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Largest French population, California counties · 2020

California counties ranked by the number of residents who are French 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 58 counties in California that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934112,331−11%

02San Diego County, CACA3,282,24862,260−24%

03Orange County, CACA3,149,50754,699−19%

04Riverside County, CACA2,544,91635,402−28%

05San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,09133,543−18%

06Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46028,589−20%

07Santa Clara County, CACA1,914,39127,092−22%

08Alameda County, CACA1,636,63023,483−15%

09Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07022,487−16%

10San Francisco County, CACA826,07919,415+9%

11Sonoma County, CACA486,44415,270−15%

12Ventura County, CACA830,85114,971−28%

13San Mateo County, CACA743,56814,266−16%

14Fresno County, CACA1,035,45611,411−19%

15Kern County, CACA927,06810,824−25%

16Placer County, CACA442,08110,479−20%

17San Joaquin County, CACA823,81510,212−25%

18Santa Barbara County, CACA442,0659,722−20%

19San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,3678,957−5%

20Marin County, CACA253,6948,058−18%

21Solano County, CACA455,3767,640−5%

22Stanislaus County, CACA557,7197,086−32%

23Butte County, CACA209,2116,673−25%

24El Dorado County, CACA192,3236,542−14%

25Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8526,222−35%

26Monterey County, CACA433,7295,112−35%

27Shasta County, CACA181,6485,085−27%

28Humboldt County, CACA131,6473,981−30%

29Yolo County, CACA224,4103,520−20%

30Napa County, CACA132,9493,404−33%

31Tulare County, CACA485,1463,254−29%

32Nevada County, CACA101,9113,063−28%

33Tuolumne County, CACA53,1602,245+21%

34Mendocino County, CACA88,1222,087−42%

35Tehama County, CACA64,6652,062+0%

36Merced County, CACA297,2602,001−39%

37Yuba County, CACA88,6911,958−18%

38Sutter County, CACA98,7871,822−20%

39Madera County, CACA167,9271,810−25%

40Lake County, CACA67,7721,608−50%

41Calaveras County, CACA46,6051,587−40%

42Siskiyou County, CACA42,0131,413−28%

43Imperial County, CACA181,4111,285−25%

44Kings County, CACA154,3271,234−42%

45San Benito County, CACA70,0821,065−12%

46Amador County, CACA41,8761,035−48%

47Del Norte County, CACA26,410861−5%

48Lassen County, CACA28,117766−26%

49Mariposa County, CACA16,918575−39%

50Inyo County, CACA18,158460−52%

51Plumas County, CACA18,583364−63%

52Trinity County, CACA15,720337−56%

53Colusa County, CACA21,836302−39%

54Glenn County, CACA28,141298−47%

55Mono County, CACA12,505286−48%

56Modoc County, CACA8,426144−61%

57Sierra County, CACA3,09873−61%

58Alpine County, CACA1,0433−93%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS