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Largest French population, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa 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 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Polk County, IAIA516,5467,803−25%

02Linn County, IAIA232,0285,107−25%

03Johnson County, IAIA160,0442,744−22%

04Scott County, IAIA175,2592,670−38%

05Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5322,258−32%

06Woodbury County, IAIA106,6492,214−41%

07Dubuque County, IAIA99,3811,797−35%

08Story County, IAIA101,2911,664−36%

09Dallas County, IAIA118,4571,615−2%

10Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9961,553−49%

11Warren County, IAIA57,3311,103−34%

12Clinton County, IAIA46,0021,015−37%

13Jasper County, IAIA38,153901−6%

14Lee County, IAIA32,306832−7%

15Des Moines County, IAIA38,077793−47%

16Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372760−40%

17Marion County, IAIA34,192697−20%

18Benton County, IAIA26,004644+16%

19Webster County, IAIA36,838636−38%

20Sioux County, IAIA36,774607+53%

21Marshall County, IAIA39,890597−44%

22Washington County, IAIA22,667559+15%

23Jones County, IAIA21,253510−36%

24Dickinson County, IAIA18,077477+4%

25Bremer County, IAIA25,296471−4%

26Wapello County, IAIA35,210443−51%

27Boone County, IAIA26,799442−46%

28Muscatine County, IAIA41,853434−61%

29Henry County, IAIA19,349416−34%

30Fayette County, IAIA19,047414−23%

31Wright County, IAIA12,801392−30%

32Mills County, IAIA14,793390−34%

33Clay County, IAIA16,202375−2%

34Mahaska County, IAIA21,880369−51%

35Buchanan County, IAIA20,883340−34%

36Plymouth County, IAIA25,697319−55%

37Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368315−51%

38Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733312−31%

39Jefferson County, IAIA15,291311−47%

40Hamilton County, IAIA14,944310−42%

41Monona County, IAIA8,539309+8%

42O'Brien County, IAIA14,220307−10%

43Floyd County, IAIA14,901303−29%

44Clayton County, IAIA16,845296−40%

45Appanoose County, IAIA12,077295−29%

46Harrison County, IAIA14,623295−29%

47Kossuth County, IAIA14,322295+1%

48Lucas County, IAIA8,847275−24%

49Cedar County, IAIA18,359261−16%

50Hardin County, IAIA16,455256−32%

51Iowa County, IAIA16,504253−40%

52Monroe County, IAIA7,406248+4%

53Allamakee County, IAIA14,238245−20%

54Delaware County, IAIA17,674242−40%

55Greene County, IAIA8,658239+13%

56Madison County, IAIA17,270234−39%

57Jackson County, IAIA19,288233−27%

58Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449231−43%

59Keokuk County, IAIA9,797228−37%

60Mitchell County, IAIA10,650225+10%

61Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663221+45%

62Shelby County, IAIA11,689217−17%

63Hancock County, IAIA10,528211−15%

64Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899210+9%

65Union County, IAIA11,829208−26%

66Page County, IAIA14,856202−51%

67Cass County, IAIA12,960196−29%

68Franklin County, IAIA9,868196−19%

69Calhoun County, IAIA9,562193−15%

70Tama County, IAIA16,796188−36%

71Davis County, IAIA9,230184+2%

72Montgomery County, IAIA10,002182−23%

73Butler County, IAIA14,049178−36%

74Osceola County, IAIA5,980161−7%

75Sac County, IAIA9,525161−39%

76Cherokee County, IAIA11,369158−50%

77Clarke County, IAIA9,574149−54%

78Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819146−47%

79Decatur County, IAIA7,655145−53%

80Crawford County, IAIA16,237145−38%

81Fremont County, IAIA6,522144−36%

82Van Buren County, IAIA7,131141−22%

83Grundy County, IAIA12,361138−41%

84Louisa County, IAIA10,416137−39%

85Guthrie County, IAIA10,782131−55%

86Howard County, IAIA9,415131−11%

87Humboldt County, IAIA9,409117−47%

88Emmet County, IAIA9,107110−61%

89Lyon County, IAIA12,354110−38%

90Taylor County, IAIA5,835101−37%

91Audubon County, IAIA5,50992+35%

92Worth County, IAIA7,33892−50%

93Adams County, IAIA3,61791−49%

94Carroll County, IAIA20,30391−76%

95Wayne County, IAIA6,73885−49%

96Winnebago County, IAIA10,25178−64%

97Ida County, IAIA6,77774−49%

98Adair County, IAIA7,40368−61%

99Ringgold County, IAIA4,64234−69%

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