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Largest German population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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 6,256. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Moultrie County, IL, up 18 places to #65.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625464,737−20%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,298149,515−29%

03Will County, ILIL712,253115,509−20%

04Lake County, ILIL719,339112,961−21%

05Kane County, ILIL525,75794,087−23%

06McHenry County, ILIL317,75183,320−21%

07Madison County, ILIL263,11070,244−20%

08Winnebago County, ILIL283,67462,299−17%

09St. Clair County, ILIL250,70854,517−26%

10McLean County, ILIL171,41943,844−16%

11Sangamon County, ILIL194,17040,274−30%

12▲2Tazewell County, ILIL130,04936,432−24%

13▼1Champaign County, ILIL209,97236,173−23%

14▼1Peoria County, ILIL178,55335,495−32%

15▲2LaSalle County, ILIL107,77326,757−30%

16▼1Rock Island County, ILIL141,86926,754−30%

17▼1Kendall County, ILIL145,47026,706−10%

18DeKalb County, ILIL101,83523,824−30%

19Adams County, ILIL64,26722,047−24%

20Kankakee County, ILIL105,52520,882−30%

21Macon County, ILIL99,30018,904−21%

22Clinton County, ILIL37,12816,263−21%

23Stephenson County, ILIL43,22016,128−28%

24▲2Ogle County, ILIL51,39916,116−21%

25▲3Woodford County, ILIL38,11114,940−20%

26▼1Whiteside County, ILIL54,12114,938−22%

27▼3Effingham County, ILIL34,51914,721+3%

28▼1Monroe County, ILIL34,84014,275−18%

29Macoupin County, ILIL43,74813,580−21%

30Boone County, ILIL53,56812,610−8%

31▲5Williamson County, ILIL67,22511,562−25%

32▼1Grundy County, ILIL54,05211,382−17%

33▲2Henry County, ILIL48,09511,086−27%

34▼2Livingston County, ILIL35,05710,831−24%

35▲4Randolph County, ILIL29,92110,734−21%

36▼2Coles County, ILIL46,60710,328−25%

37▲1Jackson County, ILIL52,50110,202−35%

38▼5Vermilion County, ILIL71,2599,651−38%

39▼2Lee County, ILIL32,9149,563−30%

40▲2Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5949,537−15%

41▲4Marion County, ILIL36,3828,938−18%

42▼1Iroquois County, ILIL26,1508,735−20%

43▲1Knox County, ILIL47,7678,580−30%

44▼1Bureau County, ILIL32,5108,390−27%

45▲5Montgomery County, ILIL28,0768,102−3%

46▲1Fulton County, ILIL32,9017,377−16%

47▼7Logan County, ILIL27,1827,242−23%

48▲1Jefferson County, ILIL36,1477,001−26%

49▲5Christian County, ILIL33,4436,761−12%

50▼4Jersey County, ILIL21,1606,717−32%

51Washington County, ILIL13,5646,256−21%

52▼4Morgan County, ILIL32,5156,159−33%

53▲2Fayette County, ILIL20,7905,553−8%

54▼1Franklin County, ILIL36,9165,379−38%

55▼3McDonough County, ILIL25,9165,364−34%

56▲1Douglas County, ILIL19,8805,231−12%

57▲1Hancock County, ILIL16,8035,203−22%

58▼2Richland County, ILIL15,2195,156+8%

59▲3Shelby County, ILIL20,5764,987−13%

60Carroll County, ILIL15,4194,781−24%

61Perry County, ILIL20,1604,765−35%

62▲2Ford County, ILIL13,2164,108−18%

63▼4Bond County, ILIL16,9593,971−17%

64▲1Piatt County, ILIL16,7913,930−10%

65▲18Moultrie County, ILIL14,3713,751+7%

66▲5Cumberland County, ILIL10,2083,660+8%

67▲3Wayne County, ILIL15,8823,597+26%

68Marshall County, ILIL11,4733,568−35%

69▼2Mason County, ILIL12,4113,544−30%

70▲4Jasper County, ILIL9,0323,529−8%

71▲11Union County, ILIL16,6563,453−16%

72▼3Saline County, ILIL22,7723,439−18%

73▲3Menard County, ILIL11,8633,422−17%

74▼1Clark County, ILIL15,1143,420−25%

75▼9Crawford County, ILIL18,6483,319−33%

76▲8Edgar County, ILIL16,3233,229−27%

77▲1Mercer County, ILIL15,2293,216−25%

78▼3De Witt County, ILIL15,1183,067−15%

79▼7Pike County, ILIL14,2313,026−31%

80▼17Greene County, ILIL11,3132,898−32%

81▼4Lawrence County, ILIL13,7902,869+34%

82▼1Wabash County, ILIL10,9072,856−8%

83▲2Warren County, ILIL16,2222,800−37%

84▼5Clay County, ILIL12,7932,708−10%

85▲3Massac County, ILIL13,5022,693−32%

86▼6White County, ILIL13,2502,466−35%

87▼1Cass County, ILIL12,4632,324−25%

88▼1Calhoun County, ILIL4,3002,154−9%

89Hamilton County, ILIL7,8592,052−27%

90▲2Johnson County, ILIL13,3631,856−17%

91▼1Putnam County, ILIL5,6191,757−37%

92▲4Henderson County, ILIL5,9841,482−19%

93▲1Stark County, ILIL5,3191,428−30%

94▲1Scott County, ILIL4,8661,4140%

95▼4Schuyler County, ILIL6,6571,192−21%

96▼3Brown County, ILIL6,4011,143−35%

97Edwards County, ILIL5,898966−46%

98▲1Hardin County, ILIL3,588853−19%

99▼1Gallatin County, ILIL4,616829−39%

100Alexander County, ILIL4,570820−30%

101Pulaski County, ILIL4,820771−18%

102Pope County, ILIL3,672627−55%

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