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Largest British population, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are British 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 98 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBRITISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62515,406+44%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,2984,220−25%

03Lake County, ILIL719,3393,676+43%

04Will County, ILIL712,2532,098+19%

05Kane County, ILIL525,7571,884+36%

06Sangamon County, ILIL194,1701,780+135%

07Champaign County, ILIL209,9721,682+45%

08McHenry County, ILIL317,7511,615+72%

09Peoria County, ILIL178,5531,448+140%

10Madison County, ILIL263,1101,375+84%

11Winnebago County, ILIL283,6741,299+56%

12St. Clair County, ILIL250,7081,127+30%

13McLean County, ILIL171,419877+31%

14Macon County, ILIL99,300821+176%

15Rock Island County, ILIL141,869794+86%

16Tazewell County, ILIL130,049562+43%

17Kendall County, ILIL145,470491+51%

18DeKalb County, ILIL101,835490+27%

19Whiteside County, ILIL54,121475+242%

20Jackson County, ILIL52,501359+168%

21Kankakee County, ILIL105,525357+49%

22Williamson County, ILIL67,225352+3%

23Woodford County, ILIL38,111345+256%

24Henry County, ILIL48,095331+341%

25Vermilion County, ILIL71,259314+64%

26Christian County, ILIL33,443311+246%

27Stephenson County, ILIL43,220297+301%

28Logan County, ILIL27,182289+163%

29Adams County, ILIL64,267288+25%

30LaSalle County, ILIL107,773263+8%

31Boone County, ILIL53,568249+78%

32Coles County, ILIL46,607248+13%

33Livingston County, ILIL35,057241+198%

34Jefferson County, ILIL36,147240+823%

35Franklin County, ILIL36,916229+99%

36Ogle County, ILIL51,399196+161%

37Marion County, ILIL36,382196+69%

38Macoupin County, ILIL43,748182+214%

39Piatt County, ILIL16,791181+178%

40Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594179+193%

41Fayette County, ILIL20,790175+94%

42Randolph County, ILIL29,921167+44%

43Knox County, ILIL47,767152−23%

44De Witt County, ILIL15,118151+5%

45Montgomery County, ILIL28,076139+72%

46Monroe County, ILIL34,840129+438%

47Crawford County, ILIL18,648128+220%

48Jersey County, ILIL21,160125+942%

49McDonough County, ILIL25,916121+3%

50Grundy County, ILIL54,052112+4%

51Fulton County, ILIL32,901110+49%

52Clinton County, ILIL37,128110−26%

53Moultrie County, ILIL14,371104+333%

54Morgan County, ILIL32,515100−14%

55Wabash County, ILIL10,90799+1314%

56Schuyler County, ILIL6,65796−17%

57Effingham County, ILIL34,51996+10%

58Clark County, ILIL15,11492+171%

59Iroquois County, ILIL26,15092+12%

60Richland County, ILIL15,21989+117%

61Hancock County, ILIL16,80388+267%

62Edgar County, ILIL16,32387−24%

63Lee County, ILIL32,91487+38%

64Mason County, ILIL12,41182+17%

65Perry County, ILIL20,16082−35%

66Pike County, ILIL14,23178–

67Saline County, ILIL22,77278+77%

68Washington County, ILIL13,56472+929%

69White County, ILIL13,25070+233%

70Wayne County, ILIL15,88261+65%

71Bureau County, ILIL32,51061+2%

72Bond County, ILIL16,95959+69%

73Clay County, ILIL12,79357−54%

74Marshall County, ILIL11,47356+115%

75Union County, ILIL16,65654−61%

76Shelby County, ILIL20,57652−45%

77Massac County, ILIL13,50249+513%

78Scott County, ILIL4,86642+282%

79Douglas County, ILIL19,88039+56%

80Johnson County, ILIL13,36339−36%

81Stark County, ILIL5,31938+73%

82Warren County, ILIL16,22236−32%

83Menard County, ILIL11,86335−44%

84Lawrence County, ILIL13,79032+10%

85Cumberland County, ILIL10,20831–

86Mercer County, ILIL15,22929+21%

87Calhoun County, ILIL4,30028+180%

88Ford County, ILIL13,21627−25%

89Cass County, ILIL12,46325−55%

90Gallatin County, ILIL4,61623+35%

91Greene County, ILIL11,31323−23%

92Edwards County, ILIL5,89820+67%

93Brown County, ILIL6,40117–

94Hamilton County, ILIL7,85917–

95Carroll County, ILIL15,41912−60%

96Putnam County, ILIL5,6198+60%

97Henderson County, ILIL5,9847+40%

98Pulaski County, ILIL4,8201−67%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS