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Largest Finnish population, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Finnish 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 70 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 70 is 32.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFINNISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,6256,019+2%

02Lake County, ILIL719,3392,249−44%

03DuPage County, ILIL934,2981,567−16%

04McHenry County, ILIL317,7511,115+57%

05Will County, ILIL712,253968+15%

06Kane County, ILIL525,757906−16%

07Winnebago County, ILIL283,674626−16%

08Champaign County, ILIL209,972275+64%

09DeKalb County, ILIL101,835246−20%

10Madison County, ILIL263,110225−30%

11McLean County, ILIL171,419187+10%

12Kendall County, ILIL145,470169−35%

13Sangamon County, ILIL194,170164+332%

14Rock Island County, ILIL141,869152−46%

15Fulton County, ILIL32,901144+1500%

16Boone County, ILIL53,568139−13%

17LaSalle County, ILIL107,773135+53%

18Ogle County, ILIL51,399115+24%

19Tazewell County, ILIL130,049113−14%

20Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594112+261%

21Montgomery County, ILIL28,07690+4400%

22St. Clair County, ILIL250,70887−24%

23Peoria County, ILIL178,55384−30%

24Stephenson County, ILIL43,22082+8%

25Grundy County, ILIL54,05274+95%

26Coles County, ILIL46,60769–

27Jackson County, ILIL52,50163+47%

28McDonough County, ILIL25,91662+148%

29Kankakee County, ILIL105,52551+2%

30Bureau County, ILIL32,51047−45%

31Henry County, ILIL48,09545−6%

32Effingham County, ILIL34,51939−17%

33Hancock County, ILIL16,80339+11%

34Whiteside County, ILIL54,12134−69%

35Monroe County, ILIL34,84032–

36Carroll County, ILIL15,41931–

37Vermilion County, ILIL71,25930+173%

38Adams County, ILIL64,26726−64%

39Williamson County, ILIL67,22526−42%

40Ford County, ILIL13,21623–

41Jefferson County, ILIL36,14721+50%

42Franklin County, ILIL36,91620−67%

43Macoupin County, ILIL43,74815−75%

44Morgan County, ILIL32,51514−64%

45Marion County, ILIL36,38212−25%

46Piatt County, ILIL16,79112+300%

47Union County, ILIL16,656120%

48Knox County, ILIL47,76711−79%

49Clinton County, ILIL37,1289−78%

50Macon County, ILIL99,3009−47%

51Marshall County, ILIL11,4739−69%

52Fayette County, ILIL20,7907+40%

53Pike County, ILIL14,2317–

54Livingston County, ILIL35,0576−80%

55Logan County, ILIL27,1826−33%

56Warren County, ILIL16,2226−14%

57Cass County, ILIL12,4635−82%

58Christian County, ILIL33,4434−86%

59Edgar County, ILIL16,3234–

60Johnson County, ILIL13,3634–

61Perry County, ILIL20,1604–

62Pope County, ILIL3,6723–

63Saline County, ILIL22,7722−92%

64Lee County, ILIL32,9142−89%

65Moultrie County, ILIL14,3712−33%

66Shelby County, ILIL20,5762−88%

67Mercer County, ILIL15,2291–

68Scott County, ILIL4,8661–

69Washington County, ILIL13,5641–

70Wayne County, ILIL15,8821–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS