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Largest French Canadian population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are French Canadian 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 91 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 91 is 52. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Morgan County, IL, up 43 places to #35.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,6258,200−26%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,2982,376−19%

03Lake County, ILIL719,3391,687−41%

04▲1Kane County, ILIL525,7571,555−25%

05▼1Will County, ILIL712,2531,448−50%

06▲1McHenry County, ILIL317,7511,374−20%

07▼1Kankakee County, ILIL105,5251,249−29%

08Winnebago County, ILIL283,6741,027+4%

09▲2Champaign County, ILIL209,972869+66%

10▼1Madison County, ILIL263,110666+10%

11▲6Tazewell County, ILIL130,049412+23%

12▲6Rock Island County, ILIL141,869360−26%

13▲1Iroquois County, ILIL26,150341−11%

14▲6Kendall County, ILIL145,470334+2%

15▼5St. Clair County, ILIL250,708294−62%

16▼1McLean County, ILIL171,419277−29%

17▼5DeKalb County, ILIL101,835268−40%

18▲24Ogle County, ILIL51,399265−23%

19▲2Peoria County, ILIL178,553249−69%

20▲21Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594230+557%

21▲2Coles County, ILIL46,607193−20%

22▼9Sangamon County, ILIL194,170180−34%

23▼4LaSalle County, ILIL107,773139−60%

24▲5Monroe County, ILIL34,840135+246%

25▲5Edgar County, ILIL16,323135+286%

26Henry County, ILIL48,095124+7%

27▲7Macon County, ILIL99,300119−54%

28▲11Jackson County, ILIL52,501116−60%

29▼4Lee County, ILIL32,914116+59%

30▲30Effingham County, ILIL34,519104+197%

31▼3Boone County, ILIL53,568103−22%

32McDonough County, ILIL25,91691−41%

33▼2Stephenson County, ILIL43,22087−20%

34▲14Knox County, ILIL47,76786−9%

35▲43Morgan County, ILIL32,51580+264%

36▼9Williamson County, ILIL67,22577−38%

37▼21Grundy County, ILIL54,05275−70%

38▲11Franklin County, ILIL36,91670−50%

39▼6Vermilion County, ILIL71,25968−58%

40▲25Christian County, ILIL33,44362−15%

41▼4Jefferson County, ILIL36,14760−69%

42▼2Carroll County, ILIL15,41959+13%

43▲8Macoupin County, ILIL43,74858−55%

44▲23Randolph County, ILIL29,92154+80%

45▼21Bureau County, ILIL32,51052+24%

46▼1Livingston County, ILIL35,05752−80%

47▼12Clinton County, ILIL37,12850−9%

48▼10Whiteside County, ILIL54,12147−73%

49▼6Lawrence County, ILIL13,79044−6%

50▼14Fulton County, ILIL32,90142+68%

51▼5Clark County, ILIL15,11439+1850%

52▲5Mercer County, ILIL15,22938−53%

53▲5Ford County, ILIL13,21637+106%

54▲9Fayette County, ILIL20,79035+30%

55▼2Johnson County, ILIL13,36335+119%

56▲26Perry County, ILIL20,16034−52%

57▲7Piatt County, ILIL16,79133−13%

58▲11Massac County, ILIL13,50231+55%

59▼4Warren County, ILIL16,22231−40%

60Calhoun County, ILIL4,30029+123%

61▲13Marion County, ILIL36,38229−43%

62▼18Mason County, ILIL12,41128+833%

63▼9Saline County, ILIL22,77225–

64▲4Woodford County, ILIL38,11123−82%

65▼3Douglas County, ILIL19,88019−63%

66Jasper County, ILIL9,03218−18%

67▲9Richland County, ILIL15,21918−22%

68▼12Hamilton County, ILIL7,85916–

69▼19Jersey County, ILIL21,16016−58%

70▼11Logan County, ILIL27,18215+15%

71▼10Montgomery County, ILIL28,07614−22%

72▲19Henderson County, ILIL5,98413+30%

73Schuyler County, ILIL6,65713−58%

74▼22Crawford County, ILIL18,64812−40%

75De Witt County, ILIL15,11812−72%

76▲9Hancock County, ILIL16,80312−79%

77▲15Menard County, ILIL11,86312−59%

78▼3Marshall County, ILIL11,47311−39%

79▲7Wabash County, ILIL10,9079−31%

80▼7Pike County, ILIL14,2317−70%

81▲3Cass County, ILIL12,4636−65%

82▼3Washington County, ILIL13,5646−79%

83▼11Shelby County, ILIL20,5765−91%

84▲5Stark County, ILIL5,3195−55%

85▼5Hardin County, ILIL3,5884–

86Union County, ILIL16,6564−86%

87▼65Adams County, ILIL64,2673−98%

88Greene County, ILIL11,3133−80%

89▼23Moultrie County, ILIL14,3712−90%

90▼7White County, ILIL13,2502−91%

91▲3Clay County, ILIL12,7931−94%

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