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Largest French population, California counties

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are French 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 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 58 is 3,354. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lake County, CA, up 6 places to #34.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93498,445−22%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24858,643−29%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50744,038−35%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,91628,554−42%

05▲2Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39123,337−33%

06Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46023,113−35%

07▲1Alameda County, CACA1,636,63021,252−23%

08▼3San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09120,248−51%

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07017,741−34%

10San Francisco County, CACA826,07917,388−2%

11▲1Ventura County, CACA830,85114,949−28%

12▼1Sonoma County, CACA486,44413,602−24%

13San Mateo County, CACA743,56812,471−26%

14▲2Placer County, CACA442,08110,622−19%

15Kern County, CACA927,0688,974−38%

16▼2Fresno County, CACA1,035,4568,533−40%

17San Joaquin County, CACA823,8157,386−46%

18▲2Marin County, CACA253,6947,364−25%

19▲2Solano County, CACA455,3767,161−11%

20▼1San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3677,153−24%

21▼3Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0656,486−46%

22Stanislaus County, CACA557,7196,137−41%

23▲2Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8525,791−40%

24El Dorado County, CACA192,3235,469−28%

25▼2Butte County, CACA209,2115,388−39%

26Monterey County, CACA433,7295,319−32%

27Shasta County, CACA181,6484,318−38%

28Humboldt County, CACA131,6473,716−34%

29Yolo County, CACA224,4103,354−24%

30▲2Nevada County, CACA101,9113,076−28%

31Tulare County, CACA485,1463,027−34%

32▼2Napa County, CACA132,9492,589−49%

33▲3Merced County, CACA297,2602,298−29%

34▲6Lake County, CACA67,7722,034−36%

35▼2Tuolumne County, CACA53,1601,791−3%

36▲3Madera County, CACA167,9271,760−27%

37▼3Mendocino County, CACA88,1221,576−56%

38▲6Kings County, CACA154,3271,408−34%

39▼2Yuba County, CACA88,6911,207−50%

40▲1Calaveras County, CACA46,6051,160−56%

41▲1Siskiyou County, CACA42,0131,133−42%

42▼4Sutter County, CACA98,7871,120−51%

43▲3Amador County, CACA41,8761,113−44%

44▼9Tehama County, CACA64,6651,027−50%

45San Benito County, CACA70,082959−21%

46▲3Mariposa County, CACA16,918799−16%

47Del Norte County, CACA26,410687−24%

48Lassen County, CACA28,117622−40%

49▼6Imperial County, CACA181,411555−68%

50▲1Plumas County, CACA18,583391−61%

51▲4Mono County, CACA12,505380−31%

52▼2Inyo County, CACA18,158280−71%

53▲1Glenn County, CACA28,141266−53%

54▼1Colusa County, CACA21,836232−53%

55▼3Trinity County, CACA15,720182−76%

56Modoc County, CACA8,426163−55%

57Sierra County, CACA3,09845−76%

58Alpine County, CACA1,0434−91%

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