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Largest French population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are French 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 439. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Pike County, IL, up 29 places to #60.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62547,693−23%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29813,733−29%

03Lake County, ILIL719,33910,323−24%

04Kane County, ILIL525,7578,616−28%

05Will County, ILIL712,2538,153−48%

06▲3St. Clair County, ILIL250,7086,647−33%

07Madison County, ILIL263,1105,960−42%

08▼2Kankakee County, ILIL105,5255,859−44%

09▼1McHenry County, ILIL317,7515,245−37%

10▲2Tazewell County, ILIL130,0493,682−17%

11Sangamon County, ILIL194,1703,599−43%

12▼2Winnebago County, ILIL283,6743,550−52%

13Champaign County, ILIL209,9723,166−22%

14LaSalle County, ILIL107,7732,866−23%

15Peoria County, ILIL178,5532,597−56%

16▲2DeKalb County, ILIL101,8352,401−19%

17▲3Kendall County, ILIL145,4702,303−31%

18▼2McLean County, ILIL171,4192,295−46%

19▼2Rock Island County, ILIL141,8691,873−50%

20▲1Iroquois County, ILIL26,1501,655−39%

21▼2Macon County, ILIL99,3001,505−40%

22▲2Randolph County, ILIL29,9211,413−41%

23▼1Williamson County, ILIL67,2251,398−33%

24▲5Jackson County, ILIL52,5011,286−35%

25▲1Adams County, ILIL64,2671,115−37%

26▼3Monroe County, ILIL34,8401,087−53%

27▲3Clinton County, ILIL37,1281,057−4%

28▲8Whiteside County, ILIL54,1211,012−35%

29▼4Grundy County, ILIL54,052992−31%

30▼2Vermilion County, ILIL71,259924−57%

31Ogle County, ILIL51,399902−46%

32▲8Henry County, ILIL48,095869−17%

33▲1Woodford County, ILIL38,111837−46%

34▲24Shelby County, ILIL20,576790+75%

35▲4Bureau County, ILIL32,510789−7%

36▲13Lee County, ILIL32,914760−41%

37▲9Livingston County, ILIL35,057703−42%

38▲13Effingham County, ILIL34,519688−20%

39▼2Macoupin County, ILIL43,748682−58%

40▲5Knox County, ILIL47,767681−49%

41▼6Franklin County, ILIL36,916649−53%

42▼1Christian County, ILIL33,443637−43%

43Morgan County, ILIL32,515602−31%

44▼2Fulton County, ILIL32,901597−46%

45▲5Bond County, ILIL16,959579−28%

46▼8Jefferson County, ILIL36,147554−50%

47▲6Fayette County, ILIL20,790540+38%

48▼16Stephenson County, ILIL43,220514−61%

49▲10Perry County, ILIL20,160512−14%

50▼23Boone County, ILIL53,568456−63%

51▲5Montgomery County, ILIL28,076439−31%

52▲3Ford County, ILIL13,216430−17%

53▼9Marion County, ILIL36,382382−61%

54Crawford County, ILIL18,648379−15%

55▼7Saline County, ILIL22,772377−41%

56▼23Coles County, ILIL46,607371−72%

57▼10Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594368−47%

58▼1Hancock County, ILIL16,803353−48%

59▲12White County, ILIL13,250334−40%

60▲29Pike County, ILIL14,231325−25%

61▲2Warren County, ILIL16,222309−44%

62▲15Mercer County, ILIL15,229290+1%

63▼11Logan County, ILIL27,182283−65%

64▲19Carroll County, ILIL15,419269−37%

65▲11Union County, ILIL16,656239−17%

66▲25Wayne County, ILIL15,882239−20%

67▲7Richland County, ILIL15,219230−21%

68▼7McDonough County, ILIL25,916227−60%

69▼2Piatt County, ILIL16,791224−51%

70▼1Marshall County, ILIL11,473222−19%

71▲8De Witt County, ILIL15,118216−38%

72▲1Edgar County, ILIL16,323215−58%

73▼3Washington County, ILIL13,564214−59%

74▼2Hamilton County, ILIL7,859212−11%

75▼15Clark County, ILIL15,114200−60%

76▼12Mason County, ILIL12,411182−63%

77▼11Cumberland County, ILIL10,208181+33%

78▼13Jersey County, ILIL21,160180−83%

79▼11Lawrence County, ILIL13,790179−60%

80▲8Gallatin County, ILIL4,616172+6%

81▲1Moultrie County, ILIL14,371172−32%

82▼2Douglas County, ILIL19,880168−64%

83▼2Wabash County, ILIL10,907158−67%

84▲3Putnam County, ILIL5,619151+28%

85▼7Massac County, ILIL13,502142−60%

86▲9Henderson County, ILIL5,984139−2%

87▼1Johnson County, ILIL13,363135−65%

88▼4Schuyler County, ILIL6,657112−30%

89▼27Menard County, ILIL11,863110−64%

90▼5Greene County, ILIL11,31395−70%

91▲2Cass County, ILIL12,46391−50%

92▼2Clay County, ILIL12,79386−54%

93▲5Edwards County, ILIL5,89873+3%

94▲5Pope County, ILIL3,67271−37%

95▲2Stark County, ILIL5,31960−61%

96Brown County, ILIL6,40146−47%

97▼5Calhoun County, ILIL4,30044−80%

98▼23Jasper County, ILIL9,03244−82%

99▲2Alexander County, ILIL4,57031−61%

100▼6Pulaski County, ILIL4,82024−87%

101▲1Hardin County, ILIL3,58822−53%

102▼2Scott County, ILIL4,86613−80%

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