Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 591.19K people in California with French (except Basque) ancestry (1.50% of California population). Among all California cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Sonoma city had the highest percentage of its population with French (except Basque) ancestry (6.60%), followed by Grover Beach city (6.37%), and Oak Park CDP (5.35%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having French (except Basque) ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in California.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021

Sonoma city

Grover Beach city

Oak Park CDP

Diamond Springs CDP

Capitola city

Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP

Coronado city

Lafayette city

Healdsburg city

Half Moon Bay city

Ranking of California Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Sonoma city	6.60
2	Grover Beach city	6.37
3	Oak Park CDP	5.35
4	Diamond Springs CDP	4.89
5	Capitola city	4.69
6	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley CDP	4.59
7	Coronado city	4.49
8	Lafayette city	4.40
9	Healdsburg city	4.35
10	Half Moon Bay city	3.97
11	Coto de Caza CDP	3.76
12	Laguna Beach city	3.69
13	Grand Terrace city	3.68
13	Manhattan Beach city	3.68
14	Oroville city	3.66
15	Petaluma city	3.63
16	Laguna Woods city	3.54
17	Palm Springs city	3.50
18	Newport Beach city	3.46
19	West Hollywood city	3.45
20	Cameron Park CDP	3.41
21	Winter Gardens CDP	3.40
22	Belmont city	3.37
23	North Tustin CDP	3.36
24	Quartz Hill CDP	3.33
25	Atascadero city	3.28
26	Clearlake city	3.27
27	Eureka city	3.26
28	Dana Point city	3.24
29	Claremont city	3.22
30	San Luis Obispo city	3.20
31	Orinda city	3.19
32	Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CDP	3.18
33	Benicia city	3.12
34	Solana Beach city	3.09
35	Eastern Goleta Valley CDP	3.07
35	Los Altos city	3.07
35	Pleasant Hill city	3.07
36	Monterey city	3.04
37	Golden Hills CDP	3.03
37	Los Gatos town	3.03
38	Phelan CDP	3.02
39	Palos Verdes Estates city	3.00
39	Walnut Creek city	3.00
40	Carpinteria city	2.97
40	Santa Monica city	2.97
41	Arcata city	2.94
41	Laguna Niguel city	2.94
42	Calimesa city	2.93
43	Menlo Park city	2.92
44	Marysville city	2.91
45	Temescal Valley CDP	2.90
46	Los Osos CDP	2.89
46	Thousand Oaks city	2.89
47	Shasta Lake city	2.88
48	Ladera Ranch CDP	2.87
48	Lincoln city	2.87
49	Granite Bay CDP	2.86
49	San Buenaventura (Ventura) city	2.86
50	Discovery Bay CDP	2.83
51	Live Oak CDP	2.81
52	Martinez city	2.80
53	Ripon city	2.78
54	Alamo CDP	2.77
55	Palm Desert city	2.76
55	Redlands city	2.76
55	San Clemente city	2.76
55	Santa Rosa city	2.76
56	Beverly Hills city	2.75
57	Poway city	2.74
58	Santa Cruz city	2.72
59	San Rafael city	2.71
60	Fair Oaks CDP	2.69
61	La Verne city	2.68
62	Encinitas city	2.67
63	Livermore city	2.65
64	Carlsbad city	2.64
64	McKinleyville CDP	2.64
65	Rancho Cordova city	2.62
65	Redondo Beach city	2.62
65	Santa Barbara city	2.62
66	Berkeley city	2.61
66	Carmichael CDP	2.61
67	Fortuna city	2.60
67	Moraga town	2.60
68	Los Alamitos city	2.59
68	Riverbank city	2.59
69	Arroyo Grande city	2.58
69	Camarillo city	2.58
69	El Sobrante CDP (Riverside County)	2.58
70	Laguna Hills city	2.56
71	Clayton city	2.55
72	Larkspur city	2.54
72	Rocklin city	2.54
73	Rosedale CDP	2.53
73	San Carlos city	2.53
74	Rossmoor CDP	2.50
75	San Dimas city	2.48
75	South Pasadena city	2.48
75	Truckee town	2.48
76	Redding city	2.46
77	Yorba Linda city	2.45
78	Danville town	2.44
78	Magalia CDP	2.44
78	Orangevale CDP	2.44
79	Castaic CDP	2.43
79	Del Aire CDP	2.43
79	Novato city	2.43
79	Orcutt CDP	2.43
80	Morro Bay city	2.42
80	Placentia city	2.42
80	Rancho Mirage city	2.42
80	Santee city	2.42
81	Citrus Heights city	2.41
82	Placerville city	2.40
82	Valley Center CDP	2.40
83	Arden-Arcade CDP	2.39
84	Aliso Viejo city	2.37
84	El Dorado Hills CDP	2.37
84	Rancho Santa Margarita city	2.37
84	Rohnert Park city	2.37
85	Chico city	2.36
85	San Diego Country Estates CDP	2.36
86	Mill Valley city	2.35
87	South Lake Tahoe city	2.34
88	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) city	2.31
89	Bostonia CDP	2.29
89	Davis city	2.29
89	Mission Viejo city	2.29
89	San Anselmo town	2.29
90	Murrieta city	2.28
90	Rancho Palos Verdes city	2.28
91	Huntington Beach city	2.27
91	San Juan Capistrano city	2.27
92	Imperial Beach city	2.25
92	Manteca city	2.25
93	Vacaville city	2.24
94	Apple Valley town	2.23
95	El Segundo city	2.22
95	Hermosa Beach city	2.22
95	Lake Forest city	2.22
95	La Mesa city	2.22
96	El Cerrito city	2.21
97	Ridgecrest city	2.20
98	Norco city	2.19
98	Oakdale city	2.19
98	Rancho San Diego CDP	2.19
99	Fallbrook CDP	2.18
99	Twentynine Palms city	2.18
100	Soquel CDP	2.17
101	Brentwood city	2.15
101	Mountain View city	2.15
101	San Marcos city	2.15
101	Seal Beach city	2.15
102	Rancho Cucamonga city	2.13
102	San Francisco city	2.13
102	Vista city	2.13
103	Pacific Grove city	2.12
103	Roseville city	2.12
104	La Cañada Flintridge city	2.11
104	Nipomo CDP	2.11
105	Sun Village CDP	2.10
106	Isla Vista CDP	2.09
106	Napa city	2.09
106	San Mateo city	2.09
107	Brea city	2.06
107	Oceanside city	2.06
107	Yucaipa city	2.06
108	El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County)	2.05
108	Loma Linda city	2.05
109	Concord city	2.04
109	Tustin city	2.04
110	Simi Valley city	2.02
110	Wildomar city	2.02
111	Duarte city	2.01
111	Rosamond CDP	2.01
112	Calabasas city	1.99
112	Pasadena city	1.99
113	Hesperia city	1.97
114	Valle Vista CDP	1.96
115	Campbell city	1.95
115	Redwood City city	1.95
116	Lodi city	1.94
116	North Auburn CDP	1.94
116	Stanford CDP	1.94
117	Signal Hill city	1.93
118	Chino Hills city	1.92
119	Albany city	1.91
119	Susanville city	1.91
120	Ceres city	1.90
121	Galt city	1.88
122	Grass Valley city	1.87
122	Menifee city	1.87
122	Scotts Valley city	1.87
123	Cypress city	1.86
124	Cathedral City city	1.85
124	Corte Madera town	1.85
124	Fairview CDP	1.85
125	Temecula city	1.84
126	Alpine CDP	1.83