AkashicThe most French-ancestry places in America
Of the 100 counties most defined by french, 66 voted Republican and 34 Democratic in 2024 — a median of R+13.0, and as a group they shifted −3.9 points toward Republicans from 2020 to 2024.
Does french move the vote?
Every U.S. county, plotted by how much of the community lives there against its 2024 presidential margin — the demographic dial on one axis, the political one on the other.
Across every county, french barely moves the vote either way — little relationship (r = +0.10).
| French range | Counties | Median margin |
|---|---|---|
| 0.4% – 1.1% | 386 | R+43.3 |
| 1.1% – 1.8% | 663 | R+43.8 |
| 1.8% – 2.5% | 441 | R+38.3 |
| 2.5% – 3.2% | 231 | R+28.6 |
| 3.2% – 3.9% | 90 | R+34.5 |
| 3.9% – 4.6% | 45 | R+35.8 |
| 4.6% – 5.3% | 23 | R+29.0 |
| 5.3% – 6.0% | 12 | R+22.9 |
| 6.0% – 6.7% | 15 | D+0.8 |
| 6.7% – 7.4% | 9 | R+22.2 |
| 7.4% – 8.1% | 17 | D+8.7 |
| 8.1% – 8.8% | 9 | R+19.8 |
| 8.8% – 9.5% | 10 | D+4.9 |
| 9.5% – 10.2% | 6 | R+14.3 |
| 10.2% – 10.9% | 6 | R+5.0 |
| 10.9% – 11.6% | 44 | R+26.6 |
Where french concentrates
Every county shaded by french — deep where the community clusters, pale at the other end. Counties below 5,000 population are suppressed.
The leaderboard
Ranked most to least by french. Filter by region or state, switch the column lens, cap the list, and sort on any figure.
| # | 2008–24 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avoyelles Parish, LA | 20.5% | R R+43.1 | −2.4 | 16,037 | |
| 2 | Terrebonne Parish, LA | 20.1% | R R+51.8 | −1.8 | 41,327 | |
| 3 | Cameron Parish, LA | 20.0% | R R+86.3 | −3.4 | 3,362 | |
| 4 | St. Martin Parish, LA | 19.6% | R R+40.7 | −4.6 | 25,006 | |
| 5 | Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | 19.2% | R R+27.5 | −4.8 | 11,570 | |
| 6 | Jefferson Davis Parish, LA | 18.9% | R R+61.1 | −5.8 | 14,358 | |
| 7 | Lafourche Parish, LA | 18.8% | R R+62.1 | −1.8 | 42,845 | |
| 8 | Aroostook County, ME | 17.8% | R R+26.2 | −6.5 | 35,653 | |
| 9 | Lafayette Parish, LA | 17.5% | R R+31.4 | −2.7 | 111,086 | |
| 10 | Androscoggin County, ME | 17.2% | R R+6.1 | −3.3 | 58,847 | |
| 11 | Assumption Parish, LA | 16.9% | R R+35.6 | −5.0 | 10,367 | |
| 12 | St. Charles Parish, LA | 16.8% | R R+32.3 | −2.8 | 26,685 | |
| 13 | Vermilion Parish, LA | 16.7% | R R+63.8 | −1.9 | 26,429 | |
| 14 | Coos County, NH | 16.5% | R R+13.7 | −7.8 | 17,322 | |
| 15 | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 15.4% | R R+9.4 | −5.9 | 46,897 | |
| 16 | Evangeline Parish, LA | 15.4% | R R+49.1 | −4.3 | 14,176 | |
| 17 | Kennebec County, ME | 15.4% | R R+2.7 | −3.0 | 72,886 | |
| 18 | Clinton County, NY | 15.0% | R R+2.1 | −7.4 | 35,817 | |
| 19 | Iberia Parish, LA | 14.9% | R R+34.1 | −2.9 | 29,331 | |
| 20 | Ascension Parish, LA | 14.8% | R R+33.9 | −1.4 | 62,473 | |
| 21 | Oxford County, ME | 14.4% | R R+12.9 | −4.2 | 34,590 | |
| 22 | Acadia Parish, LA | 14.1% | R R+64.0 | −3.6 | 26,720 | |
