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Largest French population, Minnesota counties · 2020

Minnesota 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 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 87 is 587.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78437,503−11%

02Ramsey County, MNMN541,62316,778−20%

03Anoka County, MNMN381,60512,651−24%

04Dakota County, MNMN457,71011,988−23%

05Washington County, MNMN286,89510,869−18%

06St. Louis County, MNMN200,5186,622−39%

07Wright County, MNMN157,5596,446+3%

08Scott County, MNMN159,0174,118−15%

09Carver County, MNMN114,3794,008+15%

10Stearns County, MNMN164,1103,971−25%

11Sherburne County, MNMN104,1943,912−25%

12Olmsted County, MNMN166,7313,150−20%

13Crow Wing County, MNMN69,1323,042+5%

14Rice County, MNMN69,9392,224−27%

15Chisago County, MNMN59,1422,022−40%

16Itasca County, MNMN45,4042,022−19%

17Polk County, MNMN30,5451,976−22%

18Blue Earth County, MNMN70,6341,955+4%

19Clay County, MNMN67,7341,744−25%

20Otter Tail County, MNMN61,0411,673+14%

21Beltrami County, MNMN47,0551,512−11%

22Benton County, MNMN41,7441,416−25%

23Morrison County, MNMN34,6201,263−39%

24Mower County, MNMN40,9711,237+19%

25Isanti County, MNMN44,3861,233−18%

26Winona County, MNMN50,5231,221−29%

27Becker County, MNMN35,4971,044−24%

28Douglas County, MNMN40,1201,030+8%

29Carlton County, MNMN36,7111,007−28%

30Nicollet County, MNMN34,273975+19%

31Pine County, MNMN30,472954−24%

32Steele County, MNMN37,464899−5%

33Cass County, MNMN31,430877−35%

34Red Lake County, MNMN3,940868+9%

35Lyon County, MNMN25,684859−10%

36Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,753851−23%

37McLeod County, MNMN36,631848−34%

38Goodhue County, MNMN48,195727−35%

39Aitkin County, MNMN16,252699−21%

40Todd County, MNMN26,060657−33%

41Pennington County, MNMN13,686656−10%

42Hubbard County, MNMN22,369648−29%

43Le Sueur County, MNMN29,453608−35%

44Koochiching County, MNMN11,587587−45%

45Freeborn County, MNMN30,440577−12%

46Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720571−46%

47Wabasha County, MNMN21,537555−24%

48Kanabec County, MNMN16,628542−23%

49Roseau County, MNMN15,246514+8%

50Dodge County, MNMN21,376503−16%

51Martin County, MNMN19,440475−9%

52Houston County, MNMN18,400454−16%

53Marshall County, MNMN8,798435−34%

54Meeker County, MNMN23,603433−34%

55Waseca County, MNMN18,688390−31%

56Cook County, MNMN5,522384+103%

57Brown County, MNMN25,517357−24%

58Sibley County, MNMN15,356346+5%

59Faribault County, MNMN13,888344−26%

60Renville County, MNMN14,356340−18%

61Wadena County, MNMN14,388330−15%

62Clearwater County, MNMN8,647305+1%

63Lake County, MNMN10,746297−62%

64Wilkin County, MNMN6,288295+40%

65Pope County, MNMN11,420294−40%

66Redwood County, MNMN15,265285−35%

67Fillmore County, MNMN21,540277−33%

68Pipestone County, MNMN9,260248+35%

69Swift County, MNMN9,763247−14%

70Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153230+26%

71Nobles County, MNMN22,338230−43%

72Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477222−33%

73Stevens County, MNMN9,747191−57%

74Murray County, MNMN7,942186−36%

75Norman County, MNMN6,336185−3%

76Grant County, MNMN6,085181−12%

77Chippewa County, MNMN12,406179−36%

78Watonwan County, MNMN11,459151−48%

79Lincoln County, MNMN5,583136−22%

80Rock County, MNMN9,524116−43%

81Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,704112−4%

82Cottonwood County, MNMN11,405104−58%

83Big Stone County, MNMN5,054103−29%

84Traverse County, MNMN3,13096−13%

85Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,77092−67%

86Kittson County, MNMN4,03190−52%

87Jackson County, MNMN9,85785−36%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS