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Largest English population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are English 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 102 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 102 is 2,749. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Fayette County, IL, up 15 places to #54.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625186,319+9%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29857,944−7%

03Lake County, ILIL719,33945,782+1%

04Will County, ILIL712,25337,962−4%

05▲1Madison County, ILIL263,11034,683+24%

06▼1Kane County, ILIL525,75733,980−4%

07▲1McHenry County, ILIL317,75125,660+8%

08▼1Winnebago County, ILIL283,67425,640+5%

09Sangamon County, ILIL194,17024,421+3%

10McLean County, ILIL171,41922,412+23%

11▲1St. Clair County, ILIL250,70821,995+12%

12▼1Champaign County, ILIL209,97219,939+13%

13Peoria County, ILIL178,55319,736+3%

14Tazewell County, ILIL130,04918,068+13%

15▲1Rock Island County, ILIL141,86913,246+4%

16▼1Macon County, ILIL99,30012,584+5%

17▲1LaSalle County, ILIL107,77310,391−6%

18▲1Williamson County, ILIL67,2259,486−10%

19▼2DeKalb County, ILIL101,8359,0120%

20Kendall County, ILIL145,4708,944+13%

21Kankakee County, ILIL105,5257,583−8%

22▲3Vermilion County, ILIL71,2597,4620%

23▼1Jackson County, ILIL52,5017,077+11%

24▲6Macoupin County, ILIL43,7486,855+3%

25▼2Adams County, ILIL64,2676,733+16%

26▲5Franklin County, ILIL36,9165,879−6%

27Knox County, ILIL47,7675,856−6%

28Whiteside County, ILIL54,1215,721+14%

29▲6Jefferson County, ILIL36,1475,458+2%

30▲4Morgan County, ILIL32,5155,454+6%

31▼7Coles County, ILIL46,6075,3510%

32▼3Fulton County, ILIL32,9015,258+1%

33▼1Henry County, ILIL48,0955,182−11%

34▼1Ogle County, ILIL51,3995,096−7%

35▲2Marion County, ILIL36,3825,040−6%

36▼10Grundy County, ILIL54,0524,904+17%

37▲3Woodford County, ILIL38,1114,594+10%

38▼2Boone County, ILIL53,5684,438−10%

39▲4Stephenson County, ILIL43,2204,434−8%

40▼1Christian County, ILIL33,4434,359+25%

41▼3Bureau County, ILIL32,5104,149−2%

42▲2Lee County, ILIL32,9143,861+27%

43▼1Monroe County, ILIL34,8403,637+16%

44▼3Livingston County, ILIL35,0573,600−14%

45McDonough County, ILIL25,9163,588−14%

46▲2Logan County, ILIL27,1823,376+3%

47▲3Effingham County, ILIL34,5193,184+6%

48▼2Saline County, ILIL22,7723,006+8%

49Piatt County, ILIL16,7912,889+14%

50▲4Randolph County, ILIL29,9212,783−12%

51▲12Shelby County, ILIL20,5762,749+24%

52▲7Crawford County, ILIL18,6482,708+37%

53▼6Montgomery County, ILIL28,0762,707−11%

54▲15Fayette County, ILIL20,7902,683+16%

55▼2Hancock County, ILIL16,8032,6430%

56▼5Iroquois County, ILIL26,1502,591−15%

57▲3Clinton County, ILIL37,1282,547+18%

58▼1Wayne County, ILIL15,8822,500+5%

59▲2Jersey County, ILIL21,1602,493+2%

60▼8Edgar County, ILIL16,3232,486+2%

61▼6Clark County, ILIL15,1142,402+2%

62▲2White County, ILIL13,2502,357+35%

63▼7Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5942,333−8%

64▲4Douglas County, ILIL19,8802,269−6%

65De Witt County, ILIL15,1182,198−16%

66▼8Perry County, ILIL20,1602,179−9%

67▲7Massac County, ILIL13,5022,033+55%

68▲7Menard County, ILIL11,8632,018+11%

69▼2Moultrie County, ILIL14,3712,017+26%

70▲10Ford County, ILIL13,2162,005+36%

71▲1Mason County, ILIL12,4111,950+18%

72▼10Union County, ILIL16,6561,936+15%

73▼7Bond County, ILIL16,9591,833−16%

74▼1Pike County, ILIL14,2311,808−28%

75▲3Mercer County, ILIL15,2291,781−5%

76▲5Richland County, ILIL15,2191,747−5%

77▼6Wabash County, ILIL10,9071,694+13%

78▲8Cumberland County, ILIL10,2081,622+29%

79▼2Warren County, ILIL16,2221,550−23%

80▲2Marshall County, ILIL11,4731,498−18%

81▲8Johnson County, ILIL13,3631,496+8%

82▲3Greene County, ILIL11,3131,421−23%

83▼4Edwards County, ILIL5,8981,402−7%

84▼8Lawrence County, ILIL13,7901,391+5%

85▲2Washington County, ILIL13,5641,329+16%

86▼16Carroll County, ILIL15,4191,324−24%

87▲5Schuyler County, ILIL6,6571,288+31%

88▼4Cass County, ILIL12,4631,135−13%

89▼1Clay County, ILIL12,7931,093−9%

90▼7Hamilton County, ILIL7,8591,017+6%

91▲2Stark County, ILIL5,319930+11%

92▼2Jasper County, ILIL9,032913+3%

93▼2Hardin County, ILIL3,588699+53%

94Scott County, ILIL4,866684−29%

95Henderson County, ILIL5,984650−27%

96Gallatin County, ILIL4,616602−3%

97▲1Putnam County, ILIL5,619557−7%

98▼1Brown County, ILIL6,401516+22%

99▲3Calhoun County, ILIL4,300487+1%

100▼1Pope County, ILIL3,672446−12%

101▼1Alexander County, ILIL4,570328−27%

102▼1Pulaski County, ILIL4,820294−29%

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