Counties and Parishes With The Highest Proportion of French-speakers
Note: speakers of French-based creole languages are not included in percentages.
- St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (pop. 48,583) - 27.4% French-speaking
- Evangeline Parish, Louisiana (pop. 35,434) - 25.7% French-speaking
- Vermilion Parish, Louisiana (pop. 53,807) - 24.9% French-speaking
- Aroostook County, Maine (pop. 73,938) - 22.4% French-speaking
- Lafourche Parish, Louisiana (pop. 89,974) - 19.1% French-speaking
- Acadia Parish, Louisiana (pop. 58,861) - 19.0% French-speaking
- Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana (pop. 41,481) - 17.6% French-speaking
- Assumption Parish, Louisiana (pop. 23,388) - 17.6% French-speaking
- St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (pop. 87,700) - 16.7% French-speaking
- Coos County, New Hampshire (pop. 33,111) - 16.2% French-speaking
- Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana (pop. 31,435) - 16.2% French-speaking
- Lafayette Parish, Louisiana (pop. 190,503) - 14.4% French-speaking
- Androscoggin County, Maine (pop. 103,793) - 14.3% French-speaking
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