louis County, MNMN200,5182,321−33%

07Wright County, MNMN157,5591,595−6%

08▲4Sherburne County, MNMN104,1941,139−3%

09▲10Carver County, MNMN114,379917+15%

10▼2Scott County, MNMN159,017890−6%

11▼2Chisago County, MNMN59,142831−31%

12▲2Olmsted County, MNMN166,731813+12%

13▼2Stearns County, MNMN164,110800−36%

14▼4Crow Wing County, MNMN69,132732−39%

15▼2Itasca County, MNMN45,404643−41%

16Carlton County, MNMN36,711632−29%

17▼2Rice County, MNMN69,939632+11%

18▲6Isanti County, MNMN44,386474−12%

19▼1Pine County, MNMN30,472423+5%

20▼3Clay County, MNMN67,734404−17%

21▼1Polk County, MNMN30,545404−14%

22▲9Blue Earth County, MNMN70,634368−18%

23▲32Freeborn County, MNMN30,440314+80%

24▼2Beltrami County, MNMN47,055297−44%

25▼4Benton County, MNMN41,744277+6%

26▼3Cass County, MNMN31,430272−6%

27▼2Morrison County, MNMN34,620262−37%

28Douglas County, MNMN40,120260+31%

29▲3Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7532580%

30▲6Wadena County, MNMN14,388244+137%

31▼5Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041234−42%

32▼5Becker County, MNMN35,497218−29%

33▲2Aitkin County, MNMN16,252203−38%

34▼4Hubbard County, MNMN22,369194+10%

35▲12Lake County, MNMN10,746177−6%

36▲16Red Lake County, MNMN3,940177−12%

37▼4Winona County, MNMN50,523171−35%

38▲18Steele County, MNMN37,464170−66%

39▼1Goodhue County, MNMN48,195163−64%

40▼3Roseau County, MNMN15,246158−42%

41▲8Todd County, MNMN26,060153−28%

42▲1Nicollet County, MNMN34,273150−47%

43▲1Martin County, MNMN19,440130+14%

44▼15McLeod County, MNMN36,631125−1%

45▼4Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720122−52%

46▲2Clearwater County, MNMN8,647120−11%

47▼8Mower County, MNMN40,971110−30%

48▼2Pennington County, MNMN13,686109−51%

49▲15Meeker County, MNMN23,603105−22%

50Kanabec County, MNMN16,628100−43%

51Koochiching County, MNMN11,58796−66%

52▼7Wabasha County, MNMN21,53793−51%

53▼13Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45388−17%

54▼20Redwood County, MNMN15,26582+128%

55▲2Lyon County, MNMN25,68479−63%

56▲2Chippewa County, MNMN12,40672+20%

57▼4Cook County, MNMN5,52268+13%

58▲8Marshall County, MNMN8,79865−26%

59▲8Mahnomen County, MNMN5,15354+20%

60▲18Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,77051+46%

61▲16Big Stone County, MNMN5,05447−33%

62▲14Sibley County, MNMN15,35644−14%

63▼3Faribault County, MNMN13,88843−39%

64▲16Murray County, MNMN7,94242−16%

65▲3Fillmore County, MNMN21,54041−56%

66▲4Renville County, MNMN14,35637−43%

67▼4Waseca County, MNMN18,68837−27%

68▲6Wilkin County, MNMN6,28837+16%

69▼27Brown County, MNMN25,51736−62%

70▲17Jackson County, MNMN9,85734−49%

71▲15Lincoln County, MNMN5,58333+10%

72▲10Pipestone County, MNMN9,26030−55%

73▲10Cottonwood County, MNMN11,40529+142%

74▼13Houston County, MNMN18,40029−65%

75▼21Dodge County, MNMN21,37628−64%

76▼3Grant County, MNMN6,08527+42%

77▼2Pope County, MNMN11,42023−53%

78▼16Norman County, MNMN6,33621−69%

79▼7Watonwan County, MNMN11,45921−78%

80▼15Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,70420+300%

81Swift County, MNMN9,76320−46%

82▲2Traverse County, MNMN3,13020−38%

83▼4Kittson County, MNMN4,03119−59%

84▼15Stevens County, MNMN9,74719−71%

85▼26Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,47717−48%

86▼15Nobles County, MNMN22,33813−65%

87▼2Rock County, MNMN9,5242−90%

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