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Largest German population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2023 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2000

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625464,737–

02DuPage County, ILIL934,298149,515–

03Will County, ILIL712,253115,509–

04Lake County, ILIL719,339112,961–

05Kane County, ILIL525,75794,087–

06McHenry County, ILIL317,75183,320–

07Madison County, ILIL263,11070,244–

08Winnebago County, ILIL283,67462,299–

09St. Clair County, ILIL250,70854,517–

10McLean County, ILIL171,41943,844–

11Sangamon County, ILIL194,17040,274–

12Tazewell County, ILIL130,04936,432–

13Champaign County, ILIL209,97236,173–

14Peoria County, ILIL178,55335,495–

15LaSalle County, ILIL107,77326,757–

16Rock Island County, ILIL141,86926,754–

17Kendall County, ILIL145,47026,706–

18DeKalb County, ILIL101,83523,824–

19Adams County, ILIL64,26722,047–

20Kankakee County, ILIL105,52520,882–

21Macon County, ILIL99,30018,904–

22Clinton County, ILIL37,12816,263–

23Stephenson County, ILIL43,22016,128–

24Ogle County, ILIL51,39916,116–

25Woodford County, ILIL38,11114,940–

26Whiteside County, ILIL54,12114,938–

27Effingham County, ILIL34,51914,721–

28Monroe County, ILIL34,84014,275–

29Macoupin County, ILIL43,74813,580–

30Boone County, ILIL53,56812,610–

31Williamson County, ILIL67,22511,562–

32Grundy County, ILIL54,05211,382–

33Henry County, ILIL48,09511,086–

34Livingston County, ILIL35,05710,831–

35Randolph County, ILIL29,92110,734–

36Coles County, ILIL46,60710,328–

37Jackson County, ILIL52,50110,202–

38Vermilion County, ILIL71,2599,651–

39Lee County, ILIL32,9149,563–

40Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5949,537–

41Marion County, ILIL36,3828,938–

42Iroquois County, ILIL26,1508,735–

43Knox County, ILIL47,7678,580–

44Bureau County, ILIL32,5108,390–

45Montgomery County, ILIL28,0768,102–

46Fulton County, ILIL32,9017,377–

47Logan County, ILIL27,1827,242–

48Jefferson County, ILIL36,1477,001–

49Christian County, ILIL33,4436,761–

50Jersey County, ILIL21,1606,717–

51Washington County, ILIL13,5646,256–

52Morgan County, ILIL32,5156,159–

53Fayette County, ILIL20,7905,553–

54Franklin County, ILIL36,9165,379–

55McDonough County, ILIL25,9165,364–

56Douglas County, ILIL19,8805,231–

57Hancock County, ILIL16,8035,203–

58Richland County, ILIL15,2195,156–

59Shelby County, ILIL20,5764,987–

60Carroll County, ILIL15,4194,781–

61Perry County, ILIL20,1604,765–

62Ford County, ILIL13,2164,108–

63Bond County, ILIL16,9593,971–

64Piatt County, ILIL16,7913,930–

65Moultrie County, ILIL14,3713,751–

66Cumberland County, ILIL10,2083,660–

67Wayne County, ILIL15,8823,597–

68Marshall County, ILIL11,4733,568–

69Mason County, ILIL12,4113,544–

70Jasper County, ILIL9,0323,529–

71Union County, ILIL16,6563,453–

72Saline County, ILIL22,7723,439–

73Menard County, ILIL11,8633,422–

74Clark County, ILIL15,1143,420–

75Crawford County, ILIL18,6483,319–

76Edgar County, ILIL16,3233,229–

77Mercer County, ILIL15,2293,216–

78De Witt County, ILIL15,1183,067–

79Pike County, ILIL14,2313,026–

80Greene County, ILIL11,3132,898–

81Lawrence County, ILIL13,7902,869–

82Wabash County, ILIL10,9072,856–

83Warren County, ILIL16,2222,800–

84Clay County, ILIL12,7932,708–

85Massac County, ILIL13,5022,693–

86White County, ILIL13,2502,466–

87Cass County, ILIL12,4632,324–

88Calhoun County, ILIL4,3002,154–

89Hamilton County, ILIL7,8592,052–

90Johnson County, ILIL13,3631,856–

91Putnam County, ILIL5,6191,757–

92Henderson County, ILIL5,9841,482–

93Stark County, ILIL5,3191,428–

94Scott County, ILIL4,8661,414–

95Schuyler County, ILIL6,6571,192–

96Brown County, ILIL6,4011,143–

97Edwards County, ILIL5,898966–

98Hardin County, ILIL3,588853–

99Gallatin County, ILIL4,616829–

100Alexander County, ILIL4,570820–

101Pulaski County, ILIL4,820771–

102Pope County, ILIL3,672627–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES