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Largest Norwegian population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian 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 154. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Macoupin County, IL, up 36 places to #37.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62534,204−19%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29812,063−27%

03Lake County, ILIL719,33910,350−26%

04Kane County, ILIL525,7577,872−32%

05Winnebago County, ILIL283,6747,603−33%

06▲1Will County, ILIL712,2536,403−28%

07▼1McHenry County, ILIL317,7515,400−46%

08LaSalle County, ILIL107,7734,110−34%

09DeKalb County, ILIL101,8353,978−19%

10Kendall County, ILIL145,4702,683−32%

11Grundy County, ILIL54,0522,584−25%

12▲1McLean County, ILIL171,4191,900−31%

13▲7Peoria County, ILIL178,5531,783−13%

14Rock Island County, ILIL141,8691,775−22%

15▼3Boone County, ILIL53,5681,725−33%

16Champaign County, ILIL209,9721,633−39%

17▲1Sangamon County, ILIL194,1701,590+9%

18▼3Ogle County, ILIL51,3991,436−49%

19▲2Tazewell County, ILIL130,0491,427−6%

20▼1St. Clair County, ILIL250,7081,292−35%

21▼4Madison County, ILIL263,1101,250−11%

22Stephenson County, ILIL43,220924−37%

23▲2Whiteside County, ILIL54,121780−10%

24▲11Williamson County, ILIL67,225662+6%

25▼2Kankakee County, ILIL105,525661−48%

26▲4Woodford County, ILIL38,111567+102%

27▲5Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594555−16%

28▼4Lee County, ILIL32,914531−48%

29▲4Bureau County, ILIL32,510509−4%

30▼2Vermilion County, ILIL71,259506−12%

31▼4Henry County, ILIL48,095489−38%

32▼6Macon County, ILIL99,300486−39%

33▼4Livingston County, ILIL35,057435−52%

34▲2Jackson County, ILIL52,501401−33%

35▲4Fulton County, ILIL32,901294+46%

36▲4Iroquois County, ILIL26,150265−15%

37▲36Macoupin County, ILIL43,748254+35%

38▼4Adams County, ILIL64,267248−30%

39▲3Morgan County, ILIL32,515210−37%

40▼9Knox County, ILIL47,767209−58%

41▼3Coles County, ILIL46,607188−57%

42▲15Richland County, ILIL15,219183+632%

43Piatt County, ILIL16,791175−7%

44▲14Mercer County, ILIL15,229172−12%

45▲7De Witt County, ILIL15,118164+98%

46▲3Franklin County, ILIL36,916163+57%

47▲8Logan County, ILIL27,182162−30%

48▲18Marion County, ILIL36,382160−21%

49▲1Carroll County, ILIL15,419159−50%

50▼13McDonough County, ILIL25,916158−65%

51▲8Putnam County, ILIL5,619154+90%

52▲31Massac County, ILIL13,502141+513%

53▼7Monroe County, ILIL34,840137+19%

54▼1Effingham County, ILIL34,519129+10%

55▲1Jefferson County, ILIL36,147124−33%

56▼12Hancock County, ILIL16,803119−2%

57▲18Marshall County, ILIL11,473115−7%

58▲22Clark County, ILIL15,114110+4%

59▼12Christian County, ILIL33,443104+1%

60▼9Ford County, ILIL13,216102−58%

61▲10Shelby County, ILIL20,576102+108%

62▲32Clay County, ILIL12,79389+78%

63▲15Randolph County, ILIL29,92188−55%

64▲31Cass County, ILIL12,46373+217%

65▼3Mason County, ILIL12,41164−46%

66▲32Brown County, ILIL6,40162−47%

67▲14Hamilton County, ILIL7,85953–

68▼23Warren County, ILIL16,22251−64%

69Bond County, ILIL16,95950−65%

70▲12Stark County, ILIL5,31945−54%

71▼17Crawford County, ILIL18,64844+57%

72▼31Clinton County, ILIL37,12844−74%

73▲18Moultrie County, ILIL14,37142+50%

74▲14Edgar County, ILIL16,32341−58%

75▼15Union County, ILIL16,65639−63%

76▼9Fayette County, ILIL20,79038+36%

77▲20Scott County, ILIL4,86638+153%

78▼4Wabash County, ILIL10,90736–

79▼2Henderson County, ILIL5,98434−13%

80▼19Montgomery County, ILIL28,07634−67%

81▲5Johnson County, ILIL13,36333−48%

82▲10Pope County, ILIL3,67233+230%

83▲1Cumberland County, ILIL10,20831−60%

84▼16Pike County, ILIL14,23129−45%

85Alexander County, ILIL4,57027−16%

86▼38Douglas County, ILIL19,88026−87%

87▲6Greene County, ILIL11,31325−22%

88▼16Menard County, ILIL11,86325−70%

89▼19Jersey County, ILIL21,16022−60%

90▼27Washington County, ILIL13,56421−54%

91▼6Edwards County, ILIL5,89820+54%

92▼28Wayne County, ILIL15,88219−56%

93▼3Saline County, ILIL22,77215−86%

94▼18Perry County, ILIL20,16015−89%

95▼8Jasper County, ILIL9,032140%

96Calhoun County, ILIL4,30013−48%

97▼8White County, ILIL13,25010−71%

98▼33Lawrence County, ILIL13,7908−56%

99▼20Schuyler County, ILIL6,6577−79%

100▼1Hardin County, ILIL3,5886–

101▼5Gallatin County, ILIL4,6163−25%

102Pulaski County, ILIL4,8202−92%

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