Ranking of Tennessee 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 99.27K people in Tennessee with French (except Basque) ancestry (1.45% of Tennessee population). Among all Tennessee counties, Stewart County had the highest percentage of its population with French (except Basque) ancestry (3.47%), followed by Clay County (2.93%), and Dyer County (2.50%).

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 Tennessee.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population with French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021
Stewart County
Clay County
Dyer County
Benton County
Monroe County
Williamson County
Roane County
Cheatham County
Meigs County
Perry County
Ranking of Tennessee Counties By Percentage of Population with French (except Basque) Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Stewart County 3.47
2 Clay County 2.93
3 Dyer County 2.50
4 Benton County 2.42
5 Monroe County 2.33
6 Williamson County 2.15
7 Roane County 2.09
8 Cheatham County 2.03
9 Meigs County 2.00
9 Perry County 2.00
10 Polk County 1.99
11 Putnam County 1.96
11 Unicoi County 1.96
12 Blount County 1.91
12 Jefferson County 1.91
13 Cumberland County 1.87
14 Knox County 1.84
14 Sumner County 1.84
15 Lewis County 1.77
16 Decatur County 1.75
16 Franklin County 1.75
17 Davidson County 1.70
18 Fentress County 1.67
18 Maury County 1.67
18 Sevier County 1.67
18 Trousdale County 1.67
19 Hamblen County 1.65
19 Hamilton County 1.65
20 Bedford County 1.62
21 Wilson County 1.59
22 Gibson County 1.56
22 Tipton County 1.56
23 Jackson County 1.54
24 Coffee County 1.48
25 Fayette County 1.47
26 Anderson County 1.46
26 Dickson County 1.46
27 Loudon County 1.45
28 Cocke County 1.42
28 Rhea County 1.42
28 Rutherford County 1.42
28 Washington County 1.42
28 White County 1.42
29 Montgomery County 1.41
30 Carroll County 1.40
31 Cannon County 1.39
31 McMinn County 1.39
32 Giles County 1.36
33 Robertson County 1.35
34 Bledsoe County 1.31
35 Bradley County 1.29
36 Overton County 1.27
37 Union County 1.24
38 Sequatchie County 1.21
39 Henderson County 1.19
39 Sullivan County 1.19
40 Johnson County 1.17
41 Henry County 1.16
42 Lawrence County 1.12
43 Wayne County 1.07
43 Weakley County 1.07
44 Hardin County 1.06
44 Morgan County 1.06
45 Marshall County 1.05
46 Hawkins County 1.04
46 Shelby County 1.04
47 Lincoln County 1.03
48 Claiborne County 1.00
49 Campbell County 0.87
50 Marion County 0.86
51 Hickman County 0.83
52 Van Buren County 0.81
53 Madison County 0.80
53 Pickett County 0.80
54 Hancock County 0.78
55 Carter County 0.76
56 Grundy County 0.71
57 Obion County 0.70
58 Warren County 0.68
59 Chester County 0.66
60 DeKalb County 0.64
60 Greene County 0.64
60 Hardeman County 0.64
61 Humphreys County 0.63
62 Crockett County 0.61
62 Smith County 0.61
63 McNairy County 0.57
64 Scott County 0.49
65 Moore County 0.40
66 Haywood County 0.36
66 Lake County 0.36
67 Grainger County 0.30
68 Houston County 0.26
69 Lauderdale County 0.25
70 Macon County 0.24