| 23 | St. Tammany Parish, LA | 14.1% | R R+43.8 | +0.4 | 138,384 | |
| 24 | Franklin County, VT | 14.1% | D D+3.0 | −6.1 | 26,743 | |
| 25 | Plaquemines Parish, LA | 13.8% | R R+38.0 | −1.7 | 9,945 | |
| 26 | St. James Parish, LA | 13.5% | R R+0.9 | −5.3 | 11,789 | |
| 27 | West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 13.3% | R R+11.7 | −1.2 | 13,836 | |
| 28 | Belknap County, NH | 13.3% | R R+13.0 | −2.6 | 40,676 | |
| 29 | Franklin County, NY | 13.2% | R R+9.0 | −6.8 | 19,458 | |
| 30 | St. Mary Parish, LA | 12.9% | R R+31.9 | −2.7 | 20,897 | |
| 31 | Grand Isle County, VT | 12.8% | D D+20.9 | −1.6 | 5,001 | |
| 32 | Sullivan County, NH | 12.7% | R R+0.7 | −4.3 | 25,221 | |
| 33 | York County, ME | 12.1% | D D+10.5 | −2.0 | 132,838 | |
| 34 | Delta County, MI | 12.1% | R R+30.4 | −3.9 | 21,874 | |
| 35 | St. Bernard Parish, LA | 11.9% | R R+29.3 | −0.8 | 17,292 | |
| 36 | Essex County, VT | 11.9% | R R+15.9 | −4.7 | 3,425 | |
| 37 | Iberville Parish, LA | 11.7% | R R+0.7 | −4.5 | 15,354 | |
| 38 | St. Landry Parish, LA | 11.7% | R R+18.8 | −4.7 | 37,043 | |
| 39 | Cheshire County, NH | 11.7% | D D+9.9 | −7.3 | 45,389 | |
| 40 | Franklin County, ME | 11.6% | R R+8.2 | −4.3 | 17,836 | |
| 41 | Merrimack County, NH | 11.6% | D D+5.2 | −4.6 | 92,979 | |
| 42 | Penobscot County, ME | 11.4% | R R+10.9 | −2.6 | 87,073 | |
| 43 | Orange County, TX | 11.2% | R R+66.7 | −3.3 | 36,338 | |
| 44 | Somerset County, ME | 11.0% | R R+27.0 | −3.9 | 28,441 | |
| 45 | Calcasieu Parish, LA | 10.8% | R R+39.6 | −4.4 | 81,201 | |
| 46 | Strafford County, NH | 10.7% | D D+12.0 | −3.2 | 76,690 | |
| 47 | Allen Parish, LA | 10.6% | R R+61.0 | −5.3 | 8,751 | |
| 48 | Jefferson Parish, LA | 10.5% | R R+13.0 | −1.9 | 178,205 | |
| 49 | Hillsborough County, NH | 10.3% | D D+2.9 | −4.8 | 234,443 | |
| 50 | Sagadahoc County, ME | 10.2% | D D+16.6 | +1.1 | 24,456 | |
| 51 | Kent County, RI | 9.8% | D D+1.9 | −5.8 | 92,648 | |
| 52 | Rutland County, VT | 9.8% | D D+5.2 | −5.2 | 34,102 | |
| 53 | Hancock County, MS | 9.7% | R R+58.7 | −3.2 | 21,175 | |
| 54 | Livingston Parish, LA | 9.6% | R R+68.5 | +1.5 | 65,906 | |
| 55 | Piscataquis County, ME | 9.6% | R R+29.2 | −2.9 | 10,205 | |
| 56 | Essex County, NY | 9.5% | D D+0.5 | −4.5 | 19,236 | |
| 57 | Rockingham County, NH | 9.4% | R R+2.4 | −4.5 | 202,929 | |
| 58 | Washington County, VT | 9.3% | D D+43.0 | −3.1 | 35,369 | |
| 59 | Cloud County, KS | 9.2% | R R+60.6 | −6.1 | 4,047 | |
| 60 | Franklin County, MA | 9.1% | D D+37.6 | −6.2 | 42,248 | |
| 61 | Grafton County, NH | 9.1% | D D+19.8 | −4.7 | 55,898 | |
| 62 | Berkshire County, MA | 9.0% | D D+39.7 | −7.1 | 68,674 | |
| 63 | Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 8.9% | R R+37.4 | −4.6 | 55,104 | |
| 64 | Caledonia County, VT | 8.9% | D D+12.3 | −2.9 | 16,633 | |
| 65 | West Feliciana Parish, LA | 8.8% | R R+31.9 | −7.0 | 6,008 | |
| 66 | St. Lawrence County, NY | 8.8% | R R+18.0 | −6.3 | 44,026 | |
| 67 | Arenac County, MI | 8.7% | R R+40.6 | −4.9 | 9,158 | |
| 68 | Lewis County, NY | 8.5% | R R+44.4 | −5.2 | 12,966 | |
| 69 | Alger County, MI | 8.4% | R R+19.8 | −1.1 | 5,258 | |
| 70 | Cumberland County, ME | 8.3% | D D+35.3 | −0.0 | 192,656 | |
| 71 | Menominee County, MI | 8.3% | R R+33.6 | −3.5 | 13,060 | |
| 72 | Addison County, VT | 8.3% | D D+35.6 | −3.8 | 22,607 | |
| 73 | St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | 8.2% | D D+29.1 | +0.9 | 18,827 | |
| 74 | Bay County, MI | 8.1% | R R+14.7 | −3.1 | 61,338 | |
| 75 | Dickinson County, MI | 8.1% | R R+36.3 | −2.9 | 15,312 | |
| 76 | Hampshire County, MA | 8.0% | D D+41.7 | −4.8 | 84,720 | |
| 77 | Worcester County, MA | 8.0% | D D+10.0 | −7.8 | 420,841 | |
| 78 | Chittenden County, VT | 8.0% | D D+53.1 | −1.4 | 97,329 | |
| 79 | Baraga County, MI | 7.9% | R R+29.8 | −4.2 | 4,332 | |
| 80 | Marquette County, MI | 7.9% | D D+8.7 | −2.4 | 39,009 | |
| 81 | Washington County, NY | 7.8% | R R+21.1 | −5.6 | 28,586 | |
| 82 | Lincoln County, ME | 7.7% | D D+11.3 | +1.1 | 24,003 | |
| 83 | Waldo County, ME | 7.7% | D D+3.4 | −1.3 | 25,130 | |
| 84 | Hampden County, MA | 7.7% | D D+8.9 | −8.6 | 208,604 | |
| 85 | Orange County, VT | 7.7% | D D+20.0 | −4.0 | 17,672 | |
| 86 | Orleans County, VT | 7.7% | R R+1.5 | −6.0 | 14,765 | |
| 87 | Alpena County, MI | 7.6% | R R+28.6 | −1.0 | 17,213 | |
| 88 | Hardin County, TX | 7.6% | R R+75.8 | −2.0 | 28,157 | |
| 89 | Bennington County, VT | 7.6% | D D+22.4 | −5.0 | 20,710 | |
| 90 | Bristol County, MA | 7.5% | D D+1.3 | −10.6 | 278,049 | |
| 91 | Carroll County, NH | 7.5% | R R+1.7 | −3.2 | 34,658 | |
| 92 | Windsor County, VT | 7.4% | D D+35.3 | −3.6 | 34,289 | |
| 93 | Beauregard Parish, LA | 7.1% | R R+71.3 | −3.8 | 15,874 | |
| 94 | East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 7.1% | D D+11.1 | −2.0 | 190,643 | |
| 95 | East Feliciana Parish, LA | 7.0% | R R+22.2 | −5.3 | 9,947 | |
| 96 | Ste. Genevieve County, MO | 7.0% | R R+45.0 | −3.8 | 9,776 | |
| 97 | Providence County, RI | 7.0% | D D+14.4 | −8.5 | 269,989 | |
| 98 | Washington County, RI | 7.0% | D D+15.0 | −4.4 | 75,556 | |
| 99 | Pearl River County, MS | 6.9% | R R+66.7 | −2.4 | 24,671 | |
| 100 | Hancock County, ME | 6.7% | D D+11.8 | −0.5 | 36,253 |
Source. Demographics — U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year (ancestry B04006, language C16001, income B19013/B19001, education S1501, poverty S1701); adherence — 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB); density — Census TIGER land area · counties and cities ≥ 5,000 population, ranked by french; the medians are taken across the 100 top counties; the correlation is over all 2,007 eligible counties. Presidential results are two-party margins (MIT Election Lab); city results are precinct-derived for 2008–2024. A place can be demographically homogeneous and politically split — which is exactly what these tables are built to show. Real returns — nothing estimated.