During the 19th and 20th centuries, hundreds of French-language newspapers, many short-lived, were published in the United States by Franco-Americans, immigrants from Canada, France, and other French-speaking countries.
In New England alone, more than 250 journals had been established and ceased publication before 1940.
[1]: 93 In the latter half of the 20th century Americanization, the adoption of mass media and the English only movement resulted in a severe decline in French-language newspapers, with many defunct by the end of the Second World War.
Of those extant today, many originate from French-Canadian and Haitian-American communities living in the United States.
This is list of French language newspapers which are presently being published in the United States: