Distribution of French Canadian People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: French Canadian

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2.1%
4.2%
6.3%
8.4%
12.6%
16.8%
21%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Cameron Parish, Louisiana	25.06%
2	St. Landry Parish, Louisiana	21.19%
3	Androscoggin County, Maine	20.81%
4	Orleans County, Vermont	14.8%
5	Coos County, New Hampshire	13.59%
6	Franklin County, Vermont	12.74%
7	Lafourche Parish, Louisiana	12.53%
8	Vermilion Parish, Louisiana	11.8%
9	St. Martin Parish, Louisiana	11.62%
10	Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana	11.32%
11	York County, Maine	10.87%
12	Grand Isle County, Vermont	10.67%
13	Hillsborough County, New Hampshire	10.47%
14	Windham County, Connecticut	10.3%
15	Essex County, Vermont	10.08%
16	Caledonia County, Vermont	10.05%
17	Delta County, Michigan	9.83%
18	Strafford County, New Hampshire	9.65%
19	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	9.54%
20	Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana	9.52%

Top Counties by Population of French Canadian

#	County	Population
1	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	52,665
2	Worcester County, Massachusetts	52,479
3	Hillsborough County, New Hampshire	43,035
4	Providence County, Rhode Island	33,445
5	Essex County, Massachusetts	32,169
6	Hartford County, Connecticut	29,600
7	Bristol County, Massachusetts	28,069
8	Hampden County, Massachusetts	25,786
9	Rockingham County, New Hampshire	24,741
10	Androscoggin County, Maine	22,364
11	York County, Maine	22,069
12	Oakland County, Michigan	20,812
13	Wayne County, Michigan	20,347
14	Maricopa County, Arizona	19,110
15	Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana	19,061
16	St. Landry Parish, Louisiana	17,685
17	Los Angeles County, California	17,502
18	Macomb County, Michigan	17,273
19	Plymouth County, Massachusetts	17,149
20	Norfolk County, Massachusetts	16,811

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	New Hampshire	9.05%	121,596
2	Vermont	8.18%	51,119
3	Maine	7.95%	105,930
4	Rhode Island	5.09%	53,771
5	Massachusetts	3.83%	261,687
6	Louisiana	3.06%	142,800
7	Connecticut	2.69%	96,238
8	Michigan	1.6%	159,144
9	North Dakota	1.02%	7,665
10	Minnesota	0.99%	54,864
11	Wisconsin	0.96%	55,275
12	Montana	0.8%	8,285
13	Washington	0.74%	53,669
14	Alaska	0.74%	5,429
15	Oregon	0.65%	26,697
16	New York	0.64%	126,427
17	Florida	0.56%	115,477
18	Wyoming	0.53%	3,112
19	Idaho	0.52%	8,828
20	Colorado	0.5%	27,609
21	Arizona	0.46%	32,234
22	South Dakota	0.44%	3,826
23	Virginia	0.42%	35,135
24	Nevada	0.41%	11,947
25	District of Columbia	0.35%	2,377
26	North Carolina	0.34%	34,960
27	Kansas	0.34%	9,972
28	South Carolina	0.34%	16,981
29	Delaware	0.33%	3,155
30	Maryland	0.32%	19,008
31	New Mexico	0.3%	6,263
32	Nebraska	0.3%	5,643
33	California	0.28%	108,530
34	Illinois	0.27%	34,591
35	Tennessee	0.27%	17,667
36	Texas	0.26%	73,195
37	Iowa	0.26%	8,068
38	Ohio	0.25%	29,147
39	Utah	0.25%	7,615
40	Indiana	0.24%	16,062
41	New Jersey	0.24%	21,414
42	Pennsylvania	0.24%	30,768
43	Missouri	0.24%	14,568
44	Mississippi	0.24%	7,067
45	Georgia	0.23%	23,862
46	Arkansas	0.23%	6,794
47	Oklahoma	0.21%	8,153
48	Hawaii	0.19%	2,704
49	Alabama	0.17%	8,484
50	Kentucky	0.16%	7,316
51	West Virginia	0.13%	2,375
52	Puerto Rico	0%	164

Top States and Territories by Population of French Canadian

#	State	Population
1	Massachusetts	261,687
2	Michigan	159,144
3	Louisiana	142,800
4	New York	126,427
5	New Hampshire	121,596
6	Florida	115,477
7	California	108,530
8	Maine	105,930
9	Connecticut	96,238
10	Texas	73,195
11	Wisconsin	55,275
12	Minnesota	54,864
13	Rhode Island	53,771
14	Washington	53,669
15	Vermont	51,119
16	Virginia	35,135
17	North Carolina	34,960
18	Illinois	34,591
19	Arizona	32,234
20	Pennsylvania	30,768
21	Ohio	29,147
22	Colorado	27,609
23	Oregon	26,697
24	Georgia	23,862
25	New Jersey	21,414
26	Maryland	19,008
27	Tennessee	17,667
28	South Carolina	16,981
29	Indiana	16,062
30	Missouri	14,568
31	Nevada	11,947
32	Kansas	9,972
33	Idaho	8,828
34	Alabama	8,484
35	Montana	8,285
36	Oklahoma	8,153
37	Iowa	8,068
38	North Dakota	7,665
39	Utah	7,615
40	Kentucky	7,316
41	Mississippi	7,067
42	Arkansas	6,794
43	New Mexico	6,263
44	Nebraska	5,643
45	Alaska	5,429
46	South Dakota	3,826
47	Delaware	3,155
48	Wyoming	3,112
49	Hawaii	2,704
50	District of Columbia	2,377
51	West Virginia	2,375
52	Puerto Rico	164

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.