Ranking of US States By Percentage of Population with French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021
Updated on March 8, 2024.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among all US states and DC, Maine had the highest percentage of population with French (except Basque) ancestry (12.83%), followed by New Hampshire (11.60%), and Louisiana (10.25%).
The chart below shows the top 10 states, and the table below shows the ranking of all states and DC.
You can see similar information for other ancestry groups in the US.
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Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Ranking of US States By Percentage of Population with French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | State | Percentage of Population (%) |
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| 1 | Maine | 12.83 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 11.60 |
| 3 | Louisiana | 10.25 |
| 4 | Vermont | 10.11 |
| 5 | Rhode Island | 8.21 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 5.37 |
| 7 | Connecticut | 4.36 |
| 8 | Michigan | 3.47 |
| 9 | Montana | 3.03 |
| 10 | Minnesota | 2.99 |
| 11 | North Dakota | 2.79 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 2.77 |
| 13 | Oregon | 2.76 |
| 14 | Washington | 2.68 |
| 15 | Missouri | 2.54 |
| 16 | Wyoming | 2.52 |
| 17 | Colorado | 2.40 |
| 18 | Alaska | 2.19 |
| 18 | Kansas | 2.19 |
| 19 | Idaho | 2.17 |
| 20 | South Dakota | 2.14 |
| 21 | Arizona | 2.02 |
| 22 | Mississippi | 2.01 |
| 23 | Florida | 1.90 |
| 24 | Indiana | 1.88 |
| 25 | Ohio | 1.86 |
| 26 | Nebraska | 1.81 |
| 26 | New York | 1.81 |
| 27 | Nevada | 1.77 |
| 28 | Iowa | 1.74 |
| 29 | Utah | 1.73 |
| 30 | Texas | 1.70 |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 1.65 |
| 32 | District of Columbia | 1.63 |
| 33 | Virginia | 1.60 |
| 34 | Illinois | 1.57 |
| 34 | South Carolina | 1.57 |
| 35 | Arkansas | 1.51 |
| 36 | California | 1.50 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 1.49 |
| 37 | North Carolina | 1.49 |
| 38 | Pennsylvania | 1.45 |
| 38 | Tennessee | 1.45 |
| 39 | Kentucky | 1.43 |
| 40 | Maryland | 1.36 |
| 41 | Alabama | 1.33 |
| 41 | Hawaii | 1.33 |
| 42 | West Virginia | 1.30 |
| 43 | Georgia | 1.25 |
| 44 | Delaware | 1.24 |
| 45 | New Jersey | 1.02 |