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Largest Nigerian population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Nigerian 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 44 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 44 is 56. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Madison County, IL, up 22 places to #10.

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Largest Nigerian population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPNIGERIAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62523,799+148%
02Will County, ILIL712,2533,044+336%
03▲2Lake County, ILIL719,3391,091+595%
04Kane County, ILIL525,757982+215%
05▼2DuPage County, ILIL934,298887+96%
06▲3Sangamon County, ILIL194,170751+306%
07▼1Winnebago County, ILIL283,674693+7600%
08▼1McHenry County, ILIL317,751422−5%
09▼1Kendall County, ILIL145,470356+1878%
10▲22Madison County, ILIL263,110323+271%
11▲2Champaign County, ILIL209,972310+126%
12▼1St. Clair County, ILIL250,708306+278%
13▲7Peoria County, ILIL178,553261+178%
14▼2McLean County, ILIL171,419225+188%
15▼1DeKalb County, ILIL101,835132+164%
16Williamson County, ILIL67,225132+300%
17▼1Macon County, ILIL99,300125–
18▲5Whiteside County, ILIL54,121124–
19▼4McDonough County, ILIL25,916112–
20Adams County, ILIL64,26771–
21▲9Rock Island County, ILIL141,86961−38%
22▲9Johnson County, ILIL13,36356–
23▲19Woodford County, ILIL38,11150–
24▼3Morgan County, ILIL32,51547+422%
25▼15Jackson County, ILIL52,50145−42%
26▼7Kankakee County, ILIL105,52540+1233%
27Stephenson County, ILIL43,22023–
28▲6Christian County, ILIL33,44320+100%
29▼3Tazewell County, ILIL130,04920+122%
30▼5LaSalle County, ILIL107,77316–
31▲7Knox County, ILIL47,76714−48%
32▼5Saline County, ILIL22,77213–
33Livingston County, ILIL35,05710+43%
34Marion County, ILIL36,3828+33%
35▼13Vermilion County, ILIL71,2598−38%
36Randolph County, ILIL29,9217−30%
37Grundy County, ILIL54,0525−88%
38▼14Fulton County, ILIL32,9014–
39Henry County, ILIL48,0954−91%
40▼3Ogle County, ILIL51,3994–
41▼1Hancock County, ILIL16,8033–
42White County, ILIL13,2503–
43Mason County, ILIL12,4112–
44▼16Effingham County, ILIL34,5191–
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES