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Largest French Canadian population, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are French Canadian 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 94 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62510,342−6%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,2983,432+17%

03Lake County, ILIL719,3392,719−4%

04Will County, ILIL712,2532,180−25%

05Kane County, ILIL525,7571,921−7%

06Kankakee County, ILIL105,5251,543−12%

07McHenry County, ILIL317,7511,407−18%

08Winnebago County, ILIL283,6741,076+9%

09Madison County, ILIL263,110863+42%

10St. Clair County, ILIL250,708659−14%

11Champaign County, ILIL209,972654+25%

12DeKalb County, ILIL101,835614+39%

13Sangamon County, ILIL194,170510+88%

14Iroquois County, ILIL26,150499+31%

15McLean County, ILIL171,419390+0%

16Grundy County, ILIL54,052291+16%

17Tazewell County, ILIL130,049287−14%

18Rock Island County, ILIL141,869282−42%

19LaSalle County, ILIL107,773272−22%

20Kendall County, ILIL145,470258−22%

21Peoria County, ILIL178,553253−68%

22Adams County, ILIL64,267228+44%

23Coles County, ILIL46,607217−10%

24Bureau County, ILIL32,510144+243%

25Lee County, ILIL32,914141+93%

26Henry County, ILIL48,095140+21%

27Williamson County, ILIL67,225138+10%

28Boone County, ILIL53,568136+3%

29Monroe County, ILIL34,840133+241%

30Edgar County, ILIL16,323127+263%

31Stephenson County, ILIL43,220125+15%

32McDonough County, ILIL25,916118−23%

33Vermilion County, ILIL71,259115−29%

34Macon County, ILIL99,300113−57%

35Clinton County, ILIL37,128105+91%

36Fulton County, ILIL32,901100+300%

37Jefferson County, ILIL36,14793−51%

38Whiteside County, ILIL54,12178−55%

39Jackson County, ILIL52,50172−75%

40Carroll County, ILIL15,41971+37%

41Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,59470+100%

42Ogle County, ILIL51,39969−80%

43Lawrence County, ILIL13,79066+40%

44Mason County, ILIL12,41162+1967%

45Livingston County, ILIL35,05758−78%

46Clark County, ILIL15,11456+2700%

47Brown County, ILIL6,40153+430%

48Knox County, ILIL47,76752−45%

49Franklin County, ILIL36,91651−63%

50Jersey County, ILIL21,16050+32%

51Macoupin County, ILIL43,74848−63%

52Johnson County, ILIL13,36339+144%

53Crawford County, ILIL18,64839+95%

54Saline County, ILIL22,77236–

55Warren County, ILIL16,22233−37%

56Mercer County, ILIL15,22932−60%

57Hamilton County, ILIL7,85932–

58Ford County, ILIL13,21631+72%

59Logan County, ILIL27,18231+138%

60Effingham County, ILIL34,51930−14%

61Montgomery County, ILIL28,07629+61%

62Douglas County, ILIL19,88027−47%

63Fayette County, ILIL20,79027+0%

64Piatt County, ILIL16,79123−39%

65Christian County, ILIL33,44322−70%

66Randolph County, ILIL29,92121−30%

67Moultrie County, ILIL14,37121+5%

68Woodford County, ILIL38,11119−85%

69Pope County, ILIL3,67218−75%

70Massac County, ILIL13,50218−10%

71Shelby County, ILIL20,57617−68%

72Bond County, ILIL16,95917−82%

73Pike County, ILIL14,23116−30%

74Marshall County, ILIL11,47315−17%

75Marion County, ILIL36,38215−71%

76Richland County, ILIL15,21914−39%

77Wayne County, ILIL15,88213+44%

78Morgan County, ILIL32,51511−50%

79Washington County, ILIL13,56411−62%

80Hardin County, ILIL3,58810–

81Putnam County, ILIL5,61910−17%

82Perry County, ILIL20,1609−87%

83White County, ILIL13,2509−59%

84Hancock County, ILIL16,8038−86%

85Wabash County, ILIL10,9078−38%

86Cass County, ILIL12,4638−53%

87Edwards County, ILIL5,8987–

88Gallatin County, ILIL4,6167−61%

89Stark County, ILIL5,3197−36%

90Cumberland County, ILIL10,2086−60%

91Henderson County, ILIL5,9845−50%

92Menard County, ILIL11,8634−86%

93Alexander County, ILIL4,5702–

94Clay County, ILIL12,7931−94%

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