Distribution of Cajun People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Cajun

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Vermilion Parish, Louisiana	11.74%
2	Iberia Parish, Louisiana	5.42%
3	Acadia Parish, Louisiana	5.4%
4	St. Martin Parish, Louisiana	4.84%
5	Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana	4.5%
6	Cameron Parish, Louisiana	4.34%
7	Lafayette Parish, Louisiana	3.29%
8	Assumption Parish, Louisiana	2.85%
9	Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana	2.79%
10	Lafourche Parish, Louisiana	2.48%
11	Allen Parish, Louisiana	2.43%
12	Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana	2.15%
13	Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana	2.08%
14	Evangeline Parish, Louisiana	1.79%
15	St. Mary Parish, Louisiana	1.7%
16	West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana	1.59%
17	St. Landry Parish, Louisiana	1.4%
18	Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana	1.27%
19	Tyler County, Texas	1.26%
20	Orange County, Texas	1.24%

Top Counties by Population of Cajun

#	County	Population
1	Lafayette Parish, Louisiana	7,900
2	Vermilion Parish, Louisiana	7,031
3	Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana	4,170
4	Iberia Parish, Louisiana	3,937
5	Acadia Parish, Louisiana	3,376
6	Harris County, Texas	3,264
7	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	2,763
8	St. Martin Parish, Louisiana	2,604
9	Lafourche Parish, Louisiana	2,432
10	East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana	2,426
11	Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana	2,417
12	Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana	1,416
13	St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana	1,347
14	Fort Bend County, Texas	1,334
15	Jefferson County, Texas	1,252
16	Orleans Parish, Louisiana	1,251
17	Tarrant County, Texas	1,216
18	Travis County, Texas	1,201
19	Montgomery County, Texas	1,171
20	St. Landry Parish, Louisiana	1,169

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Louisiana	1.21%	56,338
2	Arkansas	0.08%	2,506
3	Texas	0.08%	21,504
4	Mississippi	0.08%	2,279
5	Maine	0.07%	939
6	Wyoming	0.04%	230
7	Oklahoma	0.04%	1,467
8	Alabama	0.04%	1,788
9	Alaska	0.03%	225
10	New Mexico	0.03%	544
11	Colorado	0.03%	1,432
12	Georgia	0.02%	2,363
13	Tennessee	0.02%	1,303
14	Oregon	0.02%	728
15	Washington	0.02%	1,249
16	Florida	0.02%	3,399
17	District of Columbia	0.02%	109
18	Delaware	0.02%	148
19	South Dakota	0.02%	133
20	Idaho	0.02%	258
21	Kentucky	0.01%	622
22	Vermont	0.01%	77
23	Virginia	0.01%	1,025
24	Kansas	0.01%	346
25	North Carolina	0.01%	1,190
26	New Hampshire	0.01%	155
27	Massachusetts	0.01%	779
28	Missouri	0.01%	679
29	South Carolina	0.01%	519
30	Arizona	0.01%	655
31	Montana	0.01%	96
32	Nebraska	0.01%	163
33	West Virginia	0.01%	152
34	North Dakota	0.01%	55
35	Hawaii	0.01%	98
36	Minnesota	0.01%	373
37	California	0.01%	2,476
38	Maryland	0.01%	350
39	Utah	0.01%	176
40	Wisconsin	0.01%	337
41	Pennsylvania	0.01%	709
42	Indiana	0.01%	340
43	Nevada	0.01%	150
44	Connecticut	0%	173
45	Rhode Island	0%	45
46	Michigan	0%	426
47	Illinois	0%	537
48	Ohio	0%	419
49	New York	0%	698
50	Iowa	0%	105
51	New Jersey	0%	198
52	Puerto Rico	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Cajun

#	State	Population
1	Louisiana	56,338
2	Texas	21,504
3	Florida	3,399
4	Arkansas	2,506
5	California	2,476
6	Georgia	2,363
7	Mississippi	2,279
8	Alabama	1,788
9	Oklahoma	1,467
10	Colorado	1,432
11	Tennessee	1,303
12	Washington	1,249
13	North Carolina	1,190
14	Virginia	1,025
15	Maine	939
16	Massachusetts	779
17	Oregon	728
18	Pennsylvania	709
19	New York	698
20	Missouri	679
21	Arizona	655
22	Kentucky	622
23	New Mexico	544
24	Illinois	537
25	South Carolina	519
26	Michigan	426
27	Ohio	419
28	Minnesota	373
29	Maryland	350
30	Kansas	346
31	Indiana	340
32	Wisconsin	337
33	Idaho	258
34	Wyoming	230
35	Alaska	225
36	New Jersey	198
37	Utah	176
38	Connecticut	173
39	Nebraska	163
40	New Hampshire	155
41	West Virginia	152
42	Nevada	150
43	Delaware	148
44	South Dakota	133
45	District of Columbia	109
46	Iowa	105
47	Hawaii	98
48	Montana	96
49	Vermont	77
50	North Dakota	55
51	Rhode Island	45
52	Puerto Rico	0

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.