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Largest Central American population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Central American origin, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 81 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 81 is 70. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Ford County, IL, up 54 places to #19.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPCENTRAL AMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62558,473+33%

02Lake County, ILIL719,33911,059+72%

03DuPage County, ILIL934,2987,932+111%

04Kane County, ILIL525,7576,302+185%

05Will County, ILIL712,2533,280+66%

06▲2Winnebago County, ILIL283,6742,084+115%

07▼1McHenry County, ILIL317,7511,897+35%

08▲1Champaign County, ILIL209,9721,153+164%

09▲13Kankakee County, ILIL105,5251,076+294%

10Madison County, ILIL263,110879+234%

11St. Clair County, ILIL250,708821+72%

12▼5Peoria County, ILIL178,553681+147%

13Rock Island County, ILIL141,869657+85%

14▲1Kendall County, ILIL145,470655+490%

15▼1McLean County, ILIL171,419588+4%

16▲5Sangamon County, ILIL194,170551+722%

17▲25Randolph County, ILIL29,921414+935%

18▲15DeKalb County, ILIL101,835366+13%

19▲54Ford County, ILIL13,216205+688%

20Union County, ILIL16,656196–

21▲23Clinton County, ILIL37,128193+642%

22▼4Cass County, ILIL12,463175+36%

23▼11Jackson County, ILIL52,501160+310%

24▼4LaSalle County, ILIL107,773137+96%

25▲29Warren County, ILIL16,222135+4400%

26▲1Knox County, ILIL47,767134+168%

27▲40Saline County, ILIL22,772132+1367%

28▲22Marion County, ILIL36,382132+915%

29Massac County, ILIL13,502126–

30▼6Whiteside County, ILIL54,121126+3%

31▲5Livingston County, ILIL35,057125+594%

32▲13Christian County, ILIL33,443120+145%

33▲2Williamson County, ILIL67,225117+46%

34Wayne County, ILIL15,882112–

35Edgar County, ILIL16,323111–

36▼20Tazewell County, ILIL130,04989+368%

37▲2Morgan County, ILIL32,51587+89%

38▼21Boone County, ILIL53,56886−16%

39▼16Macon County, ILIL99,30084−13%

40▲18Monroe County, ILIL34,84081+440%

41▼15Ogle County, ILIL51,39970−22%

42▲15Schuyler County, ILIL6,65767–

43▼14Iroquois County, ILIL26,15065+51%

44▲3Effingham County, ILIL34,51959+51%

45▲1Douglas County, ILIL19,88055–

46▼9Macoupin County, ILIL43,74854+157%

47▼19Coles County, ILIL46,60751–

48▼17Lee County, ILIL32,91441+17%

49▼30Vermilion County, ILIL71,25940–

50▲13Grundy County, ILIL54,05238+41%

51▲14Montgomery County, ILIL28,07638+153%

52▲22Hancock County, ILIL16,80335–

53▼2Logan County, ILIL27,18234+36%

54▼22Woodford County, ILIL38,11134+127%

55▲22Pike County, ILIL14,23132+167%

56▲6Carroll County, ILIL15,41929+383%

57Stark County, ILIL5,31929–

58Perry County, ILIL20,16025+213%

59▼11Fulton County, ILIL32,90122+10%

60Henry County, ILIL48,09522−70%

61▼31Jefferson County, ILIL36,14721+75%

62▼10Adams County, ILIL64,26715−52%

63Cumberland County, ILIL10,20814+250%

64▼15Edwards County, ILIL5,89814–

65▲3White County, ILIL13,25014+133%

66▲5Piatt County, ILIL16,79112–

67▼7Wabash County, ILIL10,90712–

68▼4Jersey County, ILIL21,16011–

69▼13Johnson County, ILIL13,363100%

70Pulaski County, ILIL4,82010–

71▼31McDonough County, ILIL25,9169+80%

72▼31Brown County, ILIL6,4017–

73▼7Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5947−78%

74▼15Bond County, ILIL16,9596−50%

75Moultrie County, ILIL14,3716–

76Stephenson County, ILIL43,2206−92%

77Franklin County, ILIL36,9165−90%

78Clay County, ILIL12,7933–

79Scott County, ILIL4,8663–

80▼5Marshall County, ILIL11,4732–

81▼56Bureau County, ILIL32,5101−91%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES