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Largest American population, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are American ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 102 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 102 is 2,060.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625115,878+42%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29825,915+30%

03Lake County, ILIL719,33923,348−16%

04Will County, ILIL712,25317,043+22%

05Kane County, ILIL525,75714,736+23%

06Madison County, ILIL263,11014,348−28%

07Sangamon County, ILIL194,17010,857−42%

08St. Clair County, ILIL250,70810,832−12%

09Vermilion County, ILIL71,25910,675−39%

10McHenry County, ILIL317,7519,202−18%

11Winnebago County, ILIL283,6748,851−68%

12Champaign County, ILIL209,9728,537−62%

13Macon County, ILIL99,3008,167−57%

14Tazewell County, ILIL130,0498,137−61%

15Peoria County, ILIL178,5538,129−20%

16McLean County, ILIL171,4197,326−61%

17Whiteside County, ILIL54,1215,972+70%

18Rock Island County, ILIL141,8695,099−33%

19Adams County, ILIL64,2674,861−32%

20Coles County, ILIL46,6074,527−24%

21Williamson County, ILIL67,2254,441−24%

22LaSalle County, ILIL107,7734,127−39%

23Kankakee County, ILIL105,5253,929−2%

24Stephenson County, ILIL43,2203,637−5%

25McDonough County, ILIL25,9163,424−29%

26Knox County, ILIL47,7673,328−22%

27DeKalb County, ILIL101,8353,313−16%

28Franklin County, ILIL36,9163,199−14%

29Effingham County, ILIL34,5193,177−1%

30Hancock County, ILIL16,8033,173+25%

31Marion County, ILIL36,3823,092−28%

32Christian County, ILIL33,4433,086−17%

33Kendall County, ILIL145,4703,041−11%

34Jackson County, ILIL52,5013,023−12%

35Macoupin County, ILIL43,7482,997−34%

36Henry County, ILIL48,0952,961−18%

37Fulton County, ILIL32,9012,842−60%

38Ogle County, ILIL51,3992,809−17%

39Lee County, ILIL32,9142,762−6%

40Jefferson County, ILIL36,1472,636−34%

41Morgan County, ILIL32,5152,629−66%

42Fayette County, ILIL20,7902,571+24%

43Woodford County, ILIL38,1112,569−24%

44Clinton County, ILIL37,1282,527+20%

45Carroll County, ILIL15,4192,480+49%

46Shelby County, ILIL20,5762,362+7%

47Montgomery County, ILIL28,0762,322−22%

48Jersey County, ILIL21,1602,255+14%

49Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5942,122+10%

50Livingston County, ILIL35,0572,122−51%

51Randolph County, ILIL29,9212,060+7%

52Saline County, ILIL22,7722,050−37%

53Monroe County, ILIL34,8402,050+3%

54De Witt County, ILIL15,1181,855−64%

55Pike County, ILIL14,2311,823−35%

56Logan County, ILIL27,1821,804−66%

57Iroquois County, ILIL26,1501,765−52%

58Crawford County, ILIL18,6481,718−40%

59Richland County, ILIL15,2191,676−12%

60White County, ILIL13,2501,667−19%

61Edgar County, ILIL16,3231,665−28%

62Douglas County, ILIL19,8801,625−36%

63Clay County, ILIL12,7931,617−20%

64Bureau County, ILIL32,5101,607−50%

65Moultrie County, ILIL14,3711,598−5%

66Bond County, ILIL16,9591,519+1%

67Grundy County, ILIL54,0521,415−2%

68Clark County, ILIL15,1141,400−22%

69Warren County, ILIL16,2221,347+38%

70Boone County, ILIL53,5681,309−72%

71Wayne County, ILIL15,8821,263−41%

72Ford County, ILIL13,2161,203−37%

73Wabash County, ILIL10,9071,203−15%

74Johnson County, ILIL13,3631,185+43%

75Union County, ILIL16,6561,157−20%

76Jasper County, ILIL9,0321,155−5%

77Greene County, ILIL11,3131,107−34%

78Lawrence County, ILIL13,7901,096−37%

79Cumberland County, ILIL10,2081,039−46%

80Massac County, ILIL13,5021,028−22%

81Perry County, ILIL20,1601,026−44%

82Mercer County, ILIL15,229998−18%

83Cass County, ILIL12,463993−65%

84Mason County, ILIL12,411990−57%

85Menard County, ILIL11,863953−64%

86Piatt County, ILIL16,791953−74%

87Marshall County, ILIL11,473829+5%

88Edwards County, ILIL5,898809−10%

89Schuyler County, ILIL6,657752−63%

90Washington County, ILIL13,564673−26%

91Hamilton County, ILIL7,859661−24%

92Scott County, ILIL4,866561−57%

93Brown County, ILIL6,401477−56%

94Pope County, ILIL3,672427+79%

95Henderson County, ILIL5,984356−5%

96Gallatin County, ILIL4,616316−22%

97Stark County, ILIL5,319294−55%

98Hardin County, ILIL3,588290+52%

99Pulaski County, ILIL4,820288−31%

100Putnam County, ILIL5,619286+36%

101Alexander County, ILIL4,570276−31%

102Calhoun County, ILIL4,300242−68%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS