RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 102 SHOWN OF 102

Largest German population, Illinois counties · 2010

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2010 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 8,389.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS –

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625581,464–

02DuPage County, ILIL934,298210,328–

03Will County, ILIL712,253144,445–

04Lake County, ILIL719,339142,717–

05Kane County, ILIL525,757121,934–

06McHenry County, ILIL317,751105,348–

07Madison County, ILIL263,11087,661–

08Winnebago County, ILIL283,67475,251–

09St. Clair County, ILIL250,70873,392–

10Sangamon County, ILIL194,17057,446–

11Peoria County, ILIL178,55352,387–

12McLean County, ILIL171,41952,068–

13Tazewell County, ILIL130,04947,661–

14Champaign County, ILIL209,97247,200–

15LaSalle County, ILIL107,77338,290–

16Rock Island County, ILIL141,86938,224–

17DeKalb County, ILIL101,83533,865–

18Kankakee County, ILIL105,52529,663–

19Kendall County, ILIL145,47029,618–

20Adams County, ILIL64,26729,125–

21Macon County, ILIL99,30023,983–

22Stephenson County, ILIL43,22022,251–

23Clinton County, ILIL37,12820,476–

24Ogle County, ILIL51,39920,346–

25Whiteside County, ILIL54,12119,085–

26Woodford County, ILIL38,11118,606–

27Monroe County, ILIL34,84017,482–

28Macoupin County, ILIL43,74817,174–

29Jackson County, ILIL52,50115,588–

30Vermilion County, ILIL71,25915,515–

31Williamson County, ILIL67,22515,486–

32Henry County, ILIL48,09515,144–

33Livingston County, ILIL35,05714,288–

34Effingham County, ILIL34,51914,233–

35Grundy County, ILIL54,05213,783–

36Coles County, ILIL46,60713,715–

37Lee County, ILIL32,91413,703–

38Boone County, ILIL53,56813,700–

39Randolph County, ILIL29,92113,525–

40Knox County, ILIL47,76712,231–

41Bureau County, ILIL32,51011,500–

42Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,59411,224–

43Iroquois County, ILIL26,15010,977–

44Marion County, ILIL36,38210,918–

45Jersey County, ILIL21,1609,811–

46Jefferson County, ILIL36,1479,522–

47Logan County, ILIL27,1829,405–

48Morgan County, ILIL32,5159,252–

49Fulton County, ILIL32,9018,804–

50Franklin County, ILIL36,9168,622–

51Montgomery County, ILIL28,0768,389–

52McDonough County, ILIL25,9168,178–

53Washington County, ILIL13,5647,955–

54Christian County, ILIL33,4437,648–

55Perry County, ILIL20,1607,378–

56Hancock County, ILIL16,8036,668–

57Carroll County, ILIL15,4196,315–

58Fayette County, ILIL20,7906,042–

59Douglas County, ILIL19,8805,921–

60Shelby County, ILIL20,5765,704–

61Marshall County, ILIL11,4735,485–

62Mason County, ILIL12,4115,046–

63Ford County, ILIL13,2165,032–

64Crawford County, ILIL18,6484,972–

65Richland County, ILIL15,2194,780–

66Bond County, ILIL16,9594,767–

67Clark County, ILIL15,1144,535–

68Warren County, ILIL16,2224,463–

69Edgar County, ILIL16,3234,430–

70Piatt County, ILIL16,7914,369–

71Pike County, ILIL14,2314,354–

72Mercer County, ILIL15,2294,292–

73Greene County, ILIL11,3134,289–

74Saline County, ILIL22,7724,185–

75Union County, ILIL16,6564,130–

76Menard County, ILIL11,8634,125–

77Massac County, ILIL13,5023,962–

78Jasper County, ILIL9,0323,851–

79White County, ILIL13,2503,775–

80De Witt County, ILIL15,1183,622–

81Moultrie County, ILIL14,3713,511–

82Cumberland County, ILIL10,2083,383–

83Wabash County, ILIL10,9073,103–

84Cass County, ILIL12,4633,088–

85Clay County, ILIL12,7933,022–

86Wayne County, ILIL15,8822,861–

87Hamilton County, ILIL7,8592,795–

88Putnam County, ILIL5,6192,779–

89Calhoun County, ILIL4,3002,362–

90Johnson County, ILIL13,3632,242–

91Lawrence County, ILIL13,7902,134–

92Stark County, ILIL5,3192,038–

93Henderson County, ILIL5,9841,821–

94Edwards County, ILIL5,8981,800–

95Brown County, ILIL6,4011,759–

96Schuyler County, ILIL6,6571,517–

97Scott County, ILIL4,8661,414–

98Pope County, ILIL3,6721,406–

99Gallatin County, ILIL4,6161,364–

100Alexander County, ILIL4,5701,175–

101Hardin County, ILIL3,5881,047–

102Pulaski County, ILIL4,820945–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS