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Largest Danish population, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Danish 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 90 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDANISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62513,497−7%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,2984,099−30%

03Lake County, ILIL719,3393,897−28%

04Kane County, ILIL525,7572,702−22%

05McHenry County, ILIL317,7512,315−2%

06Will County, ILIL712,2532,236−24%

07Winnebago County, ILIL283,6741,573−24%

08McLean County, ILIL171,419923+29%

09Kankakee County, ILIL105,525821−7%

10DeKalb County, ILIL101,835816−17%

11Kendall County, ILIL145,470666+45%

12LaSalle County, ILIL107,773598+1%

13Tazewell County, ILIL130,049565+9%

14Rock Island County, ILIL141,869545−35%

15Sangamon County, ILIL194,170538+3%

16Madison County, ILIL263,110483−8%

17Whiteside County, ILIL54,121459−17%

18St. Clair County, ILIL250,708420−46%

19Peoria County, ILIL178,553420−40%

20Champaign County, ILIL209,972397−41%

21Livingston County, ILIL35,057311−48%

22Boone County, ILIL53,568285−35%

23Grundy County, ILIL54,052283−50%

24Ogle County, ILIL51,399281−41%

25Bureau County, ILIL32,510273−27%

26Stephenson County, ILIL43,220247+10%

27Macon County, ILIL99,300246+17%

28Henry County, ILIL48,095241−12%

29Iroquois County, ILIL26,150202−30%

30Woodford County, ILIL38,111171−19%

31Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594159−5%

32Williamson County, ILIL67,225158−41%

33Lee County, ILIL32,914132−40%

34Adams County, ILIL64,267126−40%

35Monroe County, ILIL34,840124+148%

36Coles County, ILIL46,607122+30%

37Morgan County, ILIL32,515120+40%

38Jackson County, ILIL52,501104−61%

39Putnam County, ILIL5,61992+39%

40Knox County, ILIL47,76786−66%

41Wabash County, ILIL10,90777+353%

42Christian County, ILIL33,44375+60%

43McDonough County, ILIL25,91670−38%

44Jefferson County, ILIL36,14765−7%

45Carroll County, ILIL15,41960−63%

46Effingham County, ILIL34,51956+93%

47Fulton County, ILIL32,90154−36%

48Hancock County, ILIL16,80354+125%

49Vermilion County, ILIL71,25952−49%

50Jersey County, ILIL21,16051−19%

51Marion County, ILIL36,38248+50%

52Marshall County, ILIL11,47346−6%

53Menard County, ILIL11,86345−39%

54Ford County, ILIL13,21644−53%

55Warren County, ILIL16,22243−74%

56Franklin County, ILIL36,91640−22%

57Mercer County, ILIL15,22936−49%

58Randolph County, ILIL29,92134+26%

59Macoupin County, ILIL43,74832−79%

60Edgar County, ILIL16,32328−24%

61De Witt County, ILIL15,11828−7%

62Logan County, ILIL27,18227−53%

63Shelby County, ILIL20,57627+17%

64Schuyler County, ILIL6,65724+700%

65Pope County, ILIL3,67223–

66Crawford County, ILIL18,64822+47%

67Hardin County, ILIL3,58821+40%

68Stark County, ILIL5,31921+950%

69Washington County, ILIL13,56419−27%

70Clay County, ILIL12,79318−62%

71Greene County, ILIL11,31318−28%

72Clinton County, ILIL37,12816−91%

73Henderson County, ILIL5,98415−71%

74Johnson County, ILIL13,36314−73%

75Pike County, ILIL14,23114−22%

76Wayne County, ILIL15,88213+225%

77Mason County, ILIL12,4119−81%

78Cass County, ILIL12,4638+60%

79Richland County, ILIL15,2197−36%

80Brown County, ILIL6,4016–

81Piatt County, ILIL16,7916−84%

82Union County, ILIL16,6566−92%

83Moultrie County, ILIL14,3716−73%

84Clark County, ILIL15,1145−81%

85Montgomery County, ILIL28,0764−69%

86Douglas County, ILIL19,8803−93%

87Bond County, ILIL16,9593−92%

88Fayette County, ILIL20,7902−95%

89Alexander County, ILIL4,5701−75%

90Gallatin County, ILIL4,6161–

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