Ranking of Alaska Counties 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 16.13K people in Alaska with French (except Basque) ancestry (2.19% of Alaska population). Among all Alaska counties, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area had the highest percentage of its population with French (except Basque) ancestry (4.03%), followed by Sitka City and Borough (3.70%), and Copper River Census Area (3.45%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties 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 Alaska.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population with French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Sitka City and Borough
Copper River Census Area
Juneau City and Borough
Chugach Census Area
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Wrangell City and Borough
Anchorage Municipality
Skagway Municipality
Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population with French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021
0 of 0
Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 4.03
2 Sitka City and Borough 3.70
3 Copper River Census Area 3.45
4 Juneau City and Borough 2.87
5 Chugach Census Area 2.71
6 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 2.61
7 Kenai Peninsula Borough 2.58
8 Wrangell City and Borough 2.45
9 Anchorage Municipality 2.32
10 Skagway Municipality 2.18
11 Fairbanks North Star Borough 2.11
12 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 2.04
13 Petersburg Borough 1.96
14 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 1.61
15 Bristol Bay Borough 1.53
16 Haines Borough 1.48
17 Denali Borough 1.46
18 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 1.38
19 Nome Census Area 0.98
20 Kodiak Island Borough 0.95
21 Aleutians West Census Area 0.82
22 Northwest Arctic Borough 0.80
23 Aleutians East Borough 0.59
24 Bethel Census Area 0.56
25 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 0.47
26 North Slope Borough 0.38
27 Dillingham Census Area 0.33
28 Lake and Peninsula Borough 0.20
29 Yakutat City and Borough 0.18