Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population with French Canadian Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 94.34K people in California with French Canadian ancestry (0.24% of California population). Among all California counties, Mono County had the highest percentage of its population with French Canadian ancestry (1.56%), followed by Sierra County (1.04%), and Nevada County (0.82%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having French Canadian ancestry.

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population with French Canadian Ancestry in 2021
Mono County
Sierra County
Nevada County
Tuolumne County
Amador County
Humboldt County
El Dorado County
Inyo County
Shasta County
Marin County
Ranking of California Counties By Percentage of Population with French Canadian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Mono County 1.56
2 Sierra County 1.04
3 Nevada County 0.82
4 Tuolumne County 0.76
5 Amador County 0.65
6 Humboldt County 0.62
7 El Dorado County 0.61
8 Inyo County 0.56
9 Shasta County 0.47
10 Marin County 0.46
11 Santa Cruz County 0.45
12 Napa County 0.42
12 Placer County 0.42
13 Sonoma County 0.39
14 Mariposa County 0.34
14 San Luis Obispo County 0.34
15 Calaveras County 0.33
15 San Diego County 0.33
15 Siskiyou County 0.33
16 Orange County 0.32
16 San Francisco County 0.32
17 Lake County 0.31
17 Solano County 0.31
18 Riverside County 0.30
18 Ventura County 0.30
19 Colusa County 0.29
19 Yolo County 0.29
20 San Benito County 0.28
21 Butte County 0.27
22 Santa Barbara County 0.25
22 Sutter County 0.25
23 Contra Costa County 0.24
24 Modoc County 0.23
24 Plumas County 0.23
24 Sacramento County 0.23
24 San Mateo County 0.23
24 Yuba County 0.23
25 Lassen County 0.22
25 San Bernardino County 0.22
26 Glenn County 0.21
26 Santa Clara County 0.21
27 Alameda County 0.19
28 Del Norte County 0.18
28 Stanislaus County 0.18
29 Los Angeles County 0.17
29 Mendocino County 0.17
29 Trinity County 0.17
30 San Joaquin County 0.16
31 Kern County 0.15
32 Imperial County 0.14
32 Monterey County 0.14
32 Tehama County 0.14
33 Madera County 0.11
34 Fresno County 0.10
35 Kings County 0.09
35 Merced County 0.09
36 Tulare County 0.07