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Largest Danish population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Danish ancestry, 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 94 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 94 is 59. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Vermilion County, IL, up 36 places to #13.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDANISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62511,089−24%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,2983,623−38%

03Lake County, ILIL719,3392,948−45%

04▲1McHenry County, ILIL317,7512,128−10%

05▲1Will County, ILIL712,2531,813−39%

06▼2Kane County, ILIL525,7571,779−49%

07Winnebago County, ILIL283,6741,617−22%

08McLean County, ILIL171,4191,003+40%

09Kankakee County, ILIL105,525921+4%

10▲4Rock Island County, ILIL141,869615−27%

11▲8Peoria County, ILIL178,553559−21%

12▲8Champaign County, ILIL209,972531−21%

13▲36Vermilion County, ILIL71,259403+295%

14▼1Tazewell County, ILIL130,049398−23%

15▼4Kendall County, ILIL145,470345−25%

16▼1Sangamon County, ILIL194,170340−35%

17▼5LaSalle County, ILIL107,773334−44%

18St. Clair County, ILIL250,708320−58%

19▲2Livingston County, ILIL35,057313−47%

20▼3Whiteside County, ILIL54,121308−44%

21▲4Bureau County, ILIL32,510270−27%

22▼6Madison County, ILIL263,110255−52%

23▼13DeKalb County, ILIL101,835231−76%

24▲6Woodford County, ILIL38,111223+5%

25▼3Boone County, ILIL53,568216−51%

26▲2Henry County, ILIL48,095206−25%

27Macon County, ILIL99,300203−4%

28▼4Ogle County, ILIL51,399203−58%

29▲14McDonough County, ILIL25,916198+77%

30▲4Adams County, ILIL64,267181−14%

31▼8Grundy County, ILIL54,052178−68%

32▲1Lee County, ILIL32,914159−27%

33▼1Williamson County, ILIL67,225154−43%

34▼5Iroquois County, ILIL26,150146−49%

35Monroe County, ILIL34,840144+188%

36▼10Stephenson County, ILIL43,220118−48%

37▲1Jackson County, ILIL52,501111−58%

38▲2Knox County, ILIL47,767107−58%

39▲33Clinton County, ILIL37,12894−48%

40▲5Carroll County, ILIL15,41987−46%

41▲15Franklin County, ILIL36,91686+69%

42▲2Jefferson County, ILIL36,14776+9%

43▲9Marshall County, ILIL11,47374+51%

44▲15Macoupin County, ILIL43,74872−53%

45▲12Mercer County, ILIL15,22972+3%

46▼7Putnam County, ILIL5,61961−8%

47▲6Menard County, ILIL11,86359−20%

48▲7Warren County, ILIL16,22255−66%

49▼2Fulton County, ILIL32,90150−40%

50▼8Christian County, ILIL33,44346−2%

51▼10Wabash County, ILIL10,90740+135%

52▼16Coles County, ILIL46,60739−59%

53▼22Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,59437−78%

54▲31Montgomery County, ILIL28,07636+177%

55▼18Morgan County, ILIL32,51534−60%

56▼10Effingham County, ILIL34,51933+14%

57▼3Ford County, ILIL13,21633−65%

58▼10Hancock County, ILIL16,80332+33%

59▲16Pike County, ILIL14,23131+72%

60▲4Schuyler County, ILIL6,65731+933%

61▲15Wayne County, ILIL15,88228+600%

62Saline County, ILIL22,77225−39%

63▲23Bond County, ILIL16,95925−31%

64▲23Douglas County, ILIL19,88023−43%

65▲1Crawford County, ILIL18,64820+33%

66▲22Fayette County, ILIL20,79020−50%

67▼17Jersey County, ILIL21,16020−68%

68Stark County, ILIL5,31920+900%

69▼18Marion County, ILIL36,38219−41%

70▲13Union County, ILIL16,65619−74%

71▼11De Witt County, ILIL15,11818−40%

72▼9Shelby County, ILIL20,57618−22%

73▼11Logan County, ILIL27,18215−74%

74▲4Cass County, ILIL12,46314+180%

75▼1Johnson County, ILIL13,36314−73%

76Lawrence County, ILIL13,79013+160%

77White County, ILIL13,25013−7%

78▼1Mason County, ILIL12,41112−75%

79▼6Henderson County, ILIL5,98411−78%

80Brown County, ILIL6,40111–

81Massac County, ILIL13,50211−58%

82Edwards County, ILIL5,89810−60%

83▼1Piatt County, ILIL16,7919−76%

84▼19Pope County, ILIL3,6729–

85▲4Alexander County, ILIL4,5708+100%

86Cumberland County, ILIL10,2088+100%

87Calhoun County, ILIL4,3007–

88▼7Moultrie County, ILIL14,3716−73%

89Jasper County, ILIL9,0325–

90Gallatin County, ILIL4,6164–

91▼30Edgar County, ILIL16,3233−92%

92▼23Washington County, ILIL13,5643−88%

93▼23Clay County, ILIL12,7932−96%

94▼36Randolph County, ILIL29,9212−93%

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