The most French-ancestry places in America

Counties and cities ranked by French ancestry — with how each one voted in 2024 and how it has shifted since 2020. Of the top 100 counties by french, 66 voted Republican and 34 Democratic in 2024 (median R+13.0); as a group they shifted −3.9 points toward Republicans from 2020 to 2024.

Top 100 counties

Counties ≥ 5,000 population, ranked by French. “2024” is the two-party presidential margin; “Since ’20” is the 2020→2024 shift in points (positive = toward Democrats). Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 5-year · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) · MIT Election Lab.
#	Place	French	2024	Since ’20
1	Avoyelles Parish, LA	20.5%	R R+43.1	−2.4
2	Terrebonne Parish, LA	20.1%	R R+51.8	−1.8
3	Cameron Parish, LA	20.0%	R R+86.3	−3.4
4	St. Martin Parish, LA	19.6%	R R+40.7	−4.6
5	Pointe Coupee Parish, LA	19.2%	R R+27.5	−4.8
6	Jefferson Davis Parish, LA	18.9%	R R+61.1	−5.8
7	Lafourche Parish, LA	18.8%	R R+62.1	−1.8
8	Aroostook County, ME	17.8%	R R+26.2	−6.5
9	Lafayette Parish, LA	17.5%	R R+31.4	−2.7
10	Androscoggin County, ME	17.2%	R R+6.1	−3.3
11	Assumption Parish, LA	16.9%	R R+35.6	−5.0
12	St. Charles Parish, LA	16.8%	R R+32.3	−2.8
13	Vermilion Parish, LA	16.7%	R R+63.8	−1.9
14	Coos County, NH	16.5%	R R+13.7	−7.8
15	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT	15.4%	R R+9.4	−5.9
16	Evangeline Parish, LA	15.4%	R R+49.1	−4.3
17	Kennebec County, ME	15.4%	R R+2.7	−3.0
18	Clinton County, NY	15.0%	R R+2.1	−7.4
19	Iberia Parish, LA	14.9%	R R+34.1	−2.9
20	Ascension Parish, LA	14.8%	R R+33.9	−1.4
21	Oxford County, ME	14.4%	R R+12.9	−4.2
22	Acadia Parish, LA	14.1%	R R+64.0	−3.6
23	St. Tammany Parish, LA	14.1%	R R+43.8	+0.4
24	Franklin County, VT	14.1%	D D+3.0	−6.1
25	Plaquemines Parish, LA	13.8%	R R+38.0	−1.7
26	St. James Parish, LA	13.5%	R R+0.9	−5.3
27	West Baton Rouge Parish, LA	13.3%	R R+11.7	−1.2
28	Belknap County, NH	13.3%	R R+13.0	−2.6
29	Franklin County, NY	13.2%	R R+9.0	−6.8
30	St. Mary Parish, LA	12.9%	R R+31.9	−2.7
31	Grand Isle County, VT	12.8%	D D+20.9	−1.6
32	Sullivan County, NH	12.7%	R R+0.7	−4.3
33	York County, ME	12.1%	D D+10.5	−2.0
34	Delta County, MI	12.1%	R R+30.4	−3.9
35	St. Bernard Parish, LA	11.9%	R R+29.3	−0.8
36	Essex County, VT	11.9%	R R+15.9	−4.7
37	Iberville Parish, LA	11.7%	R R+0.7	−4.5
38	St. Landry Parish, LA	11.7%	R R+18.8	−4.7
39	Cheshire County, NH	11.7%	D D+9.9	−7.3
40	Franklin County, ME	11.6%	R R+8.2	−4.3
41	Merrimack County, NH	11.6%	D D+5.2	−4.6
42	Penobscot County, ME	11.4%	R R+10.9	−2.6
43	Orange County, TX	11.2%	R R+66.7	−3.3
44	Somerset County, ME	11.0%	R R+27.0	−3.9
45	Calcasieu Parish, LA	10.8%	R R+39.6	−4.4
46	Strafford County, NH	10.7%	D D+12.0	−3.2
47	Allen Parish, LA	10.6%	R R+61.0	−5.3
48	Jefferson Parish, LA	10.5%	R R+13.0	−1.9
49	Hillsborough County, NH	10.3%	D D+2.9	−4.8
50	Sagadahoc County, ME	10.2%	D D+16.6	+1.1
51	Kent County, RI	9.8%	D D+1.9	−5.8
52	Rutland County, VT	9.8%	D D+5.2	−5.2
53	Hancock County, MS	9.7%	R R+58.7	−3.2
54	Livingston Parish, LA	9.6%	R R+68.5	+1.5
55	Piscataquis County, ME	9.6%	R R+29.2	−2.9
56	Essex County, NY	9.5%	D D+0.5	−4.5
57	Rockingham County, NH	9.4%	R R+2.4	−4.5
58	Washington County, VT	9.3%	D D+43.0	−3.1
59	Cloud County, KS	9.2%	R R+60.6	−6.1
60	Franklin County, MA	9.1%	D D+37.6	−6.2
61	Grafton County, NH	9.1%	D D+19.8	−4.7
62	Berkshire County, MA	9.0%	D D+39.7	−7.1
63	Tangipahoa Parish, LA	8.9%	R R+37.4	−4.6
64	Caledonia County, VT	8.9%	D D+12.3	−2.9
65	West Feliciana Parish, LA	8.8%	R R+31.9	−7.0
66	St. Lawrence County, NY	8.8%	R R+18.0	−6.3
67	Arenac County, MI	8.7%	R R+40.6	−4.9
68	Lewis County, NY	8.5%	R R+44.4	−5.2
69	Alger County, MI	8.4%	R R+19.8	−1.1
70	Cumberland County, ME	8.3%	D D+35.3	−0.0
71	Menominee County, MI	8.3%	R R+33.6	−3.5
72	Addison County, VT	8.3%	D D+35.6	−3.8
73	St. John the Baptist Parish, LA	8.2%	D D+29.1	+0.9
74	Bay County, MI	8.1%	R R+14.7	−3.1
75	Dickinson County, MI	8.1%	R R+36.3	−2.9
76	Hampshire County, MA	8.0%	D D+41.7	−4.8
77	Worcester County, MA	8.0%	D D+10.0	−7.8
78	Chittenden County, VT	8.0%	D D+53.1	−1.4
79	Baraga County, MI	7.9%	R R+29.8	−4.2
80	Marquette County, MI	7.9%	D D+8.7	−2.4
81	Washington County, NY	7.8%	R R+21.1	−5.6
82	Lincoln County, ME	7.7%	D D+11.3	+1.1
83	Waldo County, ME	7.7%	D D+3.4	−1.3
84	Hampden County, MA	7.7%	D D+8.9	−8.6
85	Orange County, VT	7.7%	D D+20.0	−4.0
86	Orleans County, VT	7.7%	R R+1.5	−6.0
87	Alpena County, MI	7.6%	R R+28.6	−1.0
88	Hardin County, TX	7.6%	R R+75.8	−2.0
89	Bennington County, VT	7.6%	D D+22.4	−5.0
90	Bristol County, MA	7.5%	D D+1.3	−10.6
91	Carroll County, NH	7.5%	R R+1.7	−3.2
92	Windsor County, VT	7.4%	D D+35.3	−3.6
93	Beauregard Parish, LA	7.1%	R R+71.3	−3.8
94	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	7.1%	D D+11.1	−2.0
95	East Feliciana Parish, LA	7.0%	R R+22.2	−5.3
96	Ste. Genevieve County, MO	7.0%	R R+45.0	−3.8
97	Providence County, RI	7.0%	D D+14.4	−8.5
98	Washington County, RI	7.0%	D D+15.0	−4.4
99	Pearl River County, MS	6.9%	R R+66.7	−2.4
100	Hancock County, ME	6.7%	D D+11.8	−0.5

Top 50 cities

Incorporated places ≥ 5,000 population. City presidential results are precinct-derived for 2008–2024, so the “Since ’20” shift uses the same modern series.
#	Place	French	2024	Since ’20
1	Bayou Cane, LA	20.1%	R R+52.6	+2.7
2	Gray, LA	20.1%	R R+26.8	−4.7
3	Houma, LA	20.1%	R R+43.0	−8.2
4	Schriever, LA	20.1%	R R+41.9	+3.1
5	Breaux Bridge, LA	19.6%	R R+27.7	−21.2
6	St. Martinville, LA	19.6%	D D+20.3	−10.4
7	Bayou Blue, LA	19.2%	R R+71.0	+1.4
8	Jennings, LA	18.9%	R R+38.4	−6.9
9	Chackbay, LA	18.8%	R R+81.3	+2.2
10	Cut Off, LA	18.8%	R R+80.7	+1.3
11	Galliano, LA	18.8%	R R+74.8	+2.6
12	Larose, LA	18.8%	R R+76.8	−0.3
13	Raceland, LA	18.8%	R R+42.6	−5.2
14	Thibodaux, LA	18.8%	R R+32.6	−8.9
15	Caribou, ME	17.8%	R R+19.9	−6.4
16	Houlton, ME	17.8%	R R+25.6	−4.3
17	Presque Isle, ME	17.8%	R R+9.3	−0.2
18	Broussard, LA	17.6%	R R+46.3	+5.4
19	Carencro, LA	17.5%	R R+7.1	−4.3
20	Lafayette, LA	17.5%	R R+14.3	−3.5
21	Scott, LA	17.5%	R R+44.1	−5.4
22	Youngsville, LA	17.5%	R R+58.5	+2.9
23	Auburn, ME	17.2%	D D+6.6	−2.5
24	Lewiston, ME	17.2%	D D+8.2	−5.9
25	Destrehan, LA	16.8%	R R+41.8	−1.3
26	Luling, LA	16.8%	R R+47.9	+2.2
27	St. Rose, LA	16.8%	D D+7.1	+0.4
28	Abbeville, LA	16.7%	R R+14.0	−14.1
29	Berlin, NH	16.5%	R R+3.9	−11.2
30	Ville Platte, LA	15.4%	D D+27.4	−9.3
31	Augusta, ME	15.4%	D D+9.9	−1.7
32	Gardiner, ME	15.4%	D D+14.0	+6.8
33	Waterville, ME	15.4%	D D+26.1	−4.5
34	Winslow, ME	15.4%	R R+5.9	−2.5
35	Plattsburgh, NY	15.0%	D D+33.5	−4.3
36	New Iberia, LA	14.9%	R R+12.1	−7.1
37	Donaldsonville, LA	14.8%	D D+49.2	−11.4
38	Gonzales, LA	14.8%	D D+16.2	−3.5
39	Prairieville, LA	14.8%	R R+46.1	+3.1
40	Covington, LA	14.1%	R R+26.3	+0.2
41	Crowley, LA	14.1%	R R+28.2	−8.8
42	Eden Isle, LA	14.1%	R R+47.1	+8.4
43	Lacombe, LA	14.1%	R R+29.0	−7.1
44	Mandeville, LA	14.1%	R R+43.2	−0.3
45	Rayne, LA	14.1%	R R+34.0	−12.2
46	Slidell, LA	14.1%	R R+25.9	+4.1
47	St. Albans, VT	14.1%	D D+2.9	−31.0
48	Belle Chasse, LA	13.8%	R R+67.9	+3.1
49	Addis, LA	13.3%	R R+13.4	+8.0
50	Laconia, NH	13.3%	R R+8.2	−2.6

Rankings suppress places below 5,000 population, where small-sample ACS shares get noisy. Demographic shares are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (ancestry table B04006, language C16001) and the 2020 U.S. Religion Census; every figure traces to a named federal or academic source. The vote columns are presidential — a place can be demographically homogeneous and politically split, which is exactly what these tables are built to show.