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Largest Palestinian population, Illinois counties

Illinois counties ranked by the number of residents who are Palestinian 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 26 counties in Illinois that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 26 is 41. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Grundy County, IL, up 9 places to #11.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

Largest Palestinian population by state

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPALESTINIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Cook County, ILIL5,194,62518,100+138%

02DuPage County, ILIL934,2981,503+210%

03Will County, ILIL712,2531,406+61%

04Lake County, ILIL719,339303+59%

05▲5Boone County, ILIL53,568278–

06▲3Kane County, ILIL525,757185−7%

07▲7Champaign County, ILIL209,972153+94%

08▲5McHenry County, ILIL317,751134+362%

09St. Clair County, ILIL250,708124–

10▼2McLean County, ILIL171,419121+1413%

11▲9Grundy County, ILIL54,05263–

12Peoria County, ILIL178,55346–

13Bond County, ILIL16,95941–

14Tazewell County, ILIL130,04941+273%

15▼10Madison County, ILIL263,11034−56%

16Winnebago County, ILIL283,67428−71%

17Franklin County, ILIL36,91626–

18▼6Sangamon County, ILIL194,17025–

19LaSalle County, ILIL107,77322–

20Kankakee County, ILIL105,52519–

21▼4Rock Island County, ILIL141,86916–

22▼16DeKalb County, ILIL101,83515+36%

23Massac County, ILIL13,50211–

24Gallatin County, ILIL4,6169–

25Whiteside County, ILIL54,1217–

26Randolph County, ILIL29,9213–

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