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Largest Norwegian population, Illinois counties · 2020

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian 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 99 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 160.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62538,160−10%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,29814,199−14%

03Lake County, ILIL719,33910,910−22%

04Kane County, ILIL525,7579,416−19%

05Winnebago County, ILIL283,6749,034−21%

06McHenry County, ILIL317,7517,336−27%

07Will County, ILIL712,2536,701−25%

08LaSalle County, ILIL107,7734,787−23%

09DeKalb County, ILIL101,8354,274−13%

10Kendall County, ILIL145,4703,840−2%

11Grundy County, ILIL54,0522,919−16%

12Boone County, ILIL53,5682,449−4%

13McLean County, ILIL171,4192,287−17%

14Rock Island County, ILIL141,8692,2740%

15Ogle County, ILIL51,3991,908−33%

16Champaign County, ILIL209,9721,885−29%

17Madison County, ILIL263,1101,519+8%

18Sangamon County, ILIL194,1701,494+2%

19St. Clair County, ILIL250,7081,487−26%

20Peoria County, ILIL178,5531,464−29%

21Tazewell County, ILIL130,0491,356−11%

22Stephenson County, ILIL43,220997−32%

23Kankakee County, ILIL105,525957−25%

24Lee County, ILIL32,914685−33%

25Whiteside County, ILIL54,121669−23%

26Macon County, ILIL99,300625−21%

27Henry County, ILIL48,095587−26%

28Vermilion County, ILIL71,2595790%

29Livingston County, ILIL35,057577−36%

30Woodford County, ILIL38,111549+96%

31Knox County, ILIL47,767521+6%

32Jo Daviess County, ILIL21,594500−25%

33Bureau County, ILIL32,510460−13%

34Adams County, ILIL64,267453+28%

35Williamson County, ILIL67,225443−29%

36Jackson County, ILIL52,501432−28%

37McDonough County, ILIL25,916311−30%

38Coles County, ILIL46,607248−44%

39Fulton County, ILIL32,901247+23%

40Iroquois County, ILIL26,150241−22%

41Clinton County, ILIL37,128230+36%

42Morgan County, ILIL32,515221−33%

43Piatt County, ILIL16,791219+16%

44Hancock County, ILIL16,803206+69%

45Warren County, ILIL16,222195+37%

46Monroe County, ILIL34,840180+57%

47Christian County, ILIL33,443178+73%

48Douglas County, ILIL19,880175−11%

49Franklin County, ILIL36,916164+58%

50Carroll County, ILIL15,419160−50%

51Ford County, ILIL13,216141−41%

52De Witt County, ILIL15,118132+59%

53Effingham County, ILIL34,519132+13%

54Crawford County, ILIL18,648122+336%

55Logan County, ILIL27,182121−48%

56Jefferson County, ILIL36,147116−38%

57Richland County, ILIL15,219115+360%

58Mercer County, ILIL15,229106−46%

59Putnam County, ILIL5,61997+20%

60Union County, ILIL16,65691−13%

61Montgomery County, ILIL28,07687−15%

62Mason County, ILIL12,41186−28%

63Washington County, ILIL13,56486+87%

64Wayne County, ILIL15,88285+98%

65Lawrence County, ILIL13,79083+361%

66Marion County, ILIL36,38283−59%

67Fayette County, ILIL20,79078+179%

68Pike County, ILIL14,23177+45%

69Bond County, ILIL16,95976−47%

70Jersey County, ILIL21,16076+38%

71Shelby County, ILIL20,57675+53%

72Menard County, ILIL11,86373−13%

73Macoupin County, ILIL43,74870−63%

74Wabash County, ILIL10,90770–

75Marshall County, ILIL11,47368−45%

76Perry County, ILIL20,16067−50%

77Henderson County, ILIL5,98462+59%

78Randolph County, ILIL29,92158−70%

79Schuyler County, ILIL6,65757+73%

80Clark County, ILIL15,11450−53%

81Hamilton County, ILIL7,85948–

82Stark County, ILIL5,31944−55%

83Massac County, ILIL13,50242+83%

84Cumberland County, ILIL10,20838−51%

85Edwards County, ILIL5,89838+192%

86Johnson County, ILIL13,36338−41%

87Jasper County, ILIL9,03234+143%

88Edgar County, ILIL16,32330−69%

89White County, ILIL13,25030−12%

90Saline County, ILIL22,77226−75%

91Moultrie County, ILIL14,37120−29%

92Pope County, ILIL3,67219+90%

93Greene County, ILIL11,31315−53%

94Clay County, ILIL12,79314−72%

95Cass County, ILIL12,46311−52%

96Gallatin County, ILIL4,61610+150%

97Scott County, ILIL4,8669−40%

98Brown County, ILIL6,4018−93%

99Hardin County, ILIL3,5886–

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