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Last modified:
2001-08-13
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Regional breakdown of
the Franco-American population (1930)1
| REGION
AND STATE |
NUMBER
OF FRANCO-AMERICANS AND PERCENT OF TOTAL (1930) |
| New
England |
743,219
(67.2 %) |
| Maine |
99,765
(9 %) |
| New
Hampshire |
101,324
(9.2 %) |
| Vermont |
46,956
(4.2 %) |
| Massachusetts |
336,871
(30.5 %) |
| Rhode
Island |
91,173
(8.2 %) |
| Connecticut |
67,130
(6.1 %) |
| Middle
Atlantic |
96,621
(8.7 %) |
| New
York |
83,057
(7.5 %) |
| New
Jersey |
7,423
(0.7 %) |
| Pennsylvania |
6,141
(0.6 %) |
| East
North Central |
146,752
(13.3 %) |
| Ohio |
9,428
(0.9 %) |
| Indiana |
3,120
(0.3 %) |
| Illinois |
24,250
(2.2 %) |
| Michigan |
87,911
(7.9 %) |
| Wisconsin |
22,043
(2 %) |
| West
North Central |
51,354
(4.6 %) |
| Minnesota |
29,384
(2.7 %) |
| Iowa |
4,233
(0.4 %) |
| Missouri |
2,701
(0.2 %) |
| North
Dakota |
6,084
(0.6 %) |
| South
Dakota |
2,773
(0.3 %) |
| Nebraska |
2,591
(0.2 %) |
| Kansas |
3,588
(0.3 %) |
| South
Atlantic |
5,835
(0.5 %) |
| Delaware |
177
(nil) |
| Maryland |
908
(0.1 %) |
| District
of Columbia |
745
(0.1 %) |
| Virginia |
574
(0.1 %) |
| West
Virginia |
371
(nil) |
| North
Carolina |
227
(nil) |
| South
Carolina |
132
(nil) |
| Georgia |
343
(nil) |
| Florida |
2,358
(0.2 %) |
| East
South Central |
1,261
(0.1 %) |
| Kentucky |
373
(nil) |
| Tennessee |
350
(nil) |
| Alabama |
342
(nil) |
| Mississippi |
196
(nil) |
| West
South Central |
4,444
(0.4 %) |
| Arkansas |
380
(nil) |
| Louisiana |
895
(0.1 %) |
| Oklahoma |
1,372
(0.1 %) |
| Texas |
1,797
(0.2 %) |
| Mountain |
13,963
(1.3 %) |
| Montana |
6,788
(0.6 %) |
| Idaho |
2,075
(0.2 %) |
| Wyoming |
570
(0.1 %) |
| Colorado |
2,568
(0.2 %) |
| New
Mexico |
282
(nil) |
| Arizona |
652
(0.1 %) |
| Utah |
545
(nil) |
| Nevada |
483
(nil) |
| Pacific |
42,710
(3.9 %) |
| Washington |
14,137
(1.3 %) |
| Oregon |
4,930
(0.4 %) |
| California |
23,643
(2.1 %) |
| Total |
1,106,159 |
| States
bordering on Canada or on the Great Lakes2 |
542,463
(49 %) |
1. Source :
Leon E. Truesdell, The Canadian-Born in the United States. An Analysis
of the Statistics of the Canadian Element in the Population of the United
States, 1850 to 1930. New Haven & Toronto, Yale University Press
& Ryerson Press, 1943, pp. 77-81. Figures drawn from the 1930 U.S.
Census. Franco-Americans are defined as Americans declaring themselves
to be of French or French Canadian ethnic origin born in Canada or of
at least one parent born in Canada. Figures have been rounded to one-tenth
of a percentage point. Alaska and Hawaii are excluded from this table.
2. Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York,
North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.
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