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Largest German population, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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 102 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,625485,064−17%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,298166,178−21%

03Will County, ILIL712,253125,910−13%

04Lake County, ILIL719,339120,050−16%

05Kane County, ILIL525,75799,690−18%

06McHenry County, ILIL317,75189,983−15%

07Madison County, ILIL263,11072,693−17%

08Winnebago County, ILIL283,67462,101−17%

09St. Clair County, ILIL250,70857,294−22%

10McLean County, ILIL171,41946,721−10%

11Sangamon County, ILIL194,17043,058−25%

12Champaign County, ILIL209,97240,829−13%

13Peoria County, ILIL178,55340,068−24%

14Tazewell County, ILIL130,04938,932−18%

15Rock Island County, ILIL141,86931,944−16%

16Kendall County, ILIL145,47030,799+4%

17LaSalle County, ILIL107,77330,345−21%

18DeKalb County, ILIL101,83527,891−18%

19Adams County, ILIL64,26723,563−19%

20Kankakee County, ILIL105,52523,046−22%

21Macon County, ILIL99,30022,496−6%

22Clinton County, ILIL37,12817,502−15%

23Stephenson County, ILIL43,22016,441−26%

24Effingham County, ILIL34,51915,514+9%

25Whiteside County, ILIL54,12115,392−19%

26Ogle County, ILIL51,39915,356−25%

27Monroe County, ILIL34,84014,843−15%

28Woodford County, ILIL38,11114,627−21%

29Macoupin County, ILIL43,74813,662−20%

30Boone County, ILIL53,56812,623−8%

31Grundy County, ILIL54,05212,540−9%

32Livingston County, ILIL35,05712,151−15%

33Vermilion County, ILIL71,25911,851−24%

34Coles County, ILIL46,60711,746−14%

35Henry County, ILIL48,09511,665−23%

36Williamson County, ILIL67,22511,251−27%

37Lee County, ILIL32,91410,263−25%

38Jackson County, ILIL52,50110,026−36%

39Randolph County, ILIL29,9219,709−28%

40Logan County, ILIL27,1829,009−4%

41Iroquois County, ILIL26,1508,943−19%

42Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,5948,793−22%

43Bureau County, ILIL32,5108,771−24%

44Knox County, ILIL47,7678,720−29%

45Marion County, ILIL36,3828,590−21%

46Jersey County, ILIL21,1608,038−18%

47Fulton County, ILIL32,9017,926−10%

48Morgan County, ILIL32,5157,430−20%

49Jefferson County, ILIL36,1476,673−30%

50Montgomery County, ILIL28,0766,666−21%

51Washington County, ILIL13,5646,288−21%

52McDonough County, ILIL25,9166,083−26%

53Franklin County, ILIL36,9166,080−29%

54Christian County, ILIL33,4435,724−25%

55Fayette County, ILIL20,7905,586−8%

56Richland County, ILIL15,2195,005+5%

57Douglas County, ILIL19,8804,984−16%

58Hancock County, ILIL16,8034,926−26%

59Bond County, ILIL16,9594,774+0%

60Carroll County, ILIL15,4194,523−28%

61Perry County, ILIL20,1604,508−39%

62Shelby County, ILIL20,5764,508−21%

63Greene County, ILIL11,3134,482+4%

64Ford County, ILIL13,2164,129−18%

65Piatt County, ILIL16,7913,985−9%

66Crawford County, ILIL18,6483,912−21%

67Mason County, ILIL12,4113,909−23%

68Marshall County, ILIL11,4733,871−29%

69Saline County, ILIL22,7723,783−10%

70Wayne County, ILIL15,8823,660+28%

71Cumberland County, ILIL10,2083,476+3%

72Pike County, ILIL14,2313,437−21%

73Clark County, ILIL15,1143,399−25%

74Jasper County, ILIL9,0323,384−12%

75De Witt County, ILIL15,1183,234−11%

76Menard County, ILIL11,8633,230−22%

77Lawrence County, ILIL13,7903,225+51%

78Mercer County, ILIL15,2293,224−25%

79Clay County, ILIL12,7933,213+6%

80White County, ILIL13,2503,144−17%

81Wabash County, ILIL10,9073,137+1%

82Union County, ILIL16,6563,094−25%

83Moultrie County, ILIL14,3713,084−12%

84Edgar County, ILIL16,3233,004−32%

85Warren County, ILIL16,2222,922−35%

86Cass County, ILIL12,4632,748−11%

87Calhoun County, ILIL4,3002,728+15%

88Massac County, ILIL13,5022,550−36%

89Hamilton County, ILIL7,8592,378−15%

90Putnam County, ILIL5,6191,964−29%

91Schuyler County, ILIL6,6571,868+23%

92Johnson County, ILIL13,3631,615−28%

93Brown County, ILIL6,4011,575−10%

94Stark County, ILIL5,3191,552−24%

95Scott County, ILIL4,8661,426+1%

96Henderson County, ILIL5,9841,276−30%

97Edwards County, ILIL5,8981,199−33%

98Gallatin County, ILIL4,616970−29%

99Hardin County, ILIL3,588937−11%

100Alexander County, ILIL4,570759−35%

101Pulaski County, ILIL4,820664−30%

102Pope County, ILIL3,672532−62%

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