RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 58 SHOWN OF 58

Largest French population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are French ancestry, from the 2023 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2000

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934112,331–

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24862,260–

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50754,699–

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,91635,402–

05San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09133,543–

06Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46028,589–

07Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39127,092–

08Alameda County, CACA1,636,63023,483–

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07022,487–

10San Francisco County, CACA826,07919,415–

11Sonoma County, CACA486,44415,270–

12Ventura County, CACA830,85114,971–

13San Mateo County, CACA743,56814,266–

14Fresno County, CACA1,035,45611,411–

15Kern County, CACA927,06810,824–

16Placer County, CACA442,08110,479–

17San Joaquin County, CACA823,81510,212–

18Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0659,722–

19San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3678,957–

20Marin County, CACA253,6948,058–

21Solano County, CACA455,3767,640–

22Stanislaus County, CACA557,7197,086–

23Butte County, CACA209,2116,673–

24El Dorado County, CACA192,3236,542–

25Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8526,222–

26Monterey County, CACA433,7295,112–

27Shasta County, CACA181,6485,085–

28Humboldt County, CACA131,6473,981–

29Yolo County, CACA224,4103,520–

30Napa County, CACA132,9493,404–

31Tulare County, CACA485,1463,254–

32Nevada County, CACA101,9113,063–

33Tuolumne County, CACA53,1602,245–

34Mendocino County, CACA88,1222,087–

35Tehama County, CACA64,6652,062–

36Merced County, CACA297,2602,001–

37Yuba County, CACA88,6911,958–

38Sutter County, CACA98,7871,822–

39Madera County, CACA167,9271,810–

40Lake County, CACA67,7721,608–

41Calaveras County, CACA46,6051,587–

42Siskiyou County, CACA42,0131,413–

43Imperial County, CACA181,4111,285–

44Kings County, CACA154,3271,234–

45San Benito County, CACA70,0821,065–

46Amador County, CACA41,8761,035–

47Del Norte County, CACA26,410861–

48Lassen County, CACA28,117766–

49Mariposa County, CACA16,918575–

50Inyo County, CACA18,158460–

51Plumas County, CACA18,583364–

52Trinity County, CACA15,720337–

53Colusa County, CACA21,836302–

54Glenn County, CACA28,141298–

55Mono County, CACA12,505286–

56Modoc County, CACA8,426144–

57Sierra County, CACA3,09873–

58Alpine County, CACA1,0433–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES