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Largest French population, Minnesota counties

Minnesota 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 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 87 is 541. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Kittson County, MN, up 18 places to #68.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78434,876−17%

02Ramsey County, MNMN541,62314,350−32%

03▲1Dakota County, MNMN457,71011,314−27%

04▼1Anoka County, MNMN381,60510,132−39%

05Washington County, MNMN286,8959,632−27%

06St. Louis County, MNMN200,5185,392−50%

07Wright County, MNMN157,5595,095−19%

08Scott County, MNMN159,0173,424−29%

09▲1Stearns County, MNMN164,1103,130−41%

10▼1Carver County, MNMN114,3793,042−13%

11▲1Olmsted County, MNMN166,7312,986−24%

12▲1Crow Wing County, MNMN69,1322,960+2%

13▼2Sherburne County, MNMN104,1942,224−58%

14▲1Chisago County, MNMN59,1422,061−39%

15▲4Clay County, MNMN67,7341,900−18%

16▼2Rice County, MNMN69,9391,765−42%

17▲1Blue Earth County, MNMN70,6341,725−8%

18▼2Itasca County, MNMN45,4041,650−34%

19▼2Polk County, MNMN30,5451,521−40%

20▲1Beltrami County, MNMN47,0551,426−16%

21▲4Isanti County, MNMN44,3861,232−18%

22▲5Becker County, MNMN35,4971,205−13%

23▼3Otter Tail County, MNMN61,0411,100−25%

24▲2Winona County, MNMN50,5231,059−38%

25▲13Goodhue County, MNMN48,195991−11%

26▼4Benton County, MNMN41,744962−49%

27▲2Carlton County, MNMN36,711961−31%

28▼5Morrison County, MNMN34,620956−54%

29▼1Douglas County, MNMN40,120946−1%

30▲5Lyon County, MNMN25,684933−2%

31▼7Mower County, MNMN40,971804−23%

32▲1Cass County, MNMN31,430771−43%

33▼2Pine County, MNMN30,472729−42%

34▼2Steele County, MNMN37,464713−25%

35▲1Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,753709−36%

36▲7Le Sueur County, MNMN29,453660−29%

37McLeod County, MNMN36,631658−49%

38▲3Pennington County, MNMN13,686640−12%

39Aitkin County, MNMN16,252621−30%

40▲2Hubbard County, MNMN22,369592−35%

41▲8Roseau County, MNMN15,246575+21%

42▼8Red Lake County, MNMN3,940573−28%

43▼13Nicollet County, MNMN34,273541−34%

44▼4Todd County, MNMN26,060541−45%

45▲12Brown County, MNMN25,517523+12%

46▲4Dodge County, MNMN21,376522−12%

47▲6Marshall County, MNMN8,798513−22%

48▼2Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720496−53%

49▼5Koochiching County, MNMN11,587455−57%

50▼3Wabasha County, MNMN21,537442−39%

51▲3Meeker County, MNMN23,603427−35%

52Houston County, MNMN18,400426−21%

53▼8Freeborn County, MNMN30,440413−37%

54▼6Kanabec County, MNMN16,628337−52%

55▼4Martin County, MNMN19,440292−44%

56▼1Waseca County, MNMN18,688277−51%

57▲5Clearwater County, MNMN8,647269−11%

58▲5Lake County, MNMN10,746267−65%

59▲6Pope County, MNMN11,420255−48%

60▲1Wadena County, MNMN14,388254−35%

61▼1Renville County, MNMN14,356231−45%

62▼3Faribault County, MNMN13,888224−52%

63▲7Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153220+21%

64▼8Cook County, MNMN5,522217+15%

65▲1Redwood County, MNMN15,265187−57%

66▲6Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477164−51%

67▼9Sibley County, MNMN15,356161−51%

68▲18Kittson County, MNMN4,031157−16%

69▼2Fillmore County, MNMN21,540156−63%

70▲5Norman County, MNMN6,336156−18%

71▲14Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770151−46%

72▲1Stevens County, MNMN9,747135−70%

73▼4Swift County, MNMN9,763133−54%

74▼3Nobles County, MNMN22,338130−68%

75▲12Jackson County, MNMN9,857129−2%

76▲1Chippewa County, MNMN12,406127−54%

77▼3Murray County, MNMN7,942124−57%

78▲4Cottonwood County, MNMN11,405121−51%

79Lincoln County, MNMN5,583121−31%

80▼16Wilkin County, MNMN6,288114−46%

81▼13Pipestone County, MNMN9,260111−40%

82▼6Grant County, MNMN6,085105−49%

83▼5Watonwan County, MNMN11,459102−65%

84Traverse County, MNMN3,13089−19%

85▼5Rock County, MNMN9,52485−59%

86▼3Big Stone County, MNMN5,05479−46%

87▼6Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,70471−39%

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