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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.

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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%

04Kane County, ILIL525,7571,555−25%

05Will County, ILIL712,2531,448−50%

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

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

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

09Champaign County, ILIL209,972869+66%

10Madison County, ILIL263,110666+10%

11Tazewell County, ILIL130,049412+23%

12Rock Island County, ILIL141,869360−26%

13Iroquois County, ILIL26,150341−11%

14Kendall County, ILIL145,470334+2%

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

16McLean County, ILIL171,419277−29%

17DeKalb County, ILIL101,835268−40%

18Ogle County, ILIL51,399265−23%

19Peoria County, ILIL178,553249−69%

20Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594230+557%

21Coles County, ILIL46,607193−20%

22Sangamon County, ILIL194,170180−34%

23LaSalle County, ILIL107,773139−60%

24Monroe County, ILIL34,840135+246%

25Edgar County, ILIL16,323135+286%

26Henry County, ILIL48,095124+7%

27Macon County, ILIL99,300119−54%

28Jackson County, ILIL52,501116−60%

29Lee County, ILIL32,914116+59%

30Effingham County, ILIL34,519104+197%

31Boone County, ILIL53,568103−22%

32McDonough County, ILIL25,91691−41%

33Stephenson County, ILIL43,22087−20%

34Knox County, ILIL47,76786−9%

35Morgan County, ILIL32,51580+264%

36Williamson County, ILIL67,22577−38%

37Grundy County, ILIL54,05275−70%

38Franklin County, ILIL36,91670−50%

39Vermilion County, ILIL71,25968−58%

40Christian County, ILIL33,44362−15%

41Jefferson County, ILIL36,14760−69%

42Carroll County, ILIL15,41959+13%

43Macoupin County, ILIL43,74858−55%

44Randolph County, ILIL29,92154+80%

45Bureau County, ILIL32,51052+24%

46Livingston County, ILIL35,05752−80%

47Clinton County, ILIL37,12850−9%

48Whiteside County, ILIL54,12147−73%

49Lawrence County, ILIL13,79044−6%

50Fulton County, ILIL32,90142+68%

51Clark County, ILIL15,11439+1850%

52Mercer County, ILIL15,22938−53%

53Ford County, ILIL13,21637+106%

54Fayette County, ILIL20,79035+30%

55Johnson County, ILIL13,36335+119%

56Perry County, ILIL20,16034−52%

57Piatt County, ILIL16,79133−13%

58Massac County, ILIL13,50231+55%

59Warren County, ILIL16,22231−40%

60Calhoun County, ILIL4,30029+123%

61Marion County, ILIL36,38229−43%

62Mason County, ILIL12,41128+833%

63Saline County, ILIL22,77225–

64Woodford County, ILIL38,11123−82%

65Douglas County, ILIL19,88019−63%

66Jasper County, ILIL9,03218−18%

67Richland County, ILIL15,21918−22%

68Hamilton County, ILIL7,85916–

69Jersey County, ILIL21,16016−58%

70Logan County, ILIL27,18215+15%

71Montgomery County, ILIL28,07614−22%

72Henderson County, ILIL5,98413+30%

73Schuyler County, ILIL6,65713−58%

74Crawford County, ILIL18,64812−40%

75De Witt County, ILIL15,11812−72%

76Hancock County, ILIL16,80312−79%

77Menard County, ILIL11,86312−59%

78Marshall County, ILIL11,47311−39%

79Wabash County, ILIL10,9079−31%

80Pike County, ILIL14,2317−70%

81Cass County, ILIL12,4636−65%

82Washington County, ILIL13,5646−79%

83Shelby County, ILIL20,5765−91%

84Stark County, ILIL5,3195−55%

85Hardin County, ILIL3,5884–

86Union County, ILIL16,6564−86%

87Adams County, ILIL64,2673−98%

88Greene County, ILIL11,3133−80%

89Moultrie County, ILIL14,3712−90%

90White County, ILIL13,2502−91%

91Clay County, ILIL12,7931−94%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

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