Over 6 million people in the United States report French ancestry. Learn more in this America Counts story.





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2024 Paris Olympics: U.S. Population?s French Connection

As Americans tune in to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, many will have a special connection to the host nation: more than 6 million people living in the United States reported French ancestry and around 180,000 were born in France.

The U.S. Census Bureau?s?American Community Survey (ACS)?provides counts and characteristics of the nation?s population groups, including those with French ancestry and the foreign-born from France.?

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The ancestry question on the ACS asks respondents to identify their ancestry or ethnic origin, which can include their or their ancestors? descent, roots, heritage or place of birth.

In 2022, 6,310,548 people reported French ancestry alone or in combination with another ancestry.

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