Ranking of Indiana 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 126.73K people in Indiana with French (except Basque) ancestry (1.88% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana cities and places with a population of at least 10K, New Haven city had the highest percentage of its population with French (except Basque) ancestry (4.33%), followed by Wabash city (2.99%), and Yorktown town (2.98%).

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 Indiana.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021
New Haven city
Wabash city
Yorktown town
Schererville town
Fort Wayne city
Vincennes city
Goshen city
Clarksville town
Crawfordsville city
Valparaiso city
Ranking of Indiana 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 New Haven city 4.33
2 Wabash city 2.99
3 Yorktown town 2.98
4 Schererville town 2.87
5 Fort Wayne city 2.73
6 Vincennes city 2.71
7 Goshen city 2.69
8 Clarksville town 2.63
9 Crawfordsville city 2.58
10 Valparaiso city 2.51
11 Avon town 2.41
12 Bedford city 2.29
13 Carmel city 2.28
14 Auburn city 2.24
15 Lafayette city 2.22
16 Columbus city 2.13
17 Fishers city 2.12
18 Jeffersonville city 2.06
18 La Porte city 2.06
19 New Albany city 2.04
20 Evansville city 2.02
21 Munster town 2.00
22 Portage city 1.99
23 Bloomington city 1.95
24 Mishawaka city 1.90
24 Westfield city 1.90
25 Crown Point city 1.83
25 St. John town 1.83
26 Terre Haute city 1.81
27 Bluffton city 1.79
27 New Castle city 1.79
28 Elkhart city 1.75
29 Michigan City city 1.74
30 Granger CDP 1.73
31 Madison city 1.72
32 Jasper city 1.71
32 West Lafayette city 1.71
33 Washington city 1.67
34 Noblesville city 1.65
35 Lawrence city 1.64
36 Lake Station city 1.63
37 Griffith town 1.59
38 Kokomo city 1.58
39 Cedar Lake town 1.57
39 Dyer town 1.57
39 Indianapolis city (balance) 1.57
40 Lebanon city 1.52
41 Hammond city 1.49
42 Richmond city 1.48
43 Brownsburg town 1.46
44 Chesterton town 1.45
45 Huntington city 1.43
46 Highland town 1.41
47 South Bend city 1.38
48 Plymouth city 1.35
49 Warsaw city 1.33
50 Martinsville city 1.31
50 Plainfield town 1.31
51 Muncie city 1.30
52 Zionsville town 1.29
53 Greenwood city 1.26
54 Logansport city 1.25
55 Greenfield city 1.24
56 Shelbyville city 1.22
57 Lowell town 1.15
58 Marion city 1.11
59 Connersville city 1.10
59 Hobart city 1.10
60 Seymour city 1.06
61 Anderson city 1.04
62 Speedway town 0.96
63 Franklin city 0.95
64 Beech Grove city 0.94
65 Danville town 0.86
66 Merrillville town 0.80
67 Greensburg city 0.50
68 Peru city 0.45
69 Frankfort city 0.40
70 Gary city 0.25
71 East Chicago city 0.19